Got a new charger-Miboxer C4-12, 4 slot X 3A/slot, total 12A output

Current sale price is around $36.

Leo, I sent you an email. :slight_smile:

If this charger can match the SC4 price (via GB, coupon or whatever) I’ll definitely be getting this.

Can’t wait for the HKJ review .

Hello Pete

I got your email and have replied you, will sent you Miboxer C4-12 for review once is ok.

Thanks

Miboxer team

Hello lionheart_2281

May I know what's GB and coupon? Miboxer C4-12 will on sales at Amazon next month,

Yes, we just sent Miboxer C2 6000 to HKJ for review, and will sent Miboxer C4-12 very soon,

Let's wait

Thanks

Miboxer team

GB = group buy (as a forum we buy a lot in exchange for you lowering the price for us)
Coupon = a code you’d supply BLF with to buy it a bit cheaper than anyone else buying the charger

Aha, got it. but as BLF member, we can sent a free samples for review.

if someone else want to buy, we will sent Amazon buying link, the retail price is USD49.9

Thanks

Miboxer team

there is one little downside with 4x3A and its a 12V 60W external power supply hope its not too big, so the SC is a little more mobile with the internal power supply

while the Miboxer is capable of lower minimum charge current
the Nitecore charger can charge NiMh with 2A the other Miboxer chargers only 1A
the Nitecore charger cant charge 4 26650 at the same time

Both seem to be good chargers, you have to look which fits your needs best

Not sure if Sally from Miboxer also wants a german review on TLF again

I only see a single button for slot selection. Is the same button used to select charging current rate, or is there another button that I am not seeing in the photos?

Also, has the lack of termination issue, as found on the original C4, been addressed?

I believe this has been fixed on all of them. I have the newer C4 that has the discharge capability, and it works great. The only downside is the super noisy fan during discharge. MiBoxer needs to put a function in that discharges cells to 3.6v and stops, to use as a battery storage function.

Have any of you received this charger? If so, can you provide some feedback?

no no update so far, i asked Leo and got no response.

I would be very interested in reading HKJ’s review of this charger. I just bought four Nitecore SC4s (although I already have quite a number of XTAR chargers, ranging from the tiny MC1 Plus, to their flagship Dragon), and have been very pleased with their performance and feature set, for the price. They were purchased through a BLF Group Buy. There is no way I’d have purchased them at full retail. They’ve been the nicest Nitecore chargers I’ve owned, thus far; and at the price I paid, I have no complaints about them.

I’m finding the feature set and the ability to charge four 26650s at 3Amps simultaneously, appealing; but the current price on Amazon puts these at nearly twice the cost of the SC4 units I just bought; so it would have to be available through a Group Buy, or something.

Also, I’m not sure if this is a fan-cooled unit. If it is, that would be a hard pass, for me. I just don’t like fan-cooled devices, at all - especially if I would have a bank of four of them right next to each other. The fan noise would drive me crazy.

The SC4s do have a slight whine; but to me, the sound is negligible, even with the four units right next to each other. Of course, opinions vary.

I will look forward to reading more about this new unit, as time passes.

Off topic
David what do you do for the need to charge 16 batteries at once?
Wish I had a use for my lights lol

I find fluorescent lighting utterly depressing; so, when I’m at work alone, in the evenings, I ceiling bounce maybe a dozen lights to thoroughly light up my work area.

Whenever I come home from work, all the batteries I used, get charged, so they’re good to go, the next morning - without fail. I’m a stickler for leaving the house with lights that have fully charged batteries, and having plenty of alternate lights, to light whatever may come my way. I carry a dozen or so lights in a bag, with my multi-tools, and other stuff.

I like to use a Pelican 1010 case to EDC backup batteries, in that pack.

At home, I do the same, so I can have the kind of light (tint) I want, and I prefer ceiling bounced light, over direct lighting any day of the year. I’ll place a light on either side of my computer monitor, to reduce eye fatigue for late night computer use.

I’ll place another pair on top of either stereo speaker, kind of behind me, and off to my right; and if I want more light, I can place a pair, one on either of two sets of DVD towers, on the wall across from the speakers.

Sometimes, I’ll even mix and match two different tints in each area, for just the right color.

I know - I’m fanatical about having nice tints, to light up an area; and quite a few of my more recent purchases have been lights with neutral and warmer tints, so there’s no shortage of choices.

About once a month, I top off all of my 18650 batteries, whether they’re installed in lights, or not, pretty much religiously - and I usually do this at higher charge rates. I don’t care if I lose few cycles, down the road. It’s still a lot more economical than constantly changing out primary batteries, I never suffer from “guilty lumens” lol, and my lights are always prepared for any eventuality, on a moment’s notice.

Having multiple chargers makes it easy to quickly charge a large number of batteries, so I don’t have to take all day completing the process (I have 57 18650 lights, running on 69 batteries, so the more chargers the merrier!

A good portion of my AA lights also use multiple batteries, so I can charge a slew of different battery types, simultaneously, whenever I feel like it.

Some of my lights use two to four batteries, so the quantity of batteries used adds up, pretty quickly.

When there’s a power outage, I pretty much supply the house with lights. I could probably light up the entire house for at least a week, very nicely. Unfortunately, we rarely see power outages, and they usually only last a few minutes or so. A couple of days ago, we had a planned power outage that lasted almost twelve hours, but most of those hours were during the day, so that sucked.

When I do any kind of job that needs lighting, I have plenty of lights to choose from, and I have no qualms about using multiple lights, simultaneously (often, ceiling bounced).

Whenever I do indoor EDC (or other) still photography, I use a combination of lights and placements, to give me what I want, since I can’t really afford a bunch of fancy photo lighting equipment, and since I already have plenty of lights with neutral and warmer tints, to do the job. It gives me a lot of control over the overall quality of light for the picture.

A use can always be found for a good light - or bunch of lights :slight_smile:

Not that I’ve utterly derailed the thread - is this charger fan (actively) cooled, or heat sink (passively) cooled? It’s very important to me.

You could replace all those lights with a mere 2 or 3 Q8’s

Now that is true flashaholic.

Well - yes, there is that.

Would someone please do me a favor (if you’re able) and post a picture of a Q8, standing in between a BLF A6 and a Convoy C8? I kind of want to get a size reference of that Q8, relative to other must-have budget lights lol.

Thanks, in advance :slight_smile:

LOL thanks for the reply David.
If there was an power outage. You could prob supply the whole street with lights. Not only yours.
I haven’t had a power outage in like 6 or 7 years. Only got that one cause a bush fire hit some power lines.

Sorry for the derail. Back on topic :person_facepalming: