A cheap alternative is the Tekkeon MP1550. It's only $20 on newegg, and takes 4 AA batteries. However, the droid pulls too much juice for disposable alkaline batteries, you have to use some good quality rechargeable AA's. I tried Alkalines, and they just can't do it, they're dead in about 40 minutes (an hot as hell too).
I use Powerex 2700mah AA rechargeables, got for about $23 for an 8 pack on newegg as well.
Seems like you can get a full recharge (run the droid battery down, fully recharge it from the tekkeon), maybe a little more out of one set of AA's. You can always just pop in another set of AA rechargeables if you need more than that.
The mp1550 is also a crappy recharger. I wouldn't use it as my main AA battery charger, but it'll do in a pinch while traveling or something.
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