Canon CB-2LS Battery Charger (Charges NB-1L Battery) for S100, S110, S200, S230, S300, S400, S410 & S500

I've taken it abroad and used it with 240V without any problems. All you need here is a pin converter (cheap at any travel store) and not a voltage converter.

It's plastic and hence very lightweight, which kind of gives a cheap feel to it, but it's been amazingly durable. The prongs fold into the charger and out of your way, so it's very portable. It's a bit big - about the same size as my camera.

It does sometimes make a very high pitched continuous sound when charging, something that can often be remedied by giving a bit of a nudge, or by just adjusting it in its socket.

It charges my batteries in about 2 hours. A red light goes on when inserting a battery for charging, and it turns green when the battery is done charging.

Pros:
* Built in voltage converter - runs on both 120V/240V (with a pin converter).
* Lightweight (plastic)
* Prongs fold into charger
* Has turned out to be amazingly durable.

Cons:
* A bit big
* Sometimes you'll experience an annoying high pitched sound when charging.
* Does not feel very durable

All in all, I would highly recommend this charger. It's come in very handy at home, and when traveling abroad.


Can't Beat It   October 18, 2002
William Porto (New York, NY United States)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful

You can't beat this recharger. It's small and very light. The prongs fold back into the unit allowing you to put it in our pocket or bag without worrying about bending them.

The single LED light shows red when charging a battery and turns green when the batter is fully charged. This little touch save is just one way this recharger is geat. I've had mine for over a year and it still works as if it were new - not the case with many cheap single LED devices. After a while the LEDs begin to fail and often you're left with a single color. Not with this recharger!

My recomendation is to always have two batteries when you travel - Even with a recharger, you don't want to be caught with your only battery drained.

I took this charger to Europe and with a small pin adapter I was able to charge my bateries without having to buy and additonal converter! I recommend you use one battery durring the day and if you get a chance to return to your room before the evening begins, swap out and have your daytime battery charging during the evening, and when you return to your room for the night, charge up your spare battery overnight. In the morning you'll have two fully charged batteries for your day on vacation!


This is NOT the Canon CB-2LS   January 2, 2005
C. Phillip Carter (Knoxville, TN, USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful

I was mislead by the title here. This item is a REPLACEMENT for the Canon CB-2LS. It is NOT a Canon product. It does indeed charge the NB-1L battery. It does work on an AC or DC power source. The real Canon CB-2LS is a neat, compact unit about the size of a deck of cards and the AC power prongs fold down out of the way when not in use. It will store quite easily in a camera bag. This item here is about 50% larger and comes with an AC transformer and power cord and another power cord with a cigarette lighter adapter. Just what I needed, another product with a transformer and power cords to keep up with. This is listed as the Canon CB-2LS, but it is not. I will be sending it back because it is NOT what I wanted nor was it what I was lead to believe I was ordering.
Addendum: Today, I see that my review is accomapnied by a picture of the real CB-2LS by Canon. The price here is about $35 which is probably the real thing. I paid about $20 for an "equivalent" [though "equivalent" was not in the product description]. My advice is that you should be sure that you are getting the real Canon CB-2LS. If the price is too good, you probably are not.


wrong battery charger   January 5, 2005
Scott L. Leighton (Reno,NV)
6 out of 10 found this review helpful

The battery charger was not the same as the one in the picture. It is a after market charger and it does not work as well.