I hate buying batteries.
(Food Waste Friday is over at Simply Being Mum today. And I'll be back this afternoon with a small business giveaway.)
Because I don't like to spend money and don't like to throw things away, I much prefer gadgets and electronics that plug into the wall or that come with chargers (all of my cameras do, which is awesome. Because I would go through a ridiculous number of batteries otherwise.)
But, there are some things that really do need regular batteries (it seems like most of them are toys!), so I buy them.
Anyway, when BlogHer chose me to participate in Procter & Gamble's Have You Tried This Yet? program, I instantly knew I wanted to try the Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger.
Have You Tried This Yet? from P&G is a program designed to highlight innovative products for yourself, family and home, each delivering great performance to improve your everyday. And rechargeable batteries? Those improve your life.
The charger comes with two rechargeable AA and two rechargeable AAA NiMH batteries. You just unfold the charger, pop the batteries in (each slot can hold a AA or a AAA battery), and plug it into the wall.
(this picture is driving me crazy ... it's all lop-sided because that particular outlet isn't straight!)
The indicator lights at the bottom let you know when the batteries are ready.
The batteries receive a quick charge in just an hour, which is handy if you're in a hurry. And if you have more time, you can leave them in for three hours, at which point they'll be fully charged.
Once the batteries are finished, the charger can be folded up very compactly ... even the prongs fold so they're flush with the rest of the charger. Yay for saving space!
Now, I've tried some other rechargeable batteries before, and my complaint has always been that they stopped taking a charge in less than a year. But this charger comes with a three-year warranty, and the batteries are supposed to be able to charged hundreds of times.
And if that's the case, then these are definitely an economical choice.
Oh, and you can print a $3 coupon from the Have You Tried This Yet? site, which makes these even more economical.
You can even get the $3 off if you order online from Amazon through the Have You Tried This Yet? site. Just click "Shop now", then click on the Amazon link, and you should see a virtual coupon that you can clip.
Edit: My apologies-the $3 Amazon coupon seems to be gone now. But you can still get the $3 coupon from the Have You Tried This Yet? site.
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Now that is cool.
It would make my life easier by always having batteries ready to go...and it's better for the environment.
I too hate buying batteries. We use this charger for all of our remotes!
I would be able to buy less batteries.
It would make my life easier because we really have no place to store extra batteries in our tiny house--we could just recharge our son's toy batteries without having to find a place to shelve tons and tons of spares.
They'd make my life easier because while we usually don't buy toys with batteries (I even had a child-guest ask one time "where are all your toys with batteries?" lol) I broke my own rule for this Christmas. My sons are getting a shared toy that takes multiple batteries because I know that they're going to love it and it will be a long-term plaything and so we're going to be in need of batteries for quite some time!
I have four kids which means four times as many batteries! Walkie Talkies are a big deal right now at our house so we have been using a lot of batteries. I, too prefer things that I can plug in and recharge.
very slick!
This would make my life easier because my kids would not get so upset when their toys run out of batteries if I could recharge the batteries in an hour.
By not having to buy batteries so often! I just bought a 16 pack of AAs last week. Being a family of gamers means we go through batteries pretty quick.
I not only hate buying batteries - I hate throwing them away! And I've used rechargeables before for long travel tours - they're great for keeping my travel bag pared down. Don't need to carry lots of spare batteries: just two sets (one in, one out) and a charger!
I could stop buying batteries for my camera!
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I love the idea of having a quick recharge! Whenever I realize I need batteries, I need them now not five hours from now. This would definitely save me some stress when I can't find a battery!
Having to buy batteries wastes money and space, this would be so handy to have.
I have found that as kid get older, battery usuage goes down. 🙂
I would love to use it for toy batteries!
it would save a ton of money on batteries
Quick Chargers really aren't the best for the health of your batteries. They sure beat standard disposables for most applications, though.
What if you do the long charge option, though, instead of the quick charge?
It would make my life better because we go through a ridiciously great amount of batteries. It has gotten better since some of the older children are out of the house. However, I feel uncomfortable throwing away batteries. These would certainly be better for the environment.
*ridiculously (got a little excited about that cool product)!
This product would make my life easier by saving me money and time! For my kids' toys which go through batteries quickly and as a photographer for my external flash 🙂
I forget to buy batteries for my camera a lot. This would help me not miss out on great photo opportunities! (Especially with a 7 month old, you need to grab those photos while you can!)
Less batteries = less trips to the store!
There would always be batteries for the remote control!
Here's my tweet 🙂 - https://twitter.com/GiveawayLindsey/status/276779155213922305
What a wonderful gadget ... I have battery operated candles that I use in my windows year long ... not just at Christmas ... and this would so be a blessing not to have to keep throwing away batteries ... thanks for letting us know about this gadget ... and the opportunity to win $100 ... love reading your blogs ...
I've been wondering about rechargable batteries...I have a toddler so they would so come in handy! No more running out of batteries--that makes life much easier!
It would definitely be a boost to our budget to be able to stop buying batteries. Someone always seems to give my children something for Christmas or birthdays that requires batteries. I have been looking at rechargeable devices. Thanks to the coupon and review, I may have just found our solution.
I'm completely with you - when items are only good for a limited time period it seems doubly bad - wasting money and harmful to the environment. I'd love some good rechargeable batteries!
This is awesome!! My kids are always asking for batteries and of course, I never have the ones they need at that moment. This would definitely help eliminate those urgent runs out to the store because someone "needs" batteries.
I would feel so much better about not throwing away batteries!
It would be great to have rechargeable batteries ready to go when my sons trains "run out of steam"!
We are constantly going through batteries. I would love to be able to quickly recharge and save the extra trip to the store!
