Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

My Charger isn’t measuring up.
I have a Canon charger for my batteries. It keeps my LP-E6N batteries charged. Recently, I saw a Jupio twin charger with a dual LED screen and an attached USB cable. It seemed like a good buy since I will need from time to time at least two batteries to be charged. I have a total of six batteries that I purchased over the years. When I removed two batteries from this new charger, the LED screen read 100% for each battery but somehow it felt I wasn’t getting the full charge of these batteries. This was a thumbnail assessment. Before tossing them, I charged both batteries again, removed them and reinserted them. On the second try, the LED screen read 54%. I did this a few times leaving my camera on with the battery to drain. I have concluded that the new dual Jupio charger is not giving a full charge to the batteries I had recently purchased. Is anyone here having the same issue?

cjc2 Loc: Hellertown PA

Lesson: You pay for JUNK, you get JUNK. Buy a second Canon brand. I have 4 chargers for my Nikon Z9 batteries. Best of luck.

Mac Loc: Pittsburgh, Philadelphia now Hernando Co. Fl.

The highest price doesn’t guarantee the highest quality, but cheap is cheap.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I had a funny feeling many hoggers were going to agree and tell me that the new charger was a waste of time and money. Now that the three of us agree, I’m picking up a second Canon Charger. Thanks for the advice!

TheShoe Loc: Lacey, WA

How old and how many times have the batteries been charged? LiON batteries will deteriorate over time. It may be that both readings are correct. Perhaps the maximum charge that the batteries will accept is only 54% of their nominal capacity.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

These batteries are reasonable new. That is if you consider 2 years to be the oldest a 3 months to be the newest. I tape a small date to the outside battery to keep everything in sequence. While I appreciate the usual scenario with Lithium Ion batteries I wish to thank you for your concern and advice. It seems that I bought a piece of junk. I guess it finds it way to the back of my closet. I won’t burden a land fill or a fellow photographer.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

It's impossible to know how something will perform before you give it some use. Brand name and price might give you a hint, but the name of the game is "turn out product and make money." I have several chargers for all my batteries because I sometimes charge more than one at a time, or I have a charger in a camera bag, etc. Maybe I'm just lucky, but batteries and chargers have worked for me.

AZNikon Loc: Mesa, AZ

Bummer, from the headline I thought you were a fellow Dodge owner .

PHRubin Loc: Nashville TN USA

Does the old Canon charger still work? If so, after being charged with the new charger, put a battery in the Canon one. Does it indicate full?
If the old charger isn't working, after a charge with the new one, put the battery in a camera and check if full.

Then you will know for sure.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Analyzing battery performance, charging rates, and charger efficiency of lack thereover is lie monitoring your blood pressure. You can determine your blood pressure by takg your pulse, or even listing to your heartbeat with a stethoscope- you need a Sphygmomanometer (blood pressure gauge) and even if you have one, if you are not a doctor you may not know how to interpret the readings or waht to do about them. So to check out a charger yoy need a milliampere meter which is placed in series with the charger/battery connection. If you are NOT a technician, this can be difficult, especially if the charger is NOT a simple hard-wired type. Even if you can mang to insert the meter into a circuit, you would need to know the requedr charging rate and how or if ir diminishes as the battery charges up.

If your blood pressure significantly spikes you may not know until experience a stroke (Heavn-forbid) or other vital organs are damaged. If your charger or batteries are faulty, they may overheat, unceremoniously drop dead, or begin to hold a lesser charge. Someof these less-expensive newfangled chargers with LED indicator lights, don't work accurately.

For the average user, my best advice is to use reliable batteries from well-known manufacturers and simple dedicated chargers. As batteries age and go through numerous charging cycles they may begin to show signs of eventual failure. The batteries are the heart of your digital camera. If you recall the cost of film and processing etc, back in the day, batteries are your least expensive commodity so it is wise to maintain them correctly and have sufficient spares on hand. I have at least 30 batters to maintain between my cameraS, flash gear, and various radio slaves. I find the simple chargers that were supplied with cameras work best, more consistently, and without issue. If there is a drop in battery capacity, it usually indicates that the battery is coming toward the end of its useful life and will soon need replacement. Over the years, I have never found that this diminishing charge capacity was a fault in the camera or the charger. When the batteries were replaced, all the function returns to normal.

DeanS Loc: Capital City area of North Carolina

Insert a charged btty in your camera and see what the read-out gives you.

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

I’m left to stow this piece of plastic. I’ll head over to a camera store and pick up a Canon charger. Thanks

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Nah! Every Dodge Charger I have known slices up the road with precision. I’ll probably buy a black one if my wife lets me. LOL!

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Done. The rear screen confirms that the batteries which were charged to 100% gave a battery indicator about 1/2 full. I decided that this Jupio Charger is not worth it. To my fellow Hoggers, buy what you know works and not JUNK!

Scruples Loc: Brooklyn, New York

Thanks for the advice Paul. From Steve