21Feb Watson Pearstone Duo LCD battery charger
A number of you asked about the battery charger I mentioned in the last podcast. Basically the tick is to buy one of the cheaper Watson or Pearstone versions for $39 or $19 respectively and then pick up the battery plates you need for the batteries you use. Depending on the battery charger you select this will save you between $40 and $60 compared to the normal option.
The battery plates are easy to change out and the charger is made pretty well. I’ve been using mine for more than a year now without any issue. As I mentioned in the podcast, some people have reported a high pitch hum coming from the Pearstone version. I’ve never had a problem with mine, but it could be that the frequency is just to high from me to pick out. So keep that in mind if you are sensitive to coil hum. Other than that $19 + maybe $10 for a hand full of battery plates and you’ll get a great price on a pretty decent charger.
February 22nd, 2015 at 9:50 am
These are the ones I use too. I have one of each with an assortment of plates for my Sony batteries. The first Pearstone charger I received was defective and B&H sent me another immediately…they didn’t even want the old one back. The second Watson one was perfect. Both get used almost daily. I also have one of the Watson solo travel chargers…sometimes on sale it’s cheaper to buy the charger with the plates you want than it is the plates by themselves…no kidding!
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:03 pm
@Dave how was your Pearstone defective? I have a Pearstone as well. And though it’s been working fine, it does start to make a very loud sound after a while.
February 22nd, 2015 at 10:59 pm
Mine would power on but would never detect a battery and start the charging cycle. I’ve never noted any noises coming from either of mine.
February 23rd, 2015 at 7:25 am
Does anybody have links for Europe? cant find it anywhere, only this Bluemax, which looks very similar:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B00TDO2C3C/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=2KV9G0V1YMQOU&coliid=IKRH0XO8TU0IJ&psc=1
However, cant find different plates anywhere.
February 23rd, 2015 at 8:58 am
Can anyone tell me if you can use Watson plates on the Pearstone charger?
February 23rd, 2015 at 2:12 pm
Yes as long as they are the same DUO LCD charger the plates are interchangeable.
March 9th, 2015 at 7:04 pm
Deejay, you the man. I picked up a Watson Compact Charger for some obscure JVC battery for $8.99 and a bunch of plates for $1.99. I saved 45%!
March 9th, 2015 at 8:55 pm
$8.99? Nice!