It would make my life easier because I wouldn't have to have a separate battery drawer in my kitchen and could actually put something useful for my kitchen in that drawer 🙂 Wow, just an hour, really... that's pretty nifty!
Aaargh! Grandparents and limitless battery-operated toy gifts! I'm constantly in need of batteries (even though we use rechareables!) and trying to remember to plug/unplug our large-ish charger after it's LOOOOOONG charging cycle. Smaller and quicker would be much appreciated.
The charger would make me feel a whole lot better about using my old digital camera--a great camera (and much better than my cell phone) but it takes AA batteries rather than a rechargeable battery. I don't like to feel that I'm creating waste, and this charger looks like a great solution!
Batteries are so expensive and it seems that they're needed in everything these days, a rechargeable battery system seems like the frugal choice in the long run and is much more convenient as well as being better for the environment!
It would save me so much money and hassle because my camera batteries seem to always die when I need them most. Not to mention the billions of other things in my house that require batteries.
Means I would have charged batteries for when the grandchildren come over!
We always seem to have batteries in the house--just not the right size that we need at any specific moment! This product looks great!
What an awesome product!
It would make my life easier by being faster than my existing battery charging system! The one I have takes 18 hours...
What a great idea!! Love it and cost effective!
Not having to buy so many batteries? Are you kidding. I could stop stalking battery deals!
I love this concept- it would banish my ever-growing pile of dead single use cells....who are waiting for their final journey to the hazardous waste collection day event in town. Seems I keep forgetting about them....this would eliminate the need to even think of such things! (and better use of space/no hoarding old batteries!) And I use A LOT of batteries.
I like the idea of a rechargeable battery. Wish we could use them at work with our telemetry!
I use rechargeable batteries for all of our electronics especially our digital camera - helps save money in the long run! Been using those things for a few years now!
I could use tthat BIG time now
I cannot stand spending money on batteries...especially this time of the year when it seems I need to buy every size that is made. This product would be awesome. 🙂
I'd be able to charge more batteries at once for my children's toys!
Thanks for the battery post. I agree about rechargeables -- but with that warrantee, might give these a try!
"But this charger comes with a three-year warranty, and the batteries are supposed to be able to charged hundreds of times."
I wouldn't run out of batteries as often and most importantly, it is more environmentally friendly.
I love that it, we use a ton of batteries.
I hate throwing away old batteries, rechargeable would be a great way to save room and harm in the landfill and some cash!
Oh my gosh this would be amazing! I just purchased 4 different sizes of batteries @the Costco yesterday. And lets say not cheap at all.
Wow! This is impressive! A 3 year warranty? I'd definitely like to try this gadget out. Most of my batteries are double or triple 'a's, so it would cut way down on replacing them.
Having a child has multiplied my need for batteries by a million.
It would save me a trip to the store for fresh batteries.
Replacing the disposable batteries and freeing up space in my junk draw would help my sanity!
Would be great for my kids' digital camera! I hate the waste of disposable batteries.
I eat through batteries with my camera. If I could cut down on that, it'd be awesome!
I would recharge the million batteries we use in the WII remote.
Buying less batteries means less guilt over throwing away batteries.
Duracell is really the only batteries I buy and this would make things much more efficient when it seems like everything today needs a battery.
I only use rechargables...my husband and kids are another story, but I am convincing them how much better it is to just charge them up when they wear down. If you get two sets of batteries--say for a camera-- you always have a set ready. Love that!
I've always wanted to try the rechargeable batteries! Batteries are expensive, so I would save in the long run.
I would use it to recharge all the batteries my 3 year old goes through playing with flashlights.
Maybe some of my electronics would get to keep their batteries if I had rechargables. As it is now, my batteries tend to 'disappear.'
We have tried rechargeable batteries before and been unimpressed. Would love to try these!
That battery charger is so compact and cute--like Polly Pockets for big girls! This neat little charger would make life a little easier by not taking up lots of space in the battery drawer and by making it handy to charge batteries.
The Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger would help keep all of our remotes working! Actually, the best thing for us is that we no longer live near a battery drop off location for when the ones we have do die and I end up with a huge drawer full of dead batteries. This would keep me from amassing piles of dead batteries that can't be tossed in the trash.(and oh how I could stretch that $100 would amaze you!)
So many electronic items use batteries and to just be able to recharge..instead of making a trip to the store for more?! Yeah! Saves time and gas! 🙂
I tweeted. 🙂
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My camera uses batteries instead of a charger so I always make sure I have my charger and extra rechargable batteries when I'm going somewhere I know I'll be taking pictures.
I'd love to buy fewer batteries... and throw out fewer batteries!!
It would make my life easier to be able to recharge the batteries to my daughter's favorite toy camera. That thing eats batteries like crazy! She could take pictures until her batteries died then pop them in the charger for just an hour if she was in a hurry to play with it some more. Sounds great to me!
Looks like an awesome product!
I would finally have a set I could find and would not be buried in my husbands mess!
With 3 kids we go through some batteries!
I hate buying batteries and so many of my kids' gadgets require batteries so we'd get lots of use from rechargeable battery packs.
We use mostly rechargeable batteries but our charger is so slow. I love that this one has a quick charge and the 3 year warranty is awesome! Thanks for the coupon link too! (Would also love to win that gift card to buy my selfless husband some new clothes and/or shoes! (= ) Merry Christmas!
No more buying batteries! Yay! (and running out, oy)
Batteries area staple in our household so this would be a hit 🙂 The $100 Visa GC is very generous, thank you Frugal Girl and Merry Chirstmas!
I would love to have rechargeable batteries that charge quickly! We use rechargeable batteries for all our pc mice, Wii remotes and camera so it would be a great time/money saver.
