do you charge....

[Stinkytofus]

once it hits 4.20v and take it off the charger

or

when its charged fully at 4.20 and the meter doesn't move anymore?

 

[Monotremata]

I take em off when the charger says they're done.

 

[Train2]

What kind of charger have you got?
Almost all of them stop charging at 4.2, AND turn a little light green or something, alerting you that it's done...
Mine blinks while charging, first 1 bar, then 2, then 3 - when the third one's lit and stops blinking - it's done.

 

[KGB7]

I take em off when the charger says they're done.

This..........

 

[cinetrope]

I have an xtar SP 2 with no meter. I pull the batteries when the charge indicator light changes from red to green, then I test them in a Provari or an SX Mini. I've never had one that didn't read exactly 4.2 volts.

 

[Ryedan]

batteries will reach 4.2V before they finish the constant voltage part of the charge. You can see it in the graphs here.

There is nothing wrong with stopping the charge early, but I leave mine in until the charger signals it's finished.

 

[Stinkytofus]

i use vp2, it charges to 4.20, light still red, when its green the charging meter dont move @ 4.20 i guess i'll charge it till green lolz

 

[Ren76]

when the charger says done.
mine has a meter on it.

 

[Monotremata]

I have an Xtar SP 2 with no meter. I pull the batteries when the charge indicator light changes from red to green, then I test them in a Provari or an SX Mini. I've never had one that didn't read exactly 4.2 volts.

Same here. I went back to my good old MC2 when my fancy 4 month old Nitecore D2 decided it was only going to charge my batteries to 4.07, even though it claims they stopped at 4.2. The red/green LEDs never let me down on the Xtar..