Need a new charger

[mekks082]

My xtar WPII died on me last night after about 6 months if use. I need to get a new charger ASAP. I would love to have four bays but I would want them to charge independent. If not a two bay will work. Any advise? Want something that will last, charges good, and will ship super fast.

 

[Rickajho]

Gotta ask: what happened? Is the green status LED on the AC adapter working? If not you may only have a blown AC adapter. You can try it on the 12 v car cord to rule in/out.

Right now I'm not aware of any 4 or 6 bay out there with truly independent charging channels. They operate by switching back and forth between the batteries in bay 1 & 3 or (or 1, 3 and 5) and 2 & 4 etc. Charging more than 2 batteries at a time means longer overall charge times.

Xtar stuff has a two year warranty. Did you contact them about a warranty replacement? RMA Request - Xtar LED Flashlights USA

 

[minimalsaint]

Bought this one a couple weeks ago and it is awesome. Ordered on a Thursday, in my mailbox on Saturday.

Efest LUC LCD Universal Charger

 

[xtwosm0kesx]

This is one of the better deals i've found on a Nitecore i4:

New Nitecore I4 Intellicharger Charger for 18650 1850014500 18350 16340 18700 AA | eBay

 

[mekks082]

The led on the plug is still green, tried the car plug and no go. No lights on the charger work. As for the warranty I don't think they will replace it. When I got the charger only one bay would work. I opened the charger up and found one of the wires crimped between the plastic. I moved it too the side and both bays worked fine till now. I guess I can contact them and see what they say.

 

[Rickajho]

If you want you can call them to discuss. Pull up the warranty info PDF on the site and it has the USA phone number for service.

That kinda sucks. My xtar WPII 2 is going on 16 months now without a hitch. Bet they replace it.

 

[Raynman]

+1 on the Nitecore.

 

[Mike Sheda]

I got this last week, and it works good
Each bay is independent
Amazon.com: Nitecore IntelliCharger i4 Charger - 2nd Generation - for charging 18650, 16340(RCR123), 14500, etc.: Sports & Outdoors

 

[BigCypress]

I got this last week, and it works good
Each bay is independent
Amazon.com: Nitecore IntelliCharger i4 Charger - 2nd Generation - for charging 18650, 16340(RCR123), 14500, etc.: Sports & Outdoors

From description. Output Current: 375mA × 4 / 750mA × 2.

Just so you know

 

[mekks082]

Xtar could not replace my charger for free, they offered to have it sent to china for repair but also offered to sell me a VP1 at a really good discount. Decided to just buy the VP1 after all the issues I had with the WPII.