We have two little girls, and that means we have twice the amount of battery operated toys. Having a charger would make life so much easier!
Rechargeable batteries would be great for all of the kids' electronic items that seem to go through their charge way too quickly... Leapsters, wii remotes, the Skylanders portal...
It'd help keep the kids toys going and me happy!
I just ordered a new camera that does not come with a rechargeable battery, so I am anticipating buying lots of AA batteries once again. The Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger would be great for making sure my camera is always ready for all those perfect photo moments that happen every day when there are 4 kiddos running around.
I love battery chargers. I love the idea of the 3 year warranty because you are right about the batteries stop holding a charge.
It would help me with TV remotes and camera batteries.
What a great little gadget. We're always buying batteries whether for toys or tv remotes. What a waste it is! This is something we should look into.
My five-year-old granddaughter lives with me and has so many items that take batteries. A lot of them are educational, which is great. The Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger would so make my life a lot easier and less expensive. Sure hope I can afford one soon. Blessings to all!!
I wouldn't have to run out of the house late at night for batteries! I could just charge-em up at home - omg would make my life easier and I would save $!
I have a new baby so lots of batteries even though I tried to minimize gis stuff and go for plugs...but that light up frog is so cute.
I would use them in the camera which eats batteries and of course the wii remote! I dislike throwing away old batteries.
Cool!
My life with rechargeable abtteries would be easier because there would be less crying and conplaining when a toy or gadget runs put of batteries necause we could just recharge them, no need to wait for a trip to the store.
My kids go through so many batteries with their toys it's crazy. Plus the tv remote seems to eat them for some reason. The have you tried this recharger would save me quite a bit of cash
It would save a ton of space and we wouldn't have to wait to run out and buy more batteries.
Love this!!!
I would love to try this charger out. I also go through lots of batteries and it is frustrating to throw so many out.
I wouldn't always and forever be out of batteries! 🙂 It would definitely make my life easier in that respect.
It would make my life so much easier because between my almost teenage son's gidgets and gadgets and the handheld games my daughter plays, we spend a small fortune on batteries 🙁
It would help keep my husbands video game arsenal up and running 🙂
I hate how long it takes our batteries to charge. This sounds great
I have rechargeable batteries and I think they are fab! I am all about eliminating waste.
hm my bike light would never be out of batteries i bet
I always run out of batteries when I most need them. Rechargable batteries would mean I always had them handy.
It would make my life easier because, just like you said, with kids and toys there is always a need for batteries. and I also hate buying them!
I have lots of grandchildren and we go through lots of batteries. I prefer to recharge batteries. This would be great.
When we go on vacation I love to take pictures of everything! But as you can imagine, this wears on the batteries. So I have to lug around a bunch of batteries, which all look the same, so when one's dead, on the off chance it gets mixed with the other batteries, I don't know which one is the dead one. Once while we were on the road I had just put fresh batteries in my camera turned it on to take a great shot of an elk. But the screen flashed and went black again, I had gotten the dead batteries mixed up with the new one, and missed the shot because of it.
But with duracell quick charge I could buy two sets, one would charge while I was sight-seeing, or on the road, and the other I could keep in my camera. Duracell quick charge would reduce on-vacation stress levels,keep me more organized by reducing the amount of luggage, cut down the cost of the vacation, and help me to be ready when the next elk comes round. =)
We go through a ton of batteries with the various toys my 3 children have - especially my 4 year old's leapster! A battery recharger would be a great help.
Sounds way cool. Hubby has used rechargable batteries for years...............
I have two teenagers who go through batteries like crazy for all of their electronics and gadgets. This device would be so helpful!
I could use thi giveaway to buy some batteries!
Holy Cow would it! My Mom is buying my son a leapster game pad thingie that takes 4 AA batteries. And at the rate he'd play it, it would ONLY be economical to buy a rechargeable.
It would make our lives easier because I think we could use these on my young robotics team with our robots - especially at tournaments! Love that it would charge quickly, and not have to buy more batteries!!!
I love rechargeable batteries. We have two little ones with so many toys that require batteries!
My boys wouldn't need batteries for their game controllers so much!
They'd make charging the batteries for the candles we use in the windows each Christmas easier so I didn't have to buy 16 new AA batteries each December.
I hate buying batteries too! And I've always wanted to try these.
Buying batteries isn't very frugal when rechargables are an option.
My household is where all batteries go to die, and my stash mysteriously dwindles seemingly overnight! What a cool way to make batteries, which are NOT cheap, go the extra mile! Thanks for the chance to win! 🙂
Life would be easier because electronic gadgets would always ready to go and and there wouldn't be any negative impact on the environment. WIN!!WIN!! 🙂
The compact size of this charger would be easier to use in any area of the house. Our current charger is huge and ugly, so we keep it well hidden and have to dig it out every time we use it. This would really simplify our use of rechargeable batteries.
It would make ourlives easier becasue we could rechargethe batteries for the remote. Especially the Wii remotes that are forever needing the batteries replaced in them.
It would make my life easier because I wouldn't have to buy new batteries for my camera constantly.
This would make me more willing to put "new" (recharged) batteries i our precious wee ones' toys more often!
Thank yo for the entry.
I tweeted: https://twitter.com/sarcoupon/status/276831869453082624
It would be great if we didn't have to wait more than an hour for recharged batteries! The three year guarantee is fabulous too.
Imagine what a teacher like me could buy for her class with that! Thanks for your generosity! I'd love the opportunity to WIN!
It would make my life easier because I wouldn't need to buy new batteries all the time-- less waste is great!
I hate how quickly batteries run down! And I feel bad throwing them away. This would solve both problems.
I also try to use rechargeable batteries but forget to keep them charged. The quick charge would be great!
