Car Charger for 40D BP-511?

[tgara]

I have a 40D that takes the BP-511A battery of course. I'm looking for a car charger because I'll be taking a trip next year where AC power may not be available, but I will have a vehicle.

Canon makes the CG-570 Dual battery charger ($90 at B&H), but you need to also buy the CB-570 cord that makes the unit work with the cigarette lighter in the car ($35 at B&H). Between those two pieces, that's $125 for a car charger -- kinda expensive. Anybody know of or had good luck with a cheaper solution? I've seen a few on eBay but am not sure of the quality.

Any input would be helpful.

Thanks.

[bcdoug]

why not get an inverter so you can charge your camera batteries, laptop, mp3 player, and just about anything else on the go?

a 300w inverter will cover your laptop and charger easily.

[bkj]

I use an inverter too. It works and is cheaper.

[tgara]

Thanks guys. I'm not familiar with inverters. Where can I find out more about these?

[Diesel_Dog]

Thanks guys. I'm not familiar with inverters. Where can I find out more about these?

Try google. They should be common at Auto parts stores / electronics stores, or if your Canadian, Canadian Tire.

[Jon]

Pick up the Sterlingtek charger. It does AC (100-240V 50-60 Hz) or 12 V auto, and includes the auto cable. Under $20.

[Eagle]

Thanks guys. I'm not familiar with inverters. Where can I find out more about these?
Walmart

[DDCSD]

Pick up the Sterlingtek charger. It does AC (100-240V 50-60 Hz) or 12 V auto, and includes the auto cable. Under $20.

I recommend this also, works well. Saved my tail while on vacation.

http://www.sterlingtek.com/canbp511acba.html

[Tdragone]

This is what I have and it works well.
http://www.eforcity.com/bcanbp511cs1.html

If you decide to go the inverter route.. be sure you research the difference between pure sine wave and modified sine wave inverters. Pure sine wave ARE more expensive; but won't kill electronics over time.

[LowriderS10]

I just ordered one for diiiiiiiiirt cheap from Hong Kong...will let you know if it works haha...should be here in 2 weeks...w00t!

[ben_r_]

I use an inverter.

[LowriderS10]

Man...the last couple of days I've bumped into some real jerks on here...soooo I'm gonna set a nice-guy example.

I ordered a home/car charger kit for BP511s from hvstar.net It's THREE dollars. So...if you want to wait until mine gets here (I'm guessing another 2 weeks or so), I can test to see if it works. If it does, I think you should order one...if it doesn't, well...then you'll have learned from my experience without spending any of your money :)

[jr_senator]

OK, I'll admit it, I also use an inverter.

[tgara]

If you decide to go the inverter route.. be sure you research the difference between pure sine wave and modified sine wave inverters. Pure sine wave ARE more expensive; but won't kill electronics over time.

:cry: You gotta be kidding. I don't want to worry about this. Sine waves, cosine waves, hyperbolic arc cosine waves -- feh! I'm just not going there, so inverters are out.

Based on the above, getting a charger from Sterlinktek or hvstar.net is the simplest solution. It will do what I need done without a lot of effort or expense on my part. I've done business with hvstar.net before (ordered a bunch of filters) and I've seen good reports of Sterlingtek batteries and other products on this board.

Thanks to all who have responded.

[Wilt]

I use an inverter too. It works and is cheaper.


DON"T TRY to use an inverter, it actually can blow out your AC adapter due to a cheap invertor outputting square waves rather than sine waves...trust me, I cooked a Motorola cell phone adapter that way!


Just buy the combo AC/car adapter charger, with input from 110-240V AC or from 12V DC, and charges BP-511 batteries. Some sources...

http://www.bizrate.com/batteries1/oid461003775.html

http://shopping.msn.com/specs/travel-charger-kit-for-canon-battery-bp-508-bp-511-bp-512-bp-522-bp-535/itemid620751747/?itemtext=itemname:travel-charger-kit-for-canon-battery-bp-508-bp-511-bp-512-bp-522-bp-535

http://www.google.com/products?hl=en&as_epq=&as_oq=&as_eq=&num=10&lr=lang_en&as_filetype=&as_sitesearch=&as_qdr=all&as_rights=&as_occt=any&cr=&as_nlo=&as_nhi=&safe=images&q=12v+DC+BP-511&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=X&oi=product_result_group&resnum=1&ct=title