Thinking of getting an Efest SODA Charger. Anyone have any good/bad reviews on it???
Any experience with this?
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Henrik carries out complete reviews on a number of chargers @omyeyes, including the Soda which I have linked to. Review of Charger Efest Soda 2014
the efest luc v4 charger got a pretty good review, and I use my luc v2 alot. I like it too.
But I dont think I ever heard anything bad about a xtar.
But I dont think I ever heard anything bad about a xtar.
I concur with your signature milescadre.
well I had a picture of a wolf vomiting rainbows but these forums dont allow animated avatars =P
What site is that from I would like to see the specs for my trustfire
Batteries and chargers
aaand white TR-001
Review of Charger TrustFire TR-001
according to that review, the trustfire tr-001 really sucks XD but 19 hours on a 18650 sounds about right. glad I got my LUC V2 XD
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I stumbled on that guys reviews and went with the xtar sp1. Very pleased. If you don't need to charge a bunch of batteries at once it's an excellent charger.
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I have a soda, check my Panasonic 18650's and AW 18350's after every charge and they've always been good whether I take them straight off charge when full or they get left for a couple hours. Every single charge gets up to 4.17 - 4.2 volts, never gone over. The switch is normally set to 1A, but is there any advantage to using it at 0.5?
I also regularly feel the temp of the batteries and charger and it barely gets warm. The thermal images on that review make it look super hot!
I also regularly feel the temp of the batteries and charger and it barely gets warm. The thermal images on that review make it look super hot!
I think the thing that kills the soda charger is that it gets hot and makes the batteries get hot. Lithium cells dont like heat.
as far as 1a vs 0.5a, you use 1 amp on bigger batteries (18500, 18650, etc) and 0.5 on smaller batteries (18350, etc). Of course, when in doubt, consult ^^
Not sure if the SOAD auto changes, but I know my Luc doesnt get too warm and auto changes between 1 amp and 0.5 amps depending on the battery put in. so I just leave it on 1 amp
The current options make sense, thanks
I've seen the thermal image of the reviewers charger, but mine somehow is completely different. I even had it charging right next to me earlier so I could regularly touch it. At all times, the charger and batteries were cooler than my fingers, and sniffing at the vents, no warm smell either. In contrast, other chargers for my laptop, camera, iPad etc all get warmer than the soda. I would try rigging my Fluke meter to monitor current, but don't really fancy messing with the batteries in this way.
Did not get the Efest SODA. Ended up with an Efest BIO V2 Intelligent charger. I hope the reviews are good on it, I haven't had a chance to look it up. I'm using 18650 & 18490 batteries. Does anyone suggest using a battery bag with this set up??
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