This would be great for flashlights!
It would make things easier because so many of the kids toys' require batteries.
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I like this!
I'd love this -- even though we have very few battery-operated things, I feel like we always run out of batteries at the most inopportune times (probably because we have so few battery-operated things). This would help to solve that for sure!
My son likes to play Wii games and needs new batteries for his remote all the time. This charger would make our life easier because we would not need to buy batteries all the time
Having three boys and all the battery sucking electronics and toys you can imagine how many batteries we go through! Quick recharging would be a lifesaver!
Really excited about this giveaway/post! Rechargeable batteries save batteries from ending up in the landfill too!
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rechargeable batteries that last longer than a few months would be a life saver. I'm tired of throwing away rechargeable batteries when they no longer work.
With three kids, we use a lot of batteries! This would save so much money!
I wouldn't always be searching for batteries around the house! And with the price of batteries, I'd be a whole lot richer 🙂
I would love this as the price of batteries is so high and when a battery is needed, there are usually none around. I have missed some of your reccent posts due to my new work schedule, but I try to ctch up on the weekends. Merry Christmas Kristen.
I don't use batteries for many things, but my camera does take batteries and my charger is a pain to take with me.
It would make it so much easier to keep my kids battery-run toys in commission without having to continually run out and buy more.
Awesome!
Wii remotes and BlueRay remote seem to need new batteries *constantly*. Also hubby's video equipment.
I would love to win this for toys!! We see to go through a lot of batteries and most of the toys dont have working batteries because I hate buying them over and over.
It would make my life easier because I wouldn't need to keep buying new batteries!
This would make life easier with the one hour quick charge! We have mostly rechargeable batteries now, but they take forever to charge. If we're at a family gathering and our camera goes out, we miss all the pictures! This is a handy one- thanks!
My life would be changed because my camera batteries would be charged at all times! I can't believe how many times I put in a set of "regular" batteries only to get a few pictures then the warning to change batteries. There are so many reasons to keep my camera ready at all times - the beauty of God's creation around me, the fun activities with the children, and recording every day life for those future trips down "memory lane". 🙂
We are constantly replacing batteries in gadgets around the house. It would be a total money and time-saver to have batteries that recharged in just 3 hours.
With 3 kids ages 4, 3, and 1, this would come in very handy - so many toys need batteries now! A few toys in particular seem to eat up batteries quickly, and I end up just not changing them and then they don't get played with. I've thought of trying these but never have - I've always heard they still don't last that long. So I'd be interested in trying this, too!
I lost my old battery charger, so it would be nice to have a new one!
These would make life easier for my kiddo's gaming system which always runs out of juice at the most in-opportune moments.
Love my rechargables
We are always having to run out and buy batteries for remotes, toys, etc.. This would certainly save me a lot of time, money, and hassle.
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It would make my life so much easier by not having to remember to buy batteries and then to recycle the dead ones. I'm very tempted to try this and see if the quality of the rechargeable s has improved. A few years back they were terrible!
I would enjoy having them available when I needed them...especially since Christmas is just around the corner. Very handy! Also, I really like the idea of non-disposable for the landfill problem! Cheeryshirley
I've recently been rather frustrated with my old(er) rechargeable batteries, so I will definitely check these out - thanks for the coupon link.
Love this!! I hate buying batteries too. I'm having my 3rd baby in July and the fewer times I need to be at the store the happier everyone is!
Cool! This is certainly handy for this time of year!
Flashlights. Our headlamp and small flashlight eat tons of batteries. And my husband's work pager. Tons.
Would love to win this gift card.. I haven't tried the battries.. Yet....
It would be great to have rechargeable batteries that last longer than a year and with the quick charge option. Oh, the batteries we go through!
Camera that eats up batteries, toys that eat batteries, and a seven month old that I must keep amused and documented! Rechargeable batteries that worked would be awesome.
It would make my life easier, b/c the compact charger could easily fit in my purse and come with me, so when my batteries die in my camera and I'm at someone else's house, they can be recharged in a snap.
Ugh. Just bought a 20 pack of AA batteries yesterday in anticipation of all the Christmas toys that will require them. Hooray for quick rechargeable batteries!
I love the way it folds up. It's easy to use and short wait time to recharge.
I would love to not have to buy batteries all the time!
Good timing with the post because this is exactly what my uncle wants for Christmas! So it makes my life a little easier by having one less gift to think of:)
I, too, hate buying batteries.
We're always looking for new ways to reduce our waste, so these would be great. It's been several years since I tried rechargeable batteries but they didn't last long and didn't seem as powerful, so I would love to try some new ones and see if the technology has improved!
This would make life so much easier because my camera DOES take batteries...and the rechargeable's I have used in the past never worked as good as the disposables.
Even my toothbrush needs a battery! Over the years we've made too many trips to the store for batteries. Rechargeable ones save a lot of time and gas.
I would use these for the remote which seems to eat batteries and would make me feel more enviromentally friendly not having to throw batteries out.
It would make life better because we'd always have batteries ready to go
and not have to run to the store when we needed them. Would save a ton of money AND would keep batteries out of the landfill.
It would sure save on all the batteries we go through for the Wii remotes!
What would I do....hmmm...CAMERAS, HAND HELD GAMES, MINI FLASHLIGHTS, REMOTE CONTROLS!! These all need batteries and I would surely get good use from this. Thanks!
It would be so nice to be able to recharge my book light batteries with this!
We go through a lot of batteries. We had a different charger, but it no longer works, so would love to try this one out.
Of course, I'd love to win.
The Quick Charger would prevent me from being caught without batteries for my camera just when my granddaughter is doing something especially cute.
