I never cared about the recharge time because I always keep set of 2 or 4 spare AAs and AAAs in a charged state. Then I just swap in the spares for the discharg

I never cared about the recharge time because I always keep set of 2 or 4 spare AAs and AAAs in a charged state. Then I just swap in the spares for the discharged batteries and recharge the discharged ones for the next device that will need them.