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Car Chargers?

 
mlfrancis
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Jul 15, 2002 13:45 |  #1

Hello All,
I was doing some searching in the archives looking for information on car chargers. I have a G2 and love the battery life, but would still like to get a charger for the car.

The Canon one is WAY too expensive. Hey Canon, take the hint!

I notice several people spoke about the Mach1 charger. I've been using the builtin charger with the camera and quite pleased and not at all worried about it. However, since the Mach1 comes with 120v and 12v adapters, it sounds really nice. I could use it in the car and even in the house for a second battery.

I found something similar to it called a TurboCharger LX for only $39. It too does the 120v and 12v, but only does the BP-511/512 batteries whereas the Mach1 can do others.


Does anyone know anything about this TurboCharger LX ?


My other question is how many, if any, have used a DC to AC converter and then used the builtin charger to charge the battery? Is this a decent way of handling charging from the car or is there something bad I should know about it?


Thanks in advance,
Michael




  
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oldlincoln
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Jul 18, 2002 17:25 |  #2

You can get the Mach1 charger from http://vss-electronics.com/ (external link) for $46.45. I have one and it works peachy. It will charge a BP-511 in about 35 to 40 minutes and uses a stepped rate charging method which should improve battery life. It comes with a car adapter and different plates so you can charge most of the common digital camera and camcorder batteries. VSS has really good prices on Lenmar batteries of all kinds. My buying experience with them was uniformly positive, low prices, fast service, and no B.S.




  
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Jul 19, 2002 09:04 |  #3

Get an inverter from Radio Shack or wherever and then just plug your regular Canon charger and camera into it.




  
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