Battery Tester Worth Having? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / testgear

author: DW1961
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2020, 08:42:31 pm
content: Do you guys think this battery tester is worth having? I can get it free, so I was just wondering.https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08H4RB8SN

author: bob91343
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2020, 10:09:19 pm
content: The price is right, although I don't like dealing with Amazon. Sometimes Harbor Freight gives away their DVMs that include a battery tester. Or you can build your own for essentially zero, just a milliammeter and a resistor.

author: ledtester
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: October 15, 2020, 10:15:51 pm
content: Is that the only thing you can get for free or do you have a choice?

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 15, 2020, 10:18:33 pm
content: Quote from: DW1961 on October 15, 2020, 08:42:31 pmYou need to ask?Seriously, though... It is presented well for a decent range of batteries and it would seem to take out an element of interpretation which would make for simpler assessment. How well it performs in actuality is an unknown. Any battery tester will have its limits, but they aren't meant to be NASA certified for deep space missions.I'd grab one.

author: DW1961
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2020, 03:37:38 am
content: They have thousands of items you can request, but you can't just go to any vendor page and request whatever you want. If that were the case, I'd be requesting 10, 000 dollar items, and selling them.This is the first battery tester I've seen. The way it works, they have a personal items they give you and you alone a chance to review. However, they quickly rotate out of your queue, say, depending on the item, 3-5 days. Then they go into another holding area, and then they go into a large archive area for anyone in the Vine program to request. It seems like the best things are those that Amazon tosses into your personal queue. For example, just in the past month, I've gotten in my personal queue that was worth requesting:1. Google Pixel4a phone: 350.002. HP 24" 144Hz gaming IPS panel. 279.003. Lithium Ion emergency battery jump starter, up to 6 liter diesel or 8 liter gas: 179.00 (I didn't request it.)4. This soldering station:https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08868BVRT

author: DW1961
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: October 16, 2020, 03:44:27 am
content: Quote from: Brumby on October 15, 2020, 10:18:33 pmI guess what I was asking is why not just use the battery test function on my MM? It does load them. Also, I need to review the things I request. You can't just say, "Oh, it's cool, I like it. High quality." That will get you BOT kicked out of the program faster than blowing your nose. They reward you for doing quality reviews by dropping nice items in your personal request que.So, I'd have to test a multitude of batteries with it, but I only have AA and AAA and 9V to test it with, which should suffice. It would be a pretty easy review because I have no way to double check the tester with a high end piece of equipment. Amazon knows that. I'd just check out the exterior build quality, take some pictures of what I found, compare the results with my MM and report the data. Still, I'm looking at at least 30 minutes to an hour to complete it. That doesn't sound like much, but when you have 5-10 items in your review que, it adds up. So I gotta be choosy.Also, the only batteries I need to test, really, are AA and AAA, maybe a 9V here and there.

author: Brumby
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: October 16, 2020, 11:46:35 am
content: I'd be inclined to at least include some button batteries (CRxxxx) and 18650's.