LiitoKala lii-500S - New HIT or ...?

I can’t even read it enough to figure out where to change it to English. :person_facepalming:

Thanks anyway Barkuti…. :beer:

AE is where I purchased mine; the Liitokala website even links to their “official store” on AE for this charger. I ordered mine two days ago and according to the tracking number, it has already left China.

teacher, if not redirected by some locale cookie you should see a default non-localized AliExpress site Lii-500S search link with an omnipresent horizontal advertisement banner. If you are redirected click on a Go to Global Site (English) clickable element up right.

I can't say I like what you say. I like the classic internet of yesteryear when by default I could see dozens of items filling my screen. Now I have to use custom dpi settings, use reduced zoom (85%) in accessibility browser options and just say NO to @#$% auto-zoom options.

:-)

Ordered May 31 from Banggood

I see around $27 at Aliexpress. I payed less at Banggood :smiley:

Thanks for the info. I ordered 5 June so maybe mine will get sent soon after restocking. :+1:

Review of one of the buyers with Aliexpress:

“The charger is not very suitable for charging AA and AAA Ni-Mh cells. There is a recharging of the cells and the triggering of the battery emergency valve. Tested on four AA NiMH manufactured by Duracell (2500 mAh) and two AAA manufactured by GP (1000 mAh), the charge was carried out with a current of 300 mA and pressure relief valves were activated on all of them. Charging 18650 batteries from various manufacturers is normal.”

I thought this charger didn’t even offer a 300 mA charge rate.

Hmm… I find that “AliExpress review” hard to believe. In other words, I’ll have to see it myself to believe it. :wink:

AliExpress is a very broad market, this means there are lots of know jack shit lads. By default AliExpress does not list the latest reviews, looks like they pick the most convenient. I recommend changing the “Sort by default” into “Sort by latest” at the left side drop down as a general rule, when you feel like that, etc. Their translator engine sucks, by the way. I also recommend paying attention to any additional feedback, this is because many folks write reviews upon receipt, which is bad. I take my time, you can be sure. And spank ass via going dispute if required no matter the amount of time and resources. If you don't, you are allowing yourselves to be looted or spoiled, so be sure to hammer the stake.

Cheers :-)

Yeah, something is horribly off.

AliExpress’s translation are crap.

I’ve bought a Lii-500 a few years after the HKJ’s review and I’ve compared the voltage termination of the Lii-500 with the voltage termination of a Lacrosse RS1020 and there were the same for different Nimh : Tronic Lidl and Eneloop.

Eneloops go higher than the Tronics (in the 2 chargers). I think Liitokala have corrected the problem :wink: .

It’s a pity the Lii-500S have lost 300 mA charge. It was convenient for AAA NimH.

Even LiitoKala isn’t helping here, since they appear to have marketing photos showing 300mA, such as HERE. If you scroll a few photos down, you’ll find THIS one, which apparently took the rates from the old 500 and slapped them onto the new one.

There is no 300mA, but someone should tell the manufacturer :wink: .

Yes it’s not very intelligent to show a photo with 300 mA and write below : Fast charging function with 4 selective current : 500mA*4 /700mA*4/1000mA*4 / 2000mA*2.

Some people here ordered in May.
Sure some of you must have received it by now? No first impressions or a few tests/comparisons you want to share?

Anyway, I wish more manufacturers would use a built-in power supply. Nitecore’s been doing that for years now and I love it. I have way too many stupid wall warts lying around and they often occupy 2 wall outlets so you can’t plug in anything next to them.

I don’t think that problem’s caused by the charger but by the fact that you’re using NiMH cells.
The mouse expects full batteries to be 1.5V while rechargeables are only 1.2V
So it “thinks” a full NiMH is already partly drained. I’ve seen many cases where devices will never display a full battery icon when using rechargeables and showing low battery warnings while in fact the battery has more than enough power left.

Besides what Nisei said, which has sense to a certain point, I really can't find any reasonable explanation to what you experience. My Lii-500 charger does good filling up Ni-MH imho. And anyway I prefer for cells to be left at 90 - 95% instead of being over-charged, which is detrimental for lifespan.

Your mouse must use very little power. I don't see how this can be a concern. Very few alkaline cells actually display higher effective capacity to that of Ni-MH, but Ni-MH does self discharge. The Ikea Ladda 2450mAh are claimed to be self-discharge, but they're not the best in this regard and may self-discharge more than claimed. Classic high power Ni-MH cells self-discharge quite fast. Let's see a graph:

Here (probably) is the best alkaline cell tested by Henrik.

Of course, 0.1A could be considered “high drain” for an AA alkaline cell.

Conclusions from this Russian-language review:

Negative:
1.18650 charges up to 4.25V!!!
2. Removed charge current 300mA
3. Removed the measurement of internal resistance
4. The screen after 15s goes into energy-saving mode and there is no information visible on it, you need to press the buttons to light up the screen.

Positive:
1.21700 support
2.2A charging current for 2 cells

  1. The overall user consciousness in these matters is lacking. The high charging voltage is probably partly motivated to show “correctly blown up” figures in the capacity tests. Even if not for everyone, take a peek here: DIY: Generic way to lower voltage termination on li-ion chargers.
  2. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ (I also can't say I like it).
  3. The original Lii-500's implementation was botchy. I still prefer to have it as it lets me know if there is something wrong in the rail or cell contacts (rust, debris, etc.), yet I know what is going on and don't complain. Other users just complain and shite happens.
  4. Like putting your canary housepet on a diet halving his seeds to save money. I really wish for they to stop with this endemic electronic bull$#%&@. Really. :-|

I live with it but I hate my multimeter auto-power off feature.

Why is that a negative?
The channel LED color will show charging (red) or finished (green).
The screen doesn’t need to stay on all the time. Only when you put in a battery or when you need to check progress. You don’t sit down in front of your washing machine for 2 hours to see what’s going on either. Or do you? :wink: