I'm glad the new one is working out! If the Nitecore was much hotter, then something was definitely different between your chargers and the ones that were reviewed on Lygte-Info.dk. That's surprising to me, but not hard to believe at all. The charger is basically producing around 4V at around .5A (or up to 1A depending on the model). That's only 2W or 4W, which isn't a tremendous amount of power. And, a lot of that is getting stored in the battery rather than converted to heat. So, the charger and battery really shouldn't be getting very warm if it's working properly. Definitely sounds like you got a lemon the first time around.
Certainly no Einstein with these things but it seems that its "middle" cycle got too enthusiastic. They make a gazillion of these things and a few are bound to be wonky. It just seems to be the luck I'm having lately.Went for a test today with a $25,000 machine and it broke. Next week I get on a plane. I hope it works better.


That caught me off guard "Essence of Sea Slug" ....
GREAT name, I'm already thinking about what flavoring to use 
You do know I'm a hopeless animal lover right? Even went down to NOLA for several months to do animal rescue after Katrina. Sneaking into an area in the Lower 9th that was occupied by the military with orders to sot-to-kill first and ask questions later was interesting. Wasn't my idea, but worth it. Scary. Wish I vaped then, or maybe not. Rarely any electricity. There was a lot of fish filter type stuff, among other things, hanging from all the trees and power lines.
