Sony BC-TRW W Series Battery Charger

I prefer having accesories by the manufacturer of my equipment, OEM, so I purchased this Sony charger. It works as it should, it charges your batteries. I was given a non-OEM battery when I purchased my camera and this unit charges it the same as the OEM batteries I have. A necessary addition to one's camera supplies.

Superb. Only buy the Sony charger for the relatively "little-more" money you pay for this charger - now, it's often on sale. The technology is better as are the Sony batteries which are spec'd to your Sony gear. Has better charge time than the Wasabi, plus, 2 batteries it came with. Now, the Wasabi charger is physically "popping" the batteries out the charger in a vertical receptacle - they won't seat properly to enable them to charge - this, after only about 2-3 months of very light use. This Sony charger is slightly larger than the batteries themselves, which are small. I carry two of these chargers in kit since they take up so little room. Quality build. One yellow/orange LED when battery is first plugged in, then, green, fully charged. Simple and a fairly fast charge. A solid purchase from a solid manufacturer and dealer. Highly recommend.

First off, this OEM charger works well and charges pretty quick. If you are shooting with anything that uses this battery, then my guess if you will need at least a couple batteries to shoot all day. While it is nice that you can charge a battery in the camera, it is less than ideal when you have more than one battery. I do think that (like most OEM stuff) it is overpriced. It is unbelievable that you pay over $1k for a camera and it doesn't come with a charger.

works as advertised

I've purchased a Sony A6000 recently, and I'm thrilled with the camera, but not the in camera battery charging. I suppose this save you from lugging an external charger around, but I really hate opening up the little door on the camera, and taking time to mate the mini-macro ;) USB plug into the body of the camera. So for me an external charger was a must. The unit is small, and the prongs fold into the back of the unit. I particularly like the progress lights. I note one reviewer says to wait until the green "ready" light goes out for a full charge. I suppose in some situations the in camera charging might be a boon? International travel? I just wish there was a version of this charger that had room for two batteries charging at a time.

I like that this charger can be purchased separately in case I need to replace it but it annoys me that it wasn't included with the camera. This is the only time I ever needed to buy a charger because it wasn't included in the box! Aside from that I like it. It works well and doesn't take up much space in the bag.

Although twice the price (or more) than other chargers for SONY battery for the A6000-6500 cameras, I chose this charger. My previous (non--SONY) chargers died after a few years of light usage. Non-SONY batteries declined in ability to charge, and the Wasabi battery started to deform and swelled up. Unable to easily remove battery from camera. Recently purchased a new 6500 camera and SONY battery, I didn't want to risk damaging another battery. Progressive level of charging is displayed with LEDs. When LEDs indicate "full charge", it is only 80% charged. Let it continue for another hour or more to reach 100% charge. The guidelines for this are clearly stated in the accompanying instructions. The instructions, however, are printed with extremely small font, making them difficult to read. I am reluctant to try to charge off brand batteries with the new SONY charger, out of concern that the offbrand batteries damage the SONY charger.

Yes, the make a million knock-off chargers for the FW50 batteries and I even own a couple. So why did I buy this? I decided to start using OEM batteries AND I wanted a charger with a charge-level indicator. Not that you can't charge OEM batteries with a knock-off charger but I decided to just go all-in with the OEM stuff when it comes to the power suppies. It is solidly built, charges the batteries as fast (maybe a little faster?) than off-brand chargers. Switching to OEM batteries made a big difference, just FYI. And you can find them on E-bay for much cheaper than the camera store (or Amazon)

Good charger but it is slow to charge

Carregador original Sony. Deveria acompanhar a câmera já que é um item essencial e carregar direto na câmera não é o ideal. O carregador é bom e possui os leds indicativos de carga, porém demora bastante para dar a carga completa e é limitado a carregar uma bateria por vez.

Realmente es indispensable si cuentas con algún equipo sony, es super pequeño y funcional. El unico inconveniente que tiene es que solo se puede cargar una batería a la vez, pero es útil si no te gusta cargarla en la cámara pues hay muchos riesgos e inconvenientes, como usuario de una A7 es imposible cargar la cámara y utilizarla al mismo tiempo por lo cual me vi en la necesidad de adquirir este cargador que me ha salvado pues puedo utilizar una batería y cargar la otra. Es super ligero y compacto por lo cual no ocupa demasiado espacio, incluso puedes utilizarlo para transportar una batería y al momento de cambiar poner la que no tiene carga.

Finally a Sony charger that’s separate from the camera! Love it! Works great! Received it in a timely fashion and works as described. Would definitely recommend!

I purchased this Sony charger as a replacement for a less expensive one. The less expensive was poorly made and ended up slowing the charging time and not working at all. No problems now.