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Well Bronze Pro Vari Mini looks like it will arrive tomorrow:banana: Haven't received any shipping on the Loki rings...wonder if they might be closed until Monday. I've lived without the ring to date...just excited to have them look a little nicer when they arrive. So it's time to begin the new year with exercise. I have a tread mill I haven't used yet...going to go home from work and get out the manual..figure out a good routine to start with and take a little walk tonight. You know my dad always told me to quit worrying about the things I can't change or do anything about...and take care of those I can. Well I've gained a lot of weight in 2013...and it needs to go away. That I can control:D

I still like the story (the late) Tim Russert told about his Dad when he was growing up. Little Tim was having a hard time...worrying about all the problems he was having. So his Dad made him write all his problems on little scraps of paper. When little Tim was done, his Dad put them in a shoe box and then put the shoe box on the shelf in the closet. He told little Tim not to open it for two weeks. After two weeks went by, they sat down together and looked at all the scraps of paper. Lo and behold, all those problems little Tim was having had passed and been forgotten.

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Break 1 9, (er, wait...)
Anyways, who KNOWS Chargers and Batteries here ? Is the XTAR XP4 'Intelligent' Charger compatible with 3.7V 700mA Batteries ? they are listed, and they fit without spacers (18350 sized) so I'm hoping this is a good marriage of Charger and Battery... :unsure:
All I know about XTAR is they are expensive so they ought to charge everything. That said, I don't know. I think Chak has an XTAR.
 

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All I know about XTAR is they are expensive so they ought to charge everything. That said, I don't know. I think Chak has an XTAR.

$37, kinda pricey. But I've already got a $9 charger that is useless. Also, I can set this up at .25A, .5A or 1A charge rate. Right now I've got it set on .25, and it charged new batts in under 30 minutes.
 

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Break 1 9, (er, wait...)
Anyways, who KNOWS Chargers and Batteries here ? Is the XTAR XP4 'Intelligent' Charger compatible with 3.7V 700mA Batteries ? they are listed, and they fit without spacers (18350 sized) so I'm hoping this is a good marriage of Charger and Battery... :unsure:

I have an XTAR and use it for all of my batteries...18350 included. Now I'm a little confused as I need spacers for them, but mine is like 6 bay so perhaps that is why. I love my charger, doesn't have all the bells and whistles but I had one Trustfire charger blow on me so I'll spend a little extra to feel safer.
 

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I have an XTAR and use it for all of my batteries...18350 included. Now I'm a little confused as I need spacers for them, but mine is like 6 bay so perhaps that is why. I love my charger, doesn't have all the bells and whistles but I had one Trustfire charger blow on me so I'll spend a little extra to feel safer.

I also have a six bay XTAR, the one with springs for negative contacts. My two spacers (little black wheel looking things) my 14500 and 18490 batteries slip right in. But even with four spacers, the shorter 18350's were a pain to get in there strait against the spring.
This XP4 has spring loaded metal slides. No spacers needed, and the 18350's slip in there as smooth as silk !
IA, do you leave your batteries in your XTAR ? I always have, as they claim to have overcharge/ short circuit protection. And I'm lazy. But for over a year now I've had no problems with the six bay charger. And I seem to get a year or so out of my AW IMR batteries...
 

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this is my battery charger

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I also have a six bay XTAR, the one with springs for negative contacts. My two spacers (little black wheel looking things) my 14500 and 18490 batteries slip right in. But even with four spacers, the shorter 18350's were a pain to get in there strait against the spring.
This XP4 has spring loaded metal slides. No spacers needed, and the 18350's slip in there as smooth as silk !
IA, do you leave your batteries in your XTAR ? I always have, as they claim to have overcharge/ short circuit protection. And I'm lazy. But for over a year now I've had no problems with the six bay charger. And I seem to get a year or so out of my AW IMR batteries...

In general no.... I kind of am in the habit of putting batteries on the charger when I get home from work and leaving nothing over night. Now on rare occasion I have charged overnight and really don't worry about it, but seriously after the cord blew on my trustfire I'm pretty careful. I don't think you would have an overcharge issue though... (I have a ton of batteries...I'm a brat)
 

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OMG treadmill kicked my .......I didn't last long. That's ok, every day if I can go a little further then I will win in the end. Damn my shins hurt:laugh:

Be sure to start out on no/flat incline. You'll be walking several miles before you know it! I'll be in the cheering section..:banana:
 
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