I would love to have this charger and an extra set of batteries permanently plugged into the outlet in the family room, so my kids could just swap out batteries when the ones in their game controllers run out. Which happens pretty much every other day.
It would be great for recharging the batteries in our electric toothbrushes!
My camera EATS batteries and laughs. This would be oh so helpful to keep the pictures clicking.
This would be great for all the kids toys! Now they just need to do the same for D batteries so we can power our flashlights! After Sandy getting D batteries was almost impossible.
I would mainly use this in the wii controller.
This would definitely help to cut down on batteries used to charge mini maglite flashlights used when camping, which we do at least once a month.
Awesome!
It would make my life easier, because I wouldn't have to worry about running out of batteries and having to buy more. I could just recharge!
i wouldnt have to buy batteries! what a dream!
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With rechargeable batteries I won't have to buy new one for my childs toys or my little digital camera. A charger like this will definitely save me some money.
When I travel, something very compact like that would be very handy. And since most of my trips are on a motorcycle, things that are compact and easily packed are a very nice touch!
This would make my life easier by saving me money and time I'd normally spen on buying more batteries for the numerous battery-operated toys my three kids have.
THis would make a great little stocking stuffer for hubby.
I'd love to give these a try!
I'm a special events manager and I rely heavily on two-way radios to communicate with my staff. This would help ensure I always have fresh batteries on hand!
Love this! We have one of their older versions (basically just doesn't have the cover). Over time, we have replaced all batteries to rechargeable versions. Definitely a must have!
We also try to avoid things that use batteries, but will only use rechargable if need them. We probably use the most batteries with the white noise machine in my son's bedroom that we turn on at night when he is going to bed.
I have candles that take triple A batteries. Sure could use a charger like this!
It's all about the kids!
Thanks for the post Kristen! I am trying to purchase it on Amazon, and used the link you provided, but the coupon is not popping up 🙁
Well, nuts! I know that coupon was there when I wrote this post.
My apologies-I'll edit the post to reflect this. You can still get a $3 coupon from the P&G site, though.
Save money! And who doesn't like that?!
This would make my life so much easier for all the remotes in our house. I have also had bad experiences with other rechargable batteries because they would quickly quit hold a charge. But I would be very willing to give these a try! 🙂
We have to use batteries for my son's mechanical toothbrush. I wish we could use a normal one on him, like we do with everyone else, but it doesn't seem to work. I'd love to eliminate the battery-sucking portion of the experience!
I would use this for our Wii remotes! How many do we go through in a month? I don't know but it's a lot. At least we are getting a lot of use out of our Wii, right?!
I have a three year old son. That equals toys, which equals batteries.
My life would be easier if these batteries do last 3 years.
oooh, I think Santa is bringing some trains that require AAA batteries. This would save me a ton of waste and $$$.
This would make my life a lot easier. My daughter tends to take the TV remote batteries when her batteries are dead.
Less batteries = less clutter and less waste!
It would make my life easier because I would have to buy less batteries for the Wii controllers. Thanks for the giveaway.
I could recharge batteries instead of taking them to the recycling center! That would be nice.
My wii remote EATS batteries, so I'm sure this would help me save some money. I also like that I wouldn't be adding to the landfills as much 🙂
With kids in the house and a lot of battery operated toys, this would really come in handy.
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I hate buying batteries too! It always seems like I need them at the most random times and somewhat urgently- making it extremely inconvenient to drop everything and run to the store! Having to pop them into charge for an hour is so much better!
Not only would it be helpful for charging batteries at home, its small size makes it wonderful for travel. My kids have electronic games they play in the car, and we could recharge the batteries at night in the hotel!
Rechargeable batteries would make my life easier because I wouldn't have to rely on purchasing batteries all the time, and recycling the dead batteries!
i have 3 little ones and we go through batteries like crazy with their toys. this would help us save tons of money
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This quick charger would make my life easier, because I would no longer be caught without batteries for my camera! I love the one hour quick charge feature!
We have quite a few rechargeable batteries/chargers around the house, but none of them work that quickly! Being able to have something that will quick charge in an hour would be wonderful.
Would save a lot of tears and a trip to the store when toy batteries run out
For my bike lights! I have several and they go through batteries fast. I'm not always on top of making sure they are still bright before I leave for the day and having one at work or to use while I get ready for the day would be very useful.
I actually have a charger that can charge AAAs up through Ds and even a 9volt. Now if they made button batteries in rechargeable that would be great because that's what the bike computers take.
I wouldn't have to listen to my son yell every time he runs out of batteries for his xbox controller.
I would use them for my voice recorder, which eats up batteries weekly.
Definitely would make it easier for all the toys that seem to run out of batteries at the most inopportune times. Which would mean less whining... :o)
I stopped using rechargeable batteries years ago because the batteries did not last very long and it was inconvenient. I'd like to give it another try with the updated technology.
I used to have rechargeable batteries a few years ago, but they never kept their charge. I would be interested in seeing if this one worked better!
I constantly feel like we're needing and not able to find batteries around the home. I'd love to try the Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger and be able to change any battery any day we need to !
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I think the Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger would make my life a little easier because I would always be able to have charged batteries!
Thanks for a chance at the giveaway!
Wow, I really need to use rechargeable batteries since I go through batteries frequently. This battery charger would be great.
Not having to scavenge batteries from one place (usually a remote control) to something that needs a new battery RIGHT NOW! would be really nice.
Baby and toddler toys EAT batteries. And we have one child from each age group, so our toys get a workout. But batteries are so expensive that it's sometimes easier just to say "it's broken for now" and endure the tantrum. So yes. Rechargeable batteries would be lovely around here.
Life would be a bit easier because I would spend less on batteries.
