NiteCore 18650s

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T0mmy1977

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    I just received this advert. I'm guessing those ratings are exaggerated?

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    DaveP

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    Yeah, this so makes me want to buy their chargers. Not.

    I charge NiMH AAA batteries for my guitar wireless beltpack transmitter. It's interesting to me that my Nitecore I4 heats up those AAA's quite a bit. My Xtar VC4 leaves them barely warm. I like barely warm much better than hot. It seems that the VC4 also charges them faster, but I haven't done a stopwatch test.
     
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    Go Efest! :)
    I like Xtar, thanks.

    I own one Nitecore product, an MH2C flashlight. I bought it because it has built-in USB charging and I thought it would make a good back-up charger when I'm traveling in case my normal charger should fail. Unfortunately, the charge rate is hideously slow, nowhere near the 500 mA that should be safe to pull from USB. :(
     

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    I like Xtar, thanks.

    I own one Nitecore product, an MH2C flashlight. I bought it because it has built-in USB charging and I thought it would make a good back-up charger when I'm traveling in case my normal charger should fail. Unfortunately, the charge rate is hideously slow, nowhere near the 500 mA that should be safe to pull from USB. :(
    I really dig my Efest chargers, 2 and 4 bay. I stay away from their batteries though.
     

    DaveP

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    My favorite charger is the Efest Luc 4. That's because it can charge four 18650s at 1A simultaneously.

    I'm also impressed by the graphics and charging info that my Xtar VC4 produces. It's too bad they couldn't build it to charge 4 at once at more than .5A. The Xtar wall wart supplies only 2A, so there must be a reason for not taking it up to 4A plus.
     
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