The Lenmar Mach1 Speed Charger was designed to safely rapid charge the 7.2-7.4V lithium rechargeable batteries used in many camcorders and digital cameras. The chargers supplied by the manufacturers for these cameras take anywhere from two to four hours to charge the supplied low-capacity battery packs. The Mach1 Speed Charger can fully charge the same battery packs in 30 to 50 minutes, the higher capacity "long duration" packs can be charged in 50 to 110 minutes.

Besides being able to recharge your battery packs in half (or less) the time of your current charger, the Mach1 Speed Charger is supplied with both a 100-240V AC power transformer and a 12V DC car power cord. Charge your batteries at home or on the go !

For those people that have both a camcorder and a still digital camera that uses a lithium battery packs, you can charge them both with the same charger. See below for the compatibility chart for the types of batteries that can be charged with the supplied or optional adapter plates. The Mach1 Speed Charger is fully guaranteed for three years, if defective it will be replaced for free.

Here's what comes in the box; the Mach1 Speed Charger, AC power transformer, 12V DC car power cord, and four battery adapter plates. These adapter plates slide on and off the charger as needed, quite a handy design.

The Mach1 Speed Charger's patented NeoTherm™ Active Pulse Speedcharging Technology continuously monitors, conditions and maintains the quality of the battery. It can extend the life of your battery up to 5 times longer than traditional chargers. The Mach1 charges batteries up to 3 times faster than conventional chargers and charges batteries from any level to full capacity while preventing overcharging or overheating and can also detect faulty batteries automatically.

Here's the Mach1 rapid charging the Canon BP-511 pack that is used in the PowerShot G1, G2, Pro 90IS and D30 still cameras and many of Canon's video camcorders. The supplied Canon battery charger (CA-PS400) charges the BP-511 quite fast but it is strictly an AC powered charger, the Mach1 is AC/DC powered.

Going for an all-day shoot or an extended vacation?   Then take the Mach1 with you and use it in the hotel or in the car on the way to the beach, resort, or fun park. In less time than it takes to go from the hotel to Disney World you can fully recharge your battery. Because the AC adapter works from 100-240 volts, it can be used overseas as well as here in the U.S.A.

The Mach 1 can be used to charge Panasonic, RCA, Sony, Nikon, Samsung, JVC, and Hitachi camcorder and digital camera LiIon batteries. The Mach1 comes complete with four adapter plates, the compatible batteries are listed below in green. The other plates can be ordered as desired.

	Adapter	OEM Battery Model	Lenmar Battery Model
CANON	PLC406	BP-406 / BP-412 / BP-422	LIC406 / LIC412 / LIC422
	PLC511	BP-511 / BP-512 / BP-522 / BP-535	LIC511 / LIC522
	PLC608	BP-608 / BP-617	LIC608 / LIC617
	PLC911	BP-911 / 914 / 915 / 924 / 927 / 930 / 941 / 945	LIC911 / 924 / 941
HITACHI	PLP120	DZ-BP16 / DZ-BP28	LIP120 / LIP220 / LIP320
	PLS550	VM-BPL13A / 27A	LIH13 / LIH27
JVC	PLJ207	BN-V207 / BN-V214	LIJ207 / LIJ214
	PLJ408	BN-V408 / BN-V416 / BN-V428	LIJ408 / LIJ416 / LIJ428
	PLJ507	BN-V507 / BN-V514	LIJ507 / LIJ514
	PLJ607	BN-V607U / BN-V615U	LIJ607 / 615
	PLS550	BN-V812U / BN-V814U	LIH13 / LIH27
	PLJ907	BN-V907U	LIJ907
NIKON	PLNEL1	EN-EL1	DLNEL1
PANASONIC	PLS550	VW-VBD1, PV-DB5, AG-BP25	LIH13 / LIH27
	PLP120	CGR-D120 / 220, PV-BP8	LIP120 / LIP220 / LIP320
	PLP610	CGR-V610 / CGR620	LIP610 / LIP620
RCA	PLS550	BB-55L / BB-65L / BB-85L	LIH13 / LIH27
SAMSUNG	PLSG160	SB-L160 / SB-L320 / SB-L480	LISG160 / LISG320 / LISG480
SONY	PLS100	NP-F100 / 200 / 300	LIS100 / 200 / 300
	PLS550	NP-F330 / 530 / 550 / 730 / 730H / 750 / 930 / 950 / 960, NP-FM50 / 70 / 90 / 91	LIS330 / LIS550 / LIS550H / LIS730H /  LIS750 / LIS750H /  LIS950 / LIS950H / LISM50 / LISM70 / LISM90
Note: May also fit additional makes and models. Additional adapter plates to charge newer models available in the future.

Steve's Conclusion

You can't ask for a more versatile charger, it comes out of the box ready to work with numerous, popular battery packs - the Sony Mavicas and many of the Cyber-shots that use the "M" series InfoLITHIUM packs and the Canon G1, G2, Pro 90IS and D30 cameras too. Lenmar has an adapter plate that will work with the Nikon EN-EL1 battery and that covers the Coolpix 775, 880, 885, 995, 5000 cameras. And of course it works with numerous Canon, Hitachi, JVC, Panasonic, RCA and Sony video camcorders and more.

It's smart and fast and reasonably priced, see the link below to buy it from our good friends at Thomas-Distributing. A 3-year replacement warranty insures years of quality operation. If you need it, go for it, you won't be sorry.