Test/review of Charger Nitecore Intellicharger new i2 2016

You would think an outfit like Nitecore would have an engineer/development/and test department as least as good as HKJ and would not put out chargers that were as unprepared for distribution as this one is. That’s kind of pathetic, and somewhat alarming. Cheap Chinese, well somewhat understandable, or at least expected. But when the ‘big guns’ start screwing up it’s time for concern.

IMO, Nitecore chargers have always been mediocre at best. This one is just another strike against them in my book . I’ll stick with Xtar.

Thanks for the review!

Maybe the reason behind high termination is to make it appear to charge faster, but the I don’t understand the Ni-Mh inconsistency.

And really, how hard is to make a 2x 1A Li-ion charger? Nitecore seems to have forever struggled with that. They’re very good making flashlights but disastrous when it comes to batteries and chargers, maybe they just hire a third party manufacturer and put the brand on the products.

The phase when they established themselves as a market leader, with inventive and quality stuff, is officially over. Now they’re just maximizing the profit…

+1

Both Fenix and Nitecore should stick to only making flashlights. Leave the chargers to the experts.

Nitecore makes very usable chargers and I will also expect them to fix their new generation.

I hope they do fix what ever short comings this charger does have.

For a novice user getting up to speed on charging can be made easier by a charger with fewer readouts kike this one. but it must too be free of the problems HJK pointed out.

I have a new set lying around in my room for weeks. I am going to power up one to test now.

I doubt they will be able to “fix” that it cannot charge 2 cells with 1A simultaneously.
It takes 20 hours to charge two 26650s and render the ability to handle large cells rather useless.

My most used lights use 26650 batteries and I use two XTAR SP2 chargers that can charge at two amps for each of the two channels. The XTAR SP2 can also handle 70mm plus batteries with room to spare. :slight_smile:

In the mean time users can do beta testing for just 17$ while their engineers scratch their :zipper_mouth_face:

backs? lol!

Nothing wrong with my Fenix ARE-C2. I have had it 3 years and each slot can charge up to 1A and it has that spring to activate the 1A. Smaller batteries charge fine and ALL the batteries charge faster than any other charger that I have,N’core, Efest and K’Power. :+1:

I had something like this on my mind :smiling_imp:

http://www.tinydeal.com/cycling-bicycle-night-warning-taillight-rear-led-heart-ball-light-p-161254.html

This is a budget light forum after all…

Perhaps sb should add “derailed thread counter” to user statistics :smiley:

Ugh… I just ordered one of these. I should have checked here first.

So just “how bad” of a charger is this? I mean its still useable… right? Its not like its dangerous or overcharging right?

Useability can be discussed, but Nitecore may have fixed this now (I am testing on a new i2).

Yaay thanks HKJ for the updated re-test… I have been using mine since Late december. I think I got one of the updated ones from Amazon. But I am not exactly sure how to tell. It certainly seems to fully charge all my cells. Even over-charge my NiMH eneloops… which seem to be warmer than typical after charging. I have other chargers though for NiMH so its not a big deal for me.

I bought my NEW i2 a few weeks back and I have been itching to void my warranty. I’ve got to open this thing up and implant some test leads after reading this thread and find out which charger I bought.

Sadly, even though Nitecore sent a “fixed” charger to HKJ to review, imagine now many flaky chargers are out there in warehouse’s around the world waiting to be sold.

I liked my charger before I read this thread, now I have a project on my hands, darn it!

Thank’s for deep review, I had one this kind of charger and I’d like to know the batch number for fixed one. I got “NEW i200880000”