This would make our life easier because our junk drawer is full of batteries that have fallen out of the huge Costco package that we bought a few months ago. Everytime I open the drawer, I am frustrated by the disorganized state of things. I also feel very guilty everytime we throw batteries away. We go through a lot of them for our Wii remotes, among various other gadgets in the house. We are buying one of these chargers right now so that we can eliminate clutter and waste!
I have an electric toothbrush but I didn't get the kind that are rechargeable but if I were to have rechargeable batteries it would be just about the same thing as the regular rechargeable toothbrushes: less waste!
I need to stop tossing batteries! Wasteful. Perfect for my son to be more responsible by charging his own rechargeable AA batteries for his game controllers; a constant drain on the batteries. He wanted a pack of AA for Christmas. I could give him this instead.
i hate throwing out things like batteries too! glad re-chargeable batteries have been invented
This is great! I'd love to not have to buy so many batteries!
Well I don't think this is a repeat but I didn't read ALL the responses! As a school teacher this would make my life easier as I would always have batteries ready to go for our electric pencil sharpener, the wireless mouse at my desk or my projector remote! 😀
The Duracell Rechargeable Quick Charger would make life easier because I would not have to buy batteries as often.
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It would help with my constant picture taking habit... my batteries always run out so quickly!
I have also used the rechargeable batteries before and have not been very satisfied. That would be awesome if these are a great improvement. Batteries are so expensive and wasteful!
A super practical item. Who couldn't use such a thing, and it helps keep more batteries out of the landfills. Thanks for the opportunity.
The Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger is so small & handy I can take it ontrips to make my life a little easier.
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My husband would be willing to buy more rechargeable batteries. He hates waiting a day for the charger we have right now.
We love rechargeable batteries esp if they have a 3 year warranty on the charger.
We typically use only rechargeable although I have not seen this one in stores..I better check it out.
Buying fewer batteries would be wonderful (having small children means young go through quite a few), and it would be more environmentally friendly.
This would make my life a dream! Instead of constantly buying and replacing I can buy and charge! My son has a lot of battery powered toys and I could have a set for extra use, a set on the charger and a set in his toys(;
Thank you for the opportunity.
It would be nice to have batteries ready when you need them.
Awesome!
I do currently have some rechargeables, but they have the huge charger thing that plugs into the wall. This thing I would not mind actually leaving it out so I don't lose it.
If I have MORE rechargeable batteries, I could use them for the remotes and the xbox controls and not just the camera. I don't know how much money we have saved using them for the camera!
Rechargeable batteries = always a good thing. (unless you lose the charger... 😉
my kids would have batteries always ready!
Ready access to good batteries is important living in hurricane country
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I recycle bags full of batteries each year, mostly from toys and smoke detectors. Nothing would make me happier than being able to recharge them! Yay for the environment!
Ohhh boy, I love that it's just four neat rechargeable batteries with a charger that folds up compactly. When I was in highschool I had a point-and-shoot camera that ATE batteries for LUNCH. It ran through so many batteries and I can vividly remember the large Ziploc bag full of AA batteries I'd have to bring with me on any trip. So I have a bit of battery-related trauma. This charger is the antithesis to my camera experience of yesteryear.
it would be good for all our kids' toys
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Ahhh, perfect timing. We are in desperate need of a new rechargeable batteries set!
It would make my life easier because I wouldn't have to run to the store for new batteries....just recharge. So great for all the toys in our household
will allow me to charge on demand (from kids)
i wish i had that one too!!!
I'm giving one of these to my 6th grader for Christmas, in hopes that he'll take more pictures if he has batteries in his camera!
It'd save me from having to buy them at a moment's notice! I'm bad at stocking up on batteries.
I like rechargeable batteries, I feel bad everytime I throw away batteries. I like the folded case of this charger. Thanks for the review and giveaway.
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I use Rechargeable batteries for everything. it'd be great if i have the Duracell Rechargeable Quick Charger
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Duracell Rechargeable Quick Charger would help me saving money on batteries, we use a lot especially on toys.
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We have 1 child and 1 on the way, so there are a lot of batteries used in this house. Rechargeable would be amazing.
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i take lots of photos so this would keep me going!!! Thanks for a chance to win and have a great day!
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These would make charging my toddler's many toys much easier and more economical.
Thanks for the chance to win!
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Omg all our toys with batteries, this will save me a ton
I would always have batteries for my digital camera which seems to EAT batteries!!
I'd like to get one of these for my Mom as she is always running out of batteries for her camera.
On another note, my husband figured out that the reason all of our solar outdoor lighting failed so quickly was the poor quality batteries that came in them. We purchased new batteries and now everything lights up more brightly and stays lit much longer. Yay!
would love to win this!!!!!
I love this...it's small and will fit in a drawer in the kitchen for easy "finding" by the kid! We have 3 at home still and use a lot of batteries.
Batteries are EXPENSIVE, so it would make my life easier if I didn't have to search for sales or coupons. 🙂
Batteries are so expensive and not great for the environment as disposable items. I would love to try this product out.
It would be great to not have to run to the store every time you run out of batteries! Anything that can save an extra trip to the store is worth everything to me!! Plus saves junk from the landfill; how good can it get!
We have some toys that always seem to need new batteries too!
It would make my life easier because my son seems to love toys that require batteries right now!!
This is so cool! It would save so much time and money to have batteries available without having to buy them all the time.
This sounds great! I would love to try one.
My son's R/C cars require an obscene amout of batteries, and they always seem to be dead when he wants to play with them.
by not having to worry about having the batteries stocked up. 4 kids=lots od batteries.
The recharger would make life easier when the kids bring me their ipods
or toys that need batteries and I am all out. I would just have to charge them
and not make a trip to Walmart or Walgreens for batteries. Means less batteries to recycle too.
