My gizmos eat lots of batteries so I'm in the market for a new charger that does a better job of charging and conditioning my NIMH batteries for better performance. During the search I found a great discussion on Candle Power Forums titled "Best Universal Charger" It doesn't really identify a single brand or model as "the best" but there are lots of insights into the most popular ones:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/ubbthre...amp;type=thread

(Don't let the Aug 2003 date of the first post throw you. The thread is still going strong and all the links I tried from it are still valid)
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