Over Charge Protected Ego Charger

[Penn23]

So I purchased a few popular ego style starte kits for $12.99 from a B&M in Maryland. And I might be paranoid (please tell me if I am!) but I'm afraid to keep charging them with their included chargers. I've seen subreddits were their chargers have caused venting, meltdowns, etc. I'd really like to play it safe and have a good charger that is protected.

Where can I get a Over Charge Protected Ego Charger or OEM Joytech Charger? The original charger is a 5v input with 4.2v 420mA output so a normal ego charger should work, but I'd really like the charger to be protected because only god (and the chinese manufacture) knows if the battery has any built in overcharge protection.

Also, to add one last note. They are 650mAh ego style batteries and take about 3 hours to charge on their current charger. Is that a normal charging time for a 420mA charger?

 

[robbenbanks]

I worry about the same thing so I just purchased this safe battery charging bag. Mine hasn't arrived yet. But I can't wait. Here's a link to a page on this forum that explains how to use it and the name of it.Now hopefully if you decide to purchase one you can just google the name of it and find a store that has it in stock.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/tutorials/355629-how-use-lipo-safe-battery-charging-bag.html

 

[Kiolbassa]

I've seen a Chinese knockoff Ego battery and charger literally blow up like a display of fireworks. Scared the piss out of me. Could have been a fluke. On my Joyetech twist on Joye charger, I'll go to sleep no problem. I even rigged up a charger so the Joye charger would charge my 18350/650 batteries. Those I do keep an eye on, though. I don't recommend it, but I haven't any problems yet. I hear everyone raving about how careful you need to be with these batteries, but I've rarely actually heard any horror stories that didn't involve op-error. Just my .02

 

[Penn23]

Thanks for the

safe battery charging bag

idea. I'll check it out. I wonder how well it works if the battery pops of like a bottle rocket!

Kiolbassa, what do you mean by user error? I've seen a lot of reports about simply bad chargers being the cause of explosion.

 

[Aphex_Twin]

Charging the ego batteries is a concern of mine as well, I am using the one that came with my eGo kit as well. So far have not had any issues, but I also have it on a GFCI circuit with a Belkin surge proof/amp'ed USB charger as well.