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I am all about buying fewer batteries.
4 children + mulitiple electronic devices = so much need for rechargeable batteries! My life would be infinitely easier not having to worry about keeping freash batteries around. Thanks!
I would LOVE to be able to recharge batteries!
I collect old batteries but never really know how to dispose of them properly. This would really cut down on the waste!
It would save money. Just made a list last night of all the batteries we will need for Christmas!
They would with all of the digital cameras we have.
My nephew and I play a lot video games when he comes over and I am usually hunting around the house to find more batteries for us.
I could definetly use the rechargable batteries for many things around my home. My camera, remote control for the tv, and i just realized i needed batteries for this little set of battery-powered christmas lights.
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Love to use anything recyclable!
Whenever I am at Walgreens, I always try to remember if we have batteries at home and if I need to buy some. Having the Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger would make my life easier, because I will always have batteries when I need them!
We have a 6 months old with LOTS of toys that require batteries! Having batteries ready to go (without paying as much $$) would be great!
We use the rechargeables... love them for the tv remotes, the remote control cars and helicopters, and the odd flashlight.
This would change the household cry of, "Mom, we're out of batteries". Change my life and my pocket book too!
Great way to save $$$$!!!
We have a beautiful wreath that hangs on our front door, the lights look like pearls & light up, battery operated.
So many times, I have found the wreath has gone off, we leave it on from Thanksgiving to Christmas & sometimes I'm surprised to see the batteries have gone dead & I didn't know it.
Batteries are important!
Who doesn't like rechargeable batteries? awesome
It would make my life easier because I wouldn't have to keep so many replacement batteries in my kitchen drawer. And I would feel better about using something that's more environmentally friendly.
My new camera eats batteries like crazy. Rechargable would be nice!
It would make my life easier by being able to quickly charge batteries for my rather than having to dump batteries out of my own gadgets for them to use . . . leaving me gadget-less. 🙁 (Somehow I am ALWAYS out of the batteries they need!)
My kids are always needing batteries for something and we can never find any even though there is supposed to be a spot for batteries in our house, but people are always taking them and not letting me know when we are out. So... if everyone had their own charger and rechargeable batteries, then they could be responsible for their own stuff and I wouldn't have to go out and buy batteries all of the time.
Thanks for the giveaway!
Since I only work part-time, I don't have the extra money to spend on batteries & often switch good batteries from remote to remote depending on what's being used. Being able to recharge rather than having to buy new batteries would be awesome!
re-usable batteries are great!
Thanks!
Oh these would be awesome. They would make my life so much easier in that they would take up very little space and I would always know where they are!
I have a bad habit of forgetting to buy batteries when I'm at the store (in my defense I buy them in bulk, so I don't need to buy them super often, making them easier to forget when I run out). I can not tell you how many times I've had to run back to target just for batteries, because I forgot to buy them the day before and we need them for something that just can't wait...
It would save me from buying batteries!
No more quick trips to the store before birthdays and Christmas to make sure the toys will work!
Thank you for this giveaway!! Less batteries is a great thing. 🙂
That would be so great to not have to but batteries all the time!
It'd make my life easire because then I could easily recharge my daughter's blue remote control truck batteries (both the truck and the remote) during nap time. I can't believe how quickly those suckers wear out!
No more buying batteries for our camera1
They would keep me from having to spend money at the store for batteries 🙂
Yes, please!
It would be so nice not to have to buy every time I turn around!
I have six kids, and there is nothing worse than giving a child a toy for Christmas or birthday and when they go to play with it, you realize it needed batteries. Kids are not good at waiting - a one hour charge would be great!
Always having batteries ready to go for the various remotes in the house would make my life so much easier!
Definitely would make my life easier as I always forget to charge my batteries until the moment I need them, so the quicker they charge the better.
The Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger would make my life easier by keeping me from searching all over the house for a new, correct size battery. I would just take out the spent batteries, recharge, then put back in!
I've never tried rechargeable batteries, but I think I should!
Oh my goodness...I had no idea how many baby toys are battery operated until my husband and I conceived and started getting toys (mostly second hand, thankfully) from our friends. Our baby is due early in the new year and I'm dreading buying batteries for everything that jiggles, vibrates, lights up or makes music! Recharging batteries might cost more in the initial acquisition of the batteries, but would be so much better for the environment.
My life would be easier because my batteries would always be charged 😉
It would make my life easier by being so small and c0mpact and handy - I'd actually get rechargeable batteries and use them!
The Duracell Rechargeable Quick Charger would make my life easier because I wouldn't have to remember to buy batteries anymore!!
I'd have fewer batteries to recycle, which would make my frugal, lazy soul happy.
We are definitely an electronics family so that charger would be Mooey Fab!
My husband is a photographer so we buy lots & lots of batteries for the camera & for when he uses the top mount flash. Not having to buy batteries & having not to remember to buy batteries WOULD make life so much easier!! Plus our 7 year old son has many toys that require many batteries! 🙂
Saving on our budget! With jut about any electronic in the house has a AA or AAA battery. I can easily tuck one away when traveling when they kids batteries run down.
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It would make my life easier because the remote control to my tv seems to suck the life out of my batteries. With one of these, I could charge up the batteries in no time!
This would be awesome for my digital camera. I used to have a rechargeable one but the beach ruined it :(. Not having to buy new batteries for it would be excellent.
Less batteries to buy and so much better for the environment! 🙂
How would the Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger make my life a little easier? I have 4 children! We use lots of batteries. 🙂
It would make my life easier by not having to put up with a whining child when the batteries are dead in her favorite toy. A quick recharge of these would solve that!
