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<blockquote data-quote="bombastinator" data-source="post: 23658764" data-attributes="member: 43994"><p>Re: the one hour thing.&nbsp; This can be true of extremely cheap chargers.&nbsp; I wouldn’t buy chargers from this guy.&nbsp; I have an xtar dragon (which for these purposes is too much charger) myself which I got so I could verify counterfeits.&nbsp;&nbsp; It’s no longe as important (though it could be again) but it’s also a decent charger.&nbsp; Wall wart chargers will often only charge one type of battery safely, but don’t have the circuits to know if the wrong kind of battery is put in a charger.&nbsp; Mine does so it simply won’t charge any batteries chemistries it can’t do safely.&nbsp; (It won’t do LiPo&nbsp; for instance.&nbsp; They just sit there) He has or had one or more chargers that won’t do that.&nbsp; A decent charger will identify and not overcharge any batteries put in it.&nbsp; This means a lot of cheapo wall wart chargers aren’t super safe.&nbsp; Nitecore is one brand I remember as being decent.&nbsp; They originally did scuba-diving stuff, (so not the cheapest) and they got into batteries because of dive lights.&nbsp; There are others.&nbsp; Some companies may sell both decent and not decent stuff.&nbsp; Read reviews of particular models, don’t just go by brand.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="bombastinator, post: 23658764, member: 43994"] Re: the one hour thing. This can be true of extremely cheap chargers. I wouldn’t buy chargers from this guy. I have an xtar dragon (which for these purposes is too much charger) myself which I got so I could verify counterfeits. It’s no longe as important (though it could be again) but it’s also a decent charger. Wall wart chargers will often only charge one type of battery safely, but don’t have the circuits to know if the wrong kind of battery is put in a charger. Mine does so it simply won’t charge any batteries chemistries it can’t do safely. (It won’t do LiPo for instance. They just sit there) He has or had one or more chargers that won’t do that. A decent charger will identify and not overcharge any batteries put in it. This means a lot of cheapo wall wart chargers aren’t super safe. Nitecore is one brand I remember as being decent. They originally did scuba-diving stuff, (so not the cheapest) and they got into batteries because of dive lights. There are others. Some companies may sell both decent and not decent stuff. Read reviews of particular models, don’t just go by brand. [/QUOTE]

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