Mine was great. I'd put the remote onto the cradle and it made solid contact with the charger, one beep.I never really noticed how long the charge took but it was relatively quick.

My first remote had the infamous screen problem where the right side turned white. I exchanged it and now I have the contact problem with the charger. I inspected both charger bases and both remotes before shipping the old one back. This might be a false perception but I believe the contacts on the new remote were further recessed into the plastic than the old one, causing them not to mate perfectly with the base contacts.

Right now a little jiggle gets it going but it's not as solid as the last one. We'll see?

Photodan