8.5 minute NiMH AA battery recharge info?

[mike]

Sakar has some AA batteries they claim can be recharged in 8.5 minutes.
Anybody got any experience with them?
Google has thousands of hits, but they're all (all the ones I checked)
copies of the press release. Looking for real-world experience.
Thanks, mike
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[Joerg]

Hello Mike,

Sakar has some AA batteries they claim can be recharged in 8.5 minutes.
Anybody got any experience with them?
Google has thousands of hits, but they're all (all the ones I checked)
copies of the press release. Looking for real-world experience.

That sounds quite scary. Assuming they'd be a little over 2200mAh that
would mean about 20 amps of charge current. I wouldn't want to be close
to the batteries during that.

Do you have a well functioning fire extinguisher ...?

Regards, Joerg