Reviews for Apple Battery Charger

-Batteries tend to not charge anywhere near full.
-Replacement batteries not available.
-Charger does not work with other batteries.

83 of 102 people found this useful

Charger works normal, but batteries works approx. about a 6 months, then they dead.

32 of 44 people found this useful

The charger is a great idea, small and doesn't use much juice when the batteries are charged up.
But I'm seriously disappointed in the quality of the product. The third time I wanted to recharge, the amber light is just flashing and the batteries won't charge. Nothing has changed on the batteries or the charger, it just stopped working. $30 wasted :(

38 of 56 people found this useful

I purchased 2 of these because unfortunately for me my blue tooth keyboard is the older one which requires 3 batteries, and not 2, so I needed the extra pack. What I don't understand is why the batteries don't charge to 100% I only seem to be able to get about 80% if not less. This is applicable to both the batteries going into the keyboard, trackpad and mouse. Looks like the Energize batteries are a better option, for me at least.

27 of 47 people found this useful

I'm surprised this junk is Apple branded. The batteries don't sit well in the charger, it's hard to tell when they are charging, and they aren't that good a battery. I don't know how they compare to other rechargeable batteries but they aren't even close to even an ordinary throwaway, let alone a lithium. Nothing elegant about the design. I'm not impressed.

39 of 112 people found this useful

This Apple product looks really good and the concept is cool. But, the real catch is when it comes to charging, all the 6 of the batteries need a very frequent charging as they get discharged too soon. The indicator turns green showing that the battery charge is full, but when I put them into my mouse and start using it shows 93%. As and when I use the batteries they get discharged soon without much long usage.

22 of 29 people found this useful

I like that this charger is very small. I can put it in my backpack so I always have a charger with me, particularly on vacation.

What I don't like is how finicky it is with batteries. I get the orange blinking lights with almost every battery - including Apple's. The second time I went to charge Apple's own batteries, it started to blink orange. Having a compact design is useless if it won't charge your batteries.

You might want to pass for now.

48 of 61 people found this useful

These batteries are not good at holding a charge.

They come dead, so you know they are not low self discharge, just a fancy package of standard NiMH batteries.

They don't charge to 100%.

They don't provide enough power to keep my bluetooth keyboard connected, at the exact same distance that the eneloops work fine.

Don't waste your money on these, they really aren't very good batteries.

26 of 39 people found this useful

bought a new 27" iMac. bought the new apple battery charger at the same time. plugged it in, charged up the batteries until the energizer batteries died in the new mouse. put the new fresh recharged batteries in the mouse and it says it is at 62% charge. kind of disappointing.

i do have to say though, for a mundane item like a battery charger the design is very nice. the specs say it has a green power saving mode which is also very good, no vampire power sucking. but still, it only charged the batteries to 62%. it does come with 3 sets of batteries and i haven't gone through and charged them all yet - but i will do that now that the first round only provides 62% life.

could it be faulty batteries? maybe a less-cool looking charger that has been around longer would deliver a reliable 100% charge.

19 of 23 people found this useful

I bought this battery charger, since i had the wireless mouse and keyboard, and the mouse would rip through batteries just like that so i had to keep changing batteries every 4 weeks. So i got this hoping that my problem will be solved and also since it was something that apple makes and i mostly like everything they make. Well when i charged them, it took 5 hours, since the ones that come with it are not charged to full capacity. But even after waiting the 5 hours, i used them and for the keyboard, it was only at 80% and the mouse, at 60%, i do not know why they can not make it to charge at 100%, so that means im going have to keep waiting to keep charging them since they dont charge all the way. Im slightly dissappointed in apple with these batteries. I recommend them but not for those who use their periphals a lot.

20 of 27 people found this useful