don't know where the foxpro batteries are made, but they do seem to be high quality.

I picked up a maha mh-c9000 and have been using it regularly with the powerex 2700 batteries.

What would those of you in the know suggest for something of similar capabilities for charging 9 volt batteries?

I called up Maha today. They, at least, don't carry anything like the c-9000 for 9v. Their c490f and c1090f models both charge the batteries independently. The first is four stations; the second has 10 stations.

Just picked up the Foxpro Fusion yesterday now looking at batteries and chargers. After reading through this it looks like I'll be getting the maha mh-c9000 charger and some 2700ahm batteries. I plan on buying and extra set to keep fully charged and with me in the field.

My question is, in general how long will this call last on these batterys before I need to replace them? I will be doing most of my calling in cold temperatures this winter. Will they last for 4-5hrs of calling?

Depends on the volume you use, how cold and how much you call on a stand.

I usually do 20-35 minute stands with the caller on about 70-80% of the time. I run the volume up and down. I can get 12-20 stands on a fully charged NIMH batteries and most of the time in cold weather 12-15. In hours I would say 3 in cold and 5 in milder weather.

With Lithium rechargeable batteries I can easily get double that. They weigh half as much as NIMH and last twice as long-----and cost about twice as much. Cry once buy once.

Keep your caller and remote out of the cold between sets if at all possible. Carry them in your pocket or under your coat if your walking. It's good that you are going to carry an extra set of batteries with you. That has come in handy for me more than once. Be sure to carry back up batteries for your REMOTE also. The Fusion was also a great choice.

Yote Yoda - What Lithium rechargeable AA batteries are you using?

Yote Yoda - What Lithium rechargeable AA batteries are you using? [/quote]

In my Shockwave and CS24C I use the Lithium Battery Pack from FoxPro.

I also use the NIMH welded Battery Pack from FoxPro and it also outlast the individual batteries that most use.

I have tried every battery combo on callers and decoys known to mankind over the past 30 years. I haven't used anything that will give your more running time than the two welded battery packs that FoxPro has listed on their website.

As far as chargers go, I use a nitecore i4. No problems after two seasons. I'll be trying lithiums with my new fusion also.

Looked at that one, but my game cams use 8 AA batteries each, and I was tired of using two chargers to charge batteries for those one at a time. Went with a 16 bay smart charger found on Amazon instead.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005UNPM3M/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Then I picked up 2-16 packs of EBL 2800 mAh AA bateries.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DNPT1AO/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


Haven't had a chance to test them and don't know a thing about EBL as a brand. Charger is fantastic! LOVE IT!! The EBL AA batteries are supposedly the hottest available, but like many things on the net, they receive mixed reviews.

Per the pic on foxpro's site their batteries appear to be Tenergy. I'm gonna get some of those new eneloop pro AA for my fusion. I use the Nitecore i4 charger. Only 4 bays but can charge anything including 18650's. Charger was $25 on eBay.

Just a quick note.
Sony's new battery.

Does anyone know of a source for the right connections so that you can use these for a CS24C:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390800142206?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

http://www.ebay.com/itm/390954234249?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

Hi...i am a new user here. As per my knowledge most often it's from a 20 hour or 10 hour discharge rate, these being the ideal conditions under which to extract the highest number.Manufacturer's would do well to standardize on testing and prominently explain all this on their product or packaging.I would also offer that although you're correct that a 15-minute fast charger may indeed lead to premature failure of a certain percentage of NiMH cells, I find the economics and convenience factor quite worth the risk.

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Just put 16 tenergy AA batteries on the charger, 7 of them would not take a charge. So I did a search on youtube and this is what I found, I tried it and it worked, batteries are now taking a charge.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICne0ZyZ3IA

wybob,
I don't know what charger you are using, but it probably is similar to the one in the video, in that case you could just get yourself a regular charger and it will do the same thing for you.
I use a Maha C9000 (AA/AAA) and when the batteries don't take a charge I then throw them into my Maha C808M and leave them for about 2 min. They are then ready to charge on the C9000. Been doing it this way for the last 4 yrs now.

Most of my AA Powerx batteries have been going for 7 yrs now and the C9000 charger has been doing a great job in reconditioning the batteries.