Best 4 Battery Charger

[niczgreat]

With my current 4 battery charger when I charge 4 batteries at .50 they get warm so I charge them at .25.

I think it's time to get a new charger because my batteries don't last much longer than 6 months.

What is the best charger to buy. It would be a plus for it to have a LCD Screen that tells me the charge left in the battery.

 

[pwheeler]

I am using an Xtar VP4 that I am very happy with. It shows each bay's status in volts and a red led while charging and turns green and shuts off that bay when done. Had it for a year now without any issues at all.

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[Shawn Hoefer]

Enova Gyrfalcon all-44

GYRFALCON All-44 4 Channel Digital Battery Charger

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[OlderNDirt]

I started with a Nitecore i4 and was happy with it for the first 9 months or so. It seemed to take a long time to charge batteries, especially if charging 4 at the same time. It was probably just in my mind, but it seemed like it was taking even longer to charge batteries even if only charging 2. Then an epiphany. I had back-ups for everything vaping except a charger, what if it were to die on me? Very rural, so a quick trip to any store, let alone a vape shop, was not an option.

So ordered and received an Xtar VP4 and couldn't be happier. Charges about twice as fast, shows volts when batteries installed and throughout charge, and the skids slide so much easier. I figure that has to be a lot easier on the battery wraps.

 

[kbeam418]

I use a Xtar VC-4, imo it's better than Nitecore. It actually charges up to 4.2, does .5 amp per battery when using three or more batteries, one amp when using two batteries.

 

[niczgreat]

Enova Gyrfalcon all-44

GYRFALCON All-44 4 Channel Digital Battery Charger

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Does it charge 4 batteries at 1 Amp?

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

Does it charge 4 batteries at 1 Amp?

Yup... everything from NiCD through LiIon... from AAA through 26650... 4 x 26650 at a time!

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[niczgreat]

Yup... everything from NiCD through LiIon... from AAA through 26650... 4 x 26650 at a time!

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Incorrect information

 

[niczgreat]

Yup... everything from NiCD through LiIon... from AAA through 26650... 4 x 26650 at a time!

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Well Shawn, priced right and mega features. Just picked one up.
Thanks (I Think) for the advise.

 

[Shawn Hoefer]

Well Shawn, priced right and mega features. Just picked one up.
Thanks (I Think) for the advise.

I'm pretty sure you'll like it. I have both the All-88 and the All-44, as well as an i4, and a VC4, and an X2... the All-44 gets the most use, by far...

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[DaveP]

Does it charge 4 batteries at 1 Amp?

That was my question, also. My Efest LUC 4 does, but the Xtar VC4 will only do two 18650's at 1A. More than that and it drops to .5A, but the USB wall wart is only 2A. I was hoping this one would. It appears that you can set 1A charge for 4 18650's according to the quote below the link

"Review" Gyrfalcon ALL44

The charger now has 2 modes:

• A simple mode, where the charge will start automatically, distinguishing from nimh to 4.2 volt batteries, with a 1.0A current, and the user can only change the current charge (0.1A, 0.25A, 0.5A, 1.0A).
• A professional mode: where the charge doesn’t start automatically, and for each battery you need to select the battery type (nimh, 3.6 volt LiFePO4, 4.2 volt li ion, 4.3 volt li ion, 4.35 volt li ion) and the current (0.1A, 0.25A, 0.5A, 1.0A). For the professional mode, all the shortcuts of the ALL-88 are valid: you can copy the settings of one slot to many others, you can quick set 4.2v 1A to all slots, etc. All the shortcuts are described in my review of the ALL-88.

 

[puffon]

Can the 4.2v Li ion batterys we use, be set to only charge to 4.1v ?

 

[niczgreat]

The only way to do that is to purchase a hobby charger for battery packs. Everything is customizeable on those. Which to buy and the mechanics of setting it up as a pack are above my pay grade.

 

[Darth Omerta]

I started with a Nitecore i4 and was happy with it for the first 9 months or so. It seemed to take a long time to charge batteries, especially if charging 4 at the same time. It was probably just in my mind, but it seemed like it was taking even longer to charge batteries even if only charging 2. Then an epiphany. I had back-ups for everything vaping except a charger, what if it were to die on me? Very rural, so a quick trip to any store, let alone a vape shop, was not an option.

So ordered and received an Xtar VP4 and couldn't be happier. Charges about twice as fast, shows volts when batteries installed and throughout charge, and the skids slide so much easier. I figure that has to be a lot easier on the battery wraps.

Ive always been under the impression that slow charging batteries was a good thing for extending the life of the cell(I mean how long before the battery is no good anymore, not between charges). Good chance that Ive misunderstood something as I havent really studied much about chargers. I bought a Nitecore I2 about 2 and a half yrs ago and it has been serving me well ever since.

I have been looking in to getting a 4 cell charger and Im leaning more towards the XTAR VC4 mainly for cost reasons, but I have been seeing a lot more recommendations for it than anything else. The Gryfalcon looks pretty cool though. I really need to study up on some charger info!

 

[Anthony_Vapes]

for cheap the nitecore I4
for better ones the Xtar or hohmtech ones

 

[Darth Omerta]

for cheap the nitecore I4
for better ones the Xtar or hohmtech ones

Any word about the Nitecore D4? I found a place where my 2 options for a 4 slot charger are either the D4 for $40 or the Xtar VC4 for $30. I was planning on getting the VC4 based on the price but it seems like the quality is also better from Xtar. What am I missing?

 

[OlderNDirt]

Ive always been under the impression that slow charging batteries was a good thing for extending the life of the cell(I mean how long before the battery is no good anymore, not between charges).

I have heard about that as well. No idea how much degradation charging at 1A rather then .5A, but being able to charge a pair in 3 hours or less rather then 4 or 5 hours is worth it.

 

[Darth Omerta]

Thats a fair statement. I never really gave much thought to how long it takes me to charge. I dont mind waiting 5 hours for the charger since Ive got plenty of cells in rotation and only 3 main mods(1 with an internal battery which is usb charged).

 

[Anthony_Vapes]

Any word about the Nitecore D4? I found a place where my 2 options for a 4 slot charger are either the D4 for $40 or the Xtar VC4 for $30. I was planning on getting the VC4 based on the price but it seems like the quality is also better from Xtar. What am I missing?

D4 is good too but pricer then the I4.
Xtar is regarded as one of the best charger companies.
I know the hohmtech one (hohmbase) is really nice too and has a battery doctor feature
Right now I have a nitecore D2, nitecore I4, Xtar VC2, Xtar queen ant MC6, and nitecore I1

 

[Darth Omerta]

D4 is good too but pricer then the I4.
Xtar is regarded as one of the best charger companies.
I know the hohmtech one (hohmbase) is really nice too and has a battery doctor feature
Right now I have a nitecore D2, nitecore I4, Xtar VC2, Xtar queen ant MC6, and nitecore I1

For the all the times your significant other says "charge it"! You are totally prepared!