I bought this battery charger because I wanted one that can handle size D batteries, also one that can charge 8 AA batteries at a time. Also, this charger has a LCD readout which shows the charge progress of each battery which is a nice touch. A unique feature of this charger is that the batteries don't start charging until the lid is closed. That is how the contacts are made on the positive/negative areas of the batteries. This feature is both good and bad. It is good as a safety measure (I assume, since it's called a family charger, the audience includes children). Yet, because the contacts aren't spring loaded, with AA and AAA batteries, sometimes after closing the lid, the contacts don't seem to touch properly (more on this later) and I found that I had to shuffle the batteries around and get them to work by trial and error.

I absolutely love this board and pointer!! The product is exactly what I expected. The only thing I would say is Hasbro needs to please change the Texture of he board. The pointer will not glide smoothly enough it has some rough areas needs a mod for the board somehow! Other then that love it!!

Had it for almost exactly two months and the earpiece part just simply broke off so note that part is literally hanging there via its own wires.