So, because i have recently bought an Xtar VC2 charger, which is the absolutely slowest battery charger in existence, i've been searching around the web for another charger which would charge my 18650's quicker. Just to point out, the Xtar VC2 charger takes all day, literally, to charge two Sony VTC4 2100 mah 18650 batteries. I'm talking about 17 or 18 hours. I know that The Xtar VC2 charges these batteries at a rate which is best for the overall life of the battery but life really is too short, it really is !. Before i got this charger i was using an Xtar single bay MP1S which works really well and only takes 3 or 4 of hours with the same batteries i mentioned earlier, but only one at a time obviously.
Now i'm in the market for another Battery charger. The Xtar VP1 looks like a pretty good charger. Read a few reviews and found that it charges pretty quick so tomorrow i'm going to buy it. Does it really matter that charging batteries quickly at 1a rather than 0.5a reduces the overall life of the battery if it takes a quarter of the time to charge it ?. Does anyone have a preference ?. What's the best charger you've had or have ?. Do you care how long it takes to charge your batteries ?. Have you had any accidents with a charger and what happened ?. Is it safe to add batteries to a multiple bay charger while it is already charging batteries ?. And can batteries be removed from a charger while other batteries continue to charge ?. Would you recommend buying a charger from Ebay or Amazon ?, and if not , why not ?.
The problem i'm having at the moment is, even though i have enough batteries to replace those that need switching out to be charged, my charger is so hideously slow that they don't charge in time and so i end up with a pile of batteries that need charging and no fresh ones to use. I can get through 4 batteries in one day in my box mod but i only have 8 suitable paired batteries. I could buy more and i will but i'm still stuck with the problem of the batteries piling up waiting to be charged. So i absolutely have to get a faster charger but not neccessarily with more bays because i'll be stuck with the same problem i already have. Those chargers with multiple bays charge batteries as slowly as the one i already have, at 0.1a !. It's madness. So how do you get round this problem ?. Is it an issue for you too ?.
If you've got a good charger which charges multiple batteries quickly please tell me what it is and where i can get one.
Edit : Does it matter if a charger runs on a USB or a mains plug ?. Can this make a difference to charging times ?.
Now i'm in the market for another Battery charger. The Xtar VP1 looks like a pretty good charger. Read a few reviews and found that it charges pretty quick so tomorrow i'm going to buy it. Does it really matter that charging batteries quickly at 1a rather than 0.5a reduces the overall life of the battery if it takes a quarter of the time to charge it ?. Does anyone have a preference ?. What's the best charger you've had or have ?. Do you care how long it takes to charge your batteries ?. Have you had any accidents with a charger and what happened ?. Is it safe to add batteries to a multiple bay charger while it is already charging batteries ?. And can batteries be removed from a charger while other batteries continue to charge ?. Would you recommend buying a charger from Ebay or Amazon ?, and if not , why not ?.
The problem i'm having at the moment is, even though i have enough batteries to replace those that need switching out to be charged, my charger is so hideously slow that they don't charge in time and so i end up with a pile of batteries that need charging and no fresh ones to use. I can get through 4 batteries in one day in my box mod but i only have 8 suitable paired batteries. I could buy more and i will but i'm still stuck with the problem of the batteries piling up waiting to be charged. So i absolutely have to get a faster charger but not neccessarily with more bays because i'll be stuck with the same problem i already have. Those chargers with multiple bays charge batteries as slowly as the one i already have, at 0.1a !. It's madness. So how do you get round this problem ?. Is it an issue for you too ?.
If you've got a good charger which charges multiple batteries quickly please tell me what it is and where i can get one.
Edit : Does it matter if a charger runs on a USB or a mains plug ?. Can this make a difference to charging times ?.
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