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4.5
This thing is great. It does one thing and it does it right. It's just a simple and *very* dinky charger that is small enough to carry around with you on-the-go, and can be charged via a typical Micro-USB connection including USB battery banks making it great for travel. The charger itself is not much bigger than the Sony Type X batteries themselves, and is fool-proof as there are no buttons, just slide it open, pop in the battery, plug in the USB and you're off.. Amber LED to indicate its charging, turns off when full, easy, no frills.It seemed expensive to me until I realized it comes bundled with a Sony Type X battery as well, which if bought separately would be around 50-60% of the cost of this thing anyway, making this quite reasonable in my opinion and really a must-have accessory if you use your camera on the go a lot and may not be by an A/C outlet to recharge your batteries. Wish I bought this before buying a separate standalone battery. Although its worth mentioning this does Not come with the clear Type X protective case like you get if you do buy a Type X battery separately, now including the one that came with my camera I have 3 batteries and I guess I'll be keeping one of them in this charger during transport since yeah it doesn't come with a battery case, and also didn't include a Micro USB cable in the box are my only gripes probably.The quality feels good... not much to say about it since it's such a simple design. It's all plastic but thick and sturdy feeling with a pretty nice matte texture applied, the top cover is semi-translucent so you can see if there's a battery in there and also see the LED indicator through it. The slider mechanism feels solid and smooth but it is all plastic, and has little gripper bits molded into the plastic to make it easy to slide open and cutouts to make it easy to pop the battery in or out.Very happy with this, perfect companion accessory for your Sony Type X battery camera.
