I guess this brings me to my next question... can anyone recommend a good quality smart charger? Ideally it should support the usual sizes at least (AA, AAA) but 9 volt and C size would be a "nice to have".
It should also have a discharge mode and ability to evaluate life/capacity.
I'd like it to be a "table top" model, rather than those big chunky plug-in/wall-wart types.