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my charger bit the dust on today. I need to know if there are any stores that sell the Pila chargers?
my charger bit the dust on today. I need to know if there are any stores that sell the Pila chargers?
Pila battery charger
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So what exactly is so great about the Pila 4 stage charger? The tenergy that I bought with the ProVari seems to work perfectly.
Personally I use an i4, which isn't a full 4-stage charger but it does offer some of the same features.
Pila, according to the battery/flashlight nerds, has been one of the best chargers on the market for quite a while. The idea is that it checks to see where your battery is at (1), provides a fast, 'aggressive' charge to get the battery close to full, quickly (2), slows down with a 'softer' charge to top it off (3), & then goes into a trickle charge mode (4). Charging can be pretty tough on batteries, especially if you're providing them with a full charging current when they're almost topped up. Trickle chargers are nice because it doesn't just shut off when it hits full. It will maintain that full charge. Not that you should leave a battery on a charger longer than necessary - you're gambling with the chargers electronics at that point. Sure it might be ok most of the time, but that one time when something fails... not something I'm willing to risk personally.
I looked into them, but from reading on the flashlight forums, a number of those guys consider the gen2 Nitecores to be almost in that same ballpark... at half the price. I recall a few of them noting that Pila's can be pretty noisy as well, which I didn't care too much for.
I was kind of surprised, about 2 weeks ago my year old pila had 1 of its bays go out, the other bay works fine. I bought 2 of them last year though, the 2nd one for a back up, so at some point I need to get another back up. I was thinking about, getting one of the Xtar's either the vp1 or the vp2, not sure yet.
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I've heard excellent things about Xtar's VP series, both on ECF and CandlePower Forums. The next charger I buy will be one of those...
Probably the VP-4. I was waiting for the four bay charger to come out.
Probably the VP-4. I was waiting for the four bay charger to come out.
I thought my Pila was broken when I first got it due to how fast it was charging my batteries..
If your budget allows I would not hesitate on the Pila. Awesome charger, and amazingly fast charges as previously stated.
If your budget allows I would not hesitate on the Pila. Awesome charger, and amazingly fast charges as previously stated.
The VP chargers have a 0.5, 1, and 2.5 amp charge setting. Pretty impressive. Most chargers charge at 1 amp or less.
My pila has worked flawlessly for 16 months.. But my cord insulation right after the wall wart cracked and exposed the wires.
Pila's customer service is non existent.
Yet I'm still considering another since it works so well.
Unless someone can find me a 6v 2000 mah wall wart?
Pila's customer service is non existent.
Yet I'm still considering another since it works so well.
Unless someone can find me a 6v 2000 mah wall wart?
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