UV-5R Series Six-way Charger

This allowed me to get rid of 4 individual Baofeng radio chargers and put them all into a single unit for charging, PLUS two additional slots for extra batteries. It's as simple as can be. Plug in your charger power supply into this 6-slot cradle, put it somewhere on your workbench then drop in your radios or spare batteries (obviously for your UV-5R radios). So far, it's working as intended. Radios and batteries fit in the slots nicely and no issues encountered with bad electrical connections so far.

Very pleased with this product. I priced the one that had multiple charging ports in a single strip but too pricey. This product had a great price point and value for the money. I happen to have 6 baofangs radios that we use for scout camp. This so simplifies life compared to having to find 6 plugs, all the cables and the little individual charging docks. This instead is neat and functional. And it is plug and play: just slide in the radio, give them a few hours until the lights go green and you are done. Just make sure the radios are turned off and that you slot them correctly.

I like it. It charges my talkies walkies. It slides right in! When the light turns green your good to go! Comes with a 12v supply. I'm amazed at the cutting edge technology of this charger. Like some kind of dark magic...

Nice for keeping multiple radios charged. The on off button is great. You have leave it plugged in but turn it off to keep from over or constant charging. Negative is that it has the same loose fit like all this brand chargers, it is not like professional radio charging racks.

La estacion de cagabatteria es muy practico.

Why did you pick this product vs others?: Works great

This works exactly like the single charger that came with your radio, except... It not only does 2 at the same time... Not just 3 or 4... Not even 5. But 6 at the same time! LED lights clue you in on whether a battery is charging or charged. Pretty slick setup. And you don't have to put the radio in it to charge a battery. You can simply put just the battery in the charger, it has the side tabs to hold the battery in place. So even if you don't have multiple radios, but do have multiple batteries, you might find this unit pretty handy.

I really wanted this item to work for me. I hate the tangle of wall wart cords for individual chargers for my Baofeng radios. This device promised to clean up the mess and give me six neatly arrayed charging slots and only one cord. Unfortunately this device is a huge disappointment. I should also note that everything I say below about this device applies to its predecessor, which I returned for the same reasons that I will return this one. 1. Apparently Baofeng has changed its charging/charged LED convention. With previous chargers, the LED was steady green when unoccupied, red when charging and, again, steady green when the device was charged. Now, an unoccupied slot shows an alternating green/red LED (really, kind of annoying) which is supposed to go to steady red while charging and steady green when charged. I say "supposed to" because on this charger the slots continue to flash red/green even when a device is inserted. Doesn't matter whether the radio or battery is charged or uncharged. Mostly, they just keep flashing. 2. Sometimes a radio or battery, when inserted into a slot, WILL show a steady red (charging) or a steady green (charged). However, when the radio or battery is moved to another slot, that LED continues to flash red/green. Even more confusing, if the device is moved back to the slot where it previously had a steady red or green LED, it most often just keeps flashing. 3. Finally, while I was doing my evaluation, the LED for one of the slots just went dark. 4. I put a digital voltmeter on the charger. Each slot showed 8.5 volts between the + and - terminals. So, it's possible that the batteries would eventually charge. However there would be NO INDICATION that charging had started, was proceeding or had completed. Just a bunch of flashing red/green LEDs. So, flashing LEDs and a charger, but with no obvious connection between the two. In summary, while I would have dearly loved to get rid of all of my individual radio chargers, this is not the device that will accomplish that end.

I have had this for a few months. It seems to work great everything has been a problem free

I use this quite often and if you have 3 or more portables you really need this station. It has quite a small foot print for a 6 bay charger. Runs on 12 volts .

no power supply ... so, I have no idea how or if it works . Perhaps they assume you have a single charger already and you're supposed to use its power supply ?? Don't know . Will return ..