TSD Universal Smart Charger 7.2-12V for NiCad & NiMH batteries

 (48 customer reviews)

A universal smart charger such as this should be a standard part of any airsoft player's arsenal. By cutting the time it takes to charge batteries by perhaps over 80% it will make any player (and team, for that matter) increadibly more effective. Some reasons are as follows:

Metal gearbox Automatic Electric Guns (AEGs) are for the most part unrivaled in terms of overall capability on the airsoft field. Charging their batteries with typical wall chargers however takes many hours, necessitating that airsoft battles be planned far in advance. This smart charger thus enables you to play more impromptu.

Furthermore, with wall chargers the possibility of a failed or partial charge always exists. One may be in the middle of a day of airsoft and start to whitness their AEGs firepower rapidly decline until soon it lacks the power to shoot. Unless you have another battery on hand you will be done for the day, but with the rapid charger you can atleast make another...Read more

Pros: Almost Idiot-Proof, Does It's Job, Not Expensive, Easy to Use

Cons: Instruction Sheet

This product works as advertised, I love that it's practically idiot-proof and there's not much else to say. I got this charger in the mail yesterday, it took about a little over an hour to charge a completely dead 8.4V 1100mAh airsoft battery. It did NOT burn-down my house, the battery is working fine and the LEDs (red while charging, green when done) work too. I have absolutely no complaints with THE PRODUCT so far, the instruction sheet on the other hand is practically worthless. It's not a big deal because five seconds worth of googling will lead you to a real manual. As a side-note, the manual says the following about charging batteries:

ONLY use this charger for batteries between 7.2V and 12V

< 1100 mAh: DO NOT USE THIS CHARGER
1100-2100 mAh: use the 0.9A setting on the switch on the top of the charger
over 2100 mAh: use the 1.8A...Read more

I bought this charger before my vacation because I didn't want to waste half of the time waiting for my batteries to charge. This charger delivered. Instead of the usual 6.5 hours it would normally take to charge my batteries, it only took about 1 - 1.5 hours!

It was really nice to have all of that extra time actually using my batteries on vacation rather than waiting for them to finish charging. The charger was easy to use. Just make sure you read through the instructions first.

For the most part, this charger is simple, plug and play. You may need to flip the switch for lower or higher MaH ratings. Make sure to pay attention to that setting! Other than that, you just plug in your battery and the charger does the rest.

The instructions are not great. They are poorly translated, but I still recommend reading them thoroughly. Overall, this was a great time-saving investment.