My life would be easier with the charger because I'd have batteries ready to go when the dog's "bark reduction bird house" ran out. My neighbors would appreciate it too! 🙂
I would not have to collect the used batteries and remember to haul them to the recycle place.
I love having batteries ready to go. they make it so much easier with children
We recently just had our Son's first christmas with our family!! He's eight months old and over half of the toys he received required batteries. My brother told me that I should get a rechargeable battery set as they would save me a ton of money over the life of the toys!! The Duracell Rechargeable quick charger would make it easy for me to charge the batteries in my sons toys when he wants to play with them most, without worrying if i always have batteries on hand!!
Less waste is never a bad thing 🙂
I'd love to win this! Pick me, please! I hate buying batteries!
I'd have less batteries to buy=happy mom and happy kids!
I would not have to go weeks and weeks of shuffling batteries from one item to the next until I remembered to buy batteries at the store!
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This would make my life easier because I would not have to spend as much time going to the store to replace batteries all the time!
This would be a money saver. Good batteries definitely last longer, but are hard on the wallet.
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I have a daughter. We don't have a ton of toys. We have enough. It helps to be able to use really rechargeable batteries. I think I may still have a basic charger by Duracell. I used it through 2 sets of batteries. Over quite a few years. The batteries finally stopped holding a charge. I haven't had the money to replace them.
It would make my life easier as I would spend less on batteries and have them available for use with the quick charge.
We use batteries a lot in our household. These will come in handy!!
I would always have a charged up battery.
It'd be more convenient and more environmentally sound.
Already have a different kind of battery recharger & it's great for my camera that uses AA's & can eat them. Would give this to my daughter as my granddaughter received a lot of toys for Christmas that require batteries.
I would save me the trip from running to the store.
I would love to convert to charging batteries. We just started my son on electronic games this christmas. What a HUGE cost for batteries in just 2 days! What was I thinking? 🙂
Duracell Rechargeable Quick Charger would definitely make my life easier because it seems like every other item we own needs a battery, and having rechargeable batteries that recharge quickly would save a lot of money.
This would be great for the grandkids toys!!
They would make my life easier by freeing me of some of the eco-guilt I feel when I throw out spent batteries. Also, they would save so much time by not having to run to the store to buy new batteries all the time.
IT TOTALLY WOULD! WE'RE ALWAYS RUNNING OUT OF BATTERIES IN THIS HOUSEHOLD... IT'D BE SO MUCH EASIER JUST TO THROW A FEW IN "THE CHARGER"! THANKS!
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My husband always steals the batteries out of things in order to use them in his beard trimmer or electric razor. When I finally hunt the batteries down, they are usually almost dead, and ive got to go buy new ones. This drives me CRAZY! A quick charger would allow me to recharge the batteries he steals, and maybe even keep my own batteries charged and hidden from my thieving hubby!!!
I have never tried the Duracell, although the competitors worked well as you stated for a little under a year; which was still a significant savings! Definitely worth a trial run!
Oh, the Duracell® Rechargeable Quick Charger would definitely make my life easier. I have two young kids and most of their toys require some kind of batteries. And just like you, I hate buying batteries! This would safe me tons of money in the long run!
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It would give me more room in my battery drawer
Having a rechargable battery set would ensure that we ALWAYS have batteries on hand... my 2 year old does not understand why she can't play with a toy because we don't have batteries!
I have a toddler so we go through a LOT of batteries for his toys so this would save not only $$$ but time as well
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the charger would save time and money instead of running out to the store to buy new batteries.
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I love rechargeable batteries - they are the only kind I'll use :)!
I wouldn't need to be running out at the last minute to buy batteries!
Thank you.
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I use a battery every other week for my insulin pump. This would save me money by not having to buy them.
This would make my life so much easier because:
1) I'd save money not having to buy so many batteries .
2) We'd never be "out of batteries"
3) I could get rid of that big "Battery storage box"
Thanks.
Save me money on batteries. thank you.
This would help me feel better about not throwing so many batteries away!
i'd love having this - i am slways needing batteries for something
it would save me from having to run to the store when my sons trains need new batteries
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Our kids have several toys that eat up a batteries life. A rechargeable battery would save us money!
We go though a lot of AA batteries., It would be nice to save money and to save time by not having to run out to the store because we ran out of batteries yet again.
It would help make my life easier because we will always have batteries charged. We run through a lot of batteries around here. sweepmorey at gmail dot com
I would hope this would save some money with all the batteries we buy for the kids electronic toys
This could be my first step to going green!
With a toddler in the house, I may need to try rechargeable batteries. This sounds like it's so compact and convenient
Duracell Rechargeable Quick Charger would make my life easier as we are always running out of batteries and buying more. Rechargeable batteries would end that.
This would make my life easier because I could actually store my batteries that are already charged in the charger, that way when I go into my junk drawer I know that the batteries in the case are charged and the rest are not.
i would recharge batteries instead of buying more! Thanks for a super giveaway!
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Thanks for this snazzy giveaway!
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The charger I use now is much bigger than this one. I like this smaller one.
Thanks for the contest.
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My current charger can take up to 8 hours to charge! That is a long time to wait for remote or mouse batteries! I would love to have one that works so much faster!
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It seems like everything I own needs batteries. Buying a few rechargeables and using this charger would make life so much easier.
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would be a big money saver for my xbox
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rechargeables save money and are more green.
It would help me not run out of batteries for my kids toys
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This would make replacing batteries in our game console controllers so much easier! They run out often and it gets very expensive.
these would save me money and are good for the environment.
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My adult kids never have batteies, and come running to me when they need some. I woud ike to have a few rechargeable available for when my kids have wiped me out.
This would be very convenient for us because we are always buying batteries for one thing or another.
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