ZTS Mini Battery Tester - ZTS MINI-MBT
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of ZTS Mini Battery Tester - ZTS MINI-MBT
Customer Review: Outstanding Product
Summary: 5 Stars
What an outstanding idea! Why didn't I think of this? Within two seconds you know how much life is left in your batteries. It tests almost every battery imaginable.
Customer Review: Questionable Reliability
Summary: 3 Stars
I like the concept behind this tester, and it performs reasonably well; however, I have encountered two problems that made me give it only three stars. First, I agree with the one reviewer who suggested testing a battery more than once. I have found that to be confident of a reading, you need to test at least three times, because its readings are not always consistent. I have had it give me a zero reading on the first try and 100% readings on the second and third tries. Second, I have no confidence whatsoever in its readings on C123 batteries. I tested three batteries which came out of three separate cameras and got zero readings on all three. Since the batteries were still functioning well in the three cameras, I became suspicious. I have an old Radio Shack analog tester which does not have a specific setting for 3V batteries, so I set the tester for 1.5V. Each battery made the needle fly to the farthest point on the scale, so I figured there had to be more than zero juice in the batteries. When I put the batteries back in their respective cameras, each of the cameras' battery strength indicators showed a full reading for the batteries. Consequently, I do not have any confidence at all for the tester's 123 readings. It has worked well when testing AA alkalines and NIMH batteries (again, as long as I test three times). Although I like the tester, I would hesitate to recommend it because of the problems I have encountered.Customer Review: Saves me money!
Summary: 5 Stars
This battery tester has already paid for itself. If a toy (or electronic gadget) is running slow, I remove and test all the batteries. Each time I found that some of the batteries still had 80% life in them, while others were dead. Before I had this tester, I would replace all the batteries. Now I can replace only the dead ones. It is great!Customer Review: Saving $$$ on batteries
Summary: 5 Stars
I bought this battery tester based on its Amazon reviews and I have not been disappointed. The tester is very quick and easy to use out of the box (as long as you have 4 AAAs for it). I do have to check each battery twice and have only used it for alkaline and NiMH testing. But I'm confident that I'm not throwing away perfectly good batteries anymore. Initially, I balked at the price, but I'm so glad I went ahead and bought it anyway.Customer Review: Set aside your digital multimeter
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent product -- I am very impressed with it. My kids runs through batteries quickly and change them themselves -- unfortunately they often leave the used ones behind mixed in with the good ones. I have a digital multimeter with a battery tester option, but as noted by others, this only tests for voltage output and isn't sensitive enough: it will discern new from completely dead, but weak batteries will often show as full voltage. To get a more effective test, you need some kind of load test and this unit's pulse test does the job nicely. It has allowed me to clean out my battery mystery pile and restore order to my workbench!