Got mine today as well. The display is very readable even at a shallow angle when the backlight is on, but when itās off, you can barely see anything. I wish it could leave the backlight on constantly or only go 50% rather than completely dark. I also got the cheaper LII-S4 and itās not battery polarity sensitive, while this one is.
Banggood is not going to relinquish this sale so that the discount code will work. Was supposed to end on the 12th. guess they are selling a lot of them at $25.
Iām bummed I missed the discount dealā¦ $21.99 is a nice price. Canāt find it any lower than $29.99. Iām not in a hurry so will wait. Hopefully someone will bump the topic with another good price later on.
A small resistor should fix that. Iāve seen people do it on chargers before. Place it between the backlight FETās drain and source. When the charger commands the back light on you have full brightness, when it doesnāt you have partial brightness (depending on resistor value).
I am, but I was foiled by the brand misspelling thingā¦ Liitokala, Liitokaala, Liiitokala, LittoKala, etc. I found the 500S on the āLittokaalaā now. Thanks!
I think I might go for the 6 bay one, as I prefer tactile buttons instead of touch-sensitive ones.
The only 500S coupon Iām seeing on his website is the one that he publicly stated in the original post of this thread, and it has been dead for quite some time now.
It seems silly to add this, but I meant to say it a month ago . I found it somewhat humorous that LiitoKala released a Lii-500S charger that will discharge cells just weeks after I purchased the old Lii-500 that doesnāt. I needed that feature, spent many months searching for a cheap charger with a discharge mode, and would have paid the few dollars extra to get it.
Fast Test on the old charger is simply useless; no idea what it could be good for. Oh well . Thatās how it usually goes and glad that they replaced that function with a useful one on the new version.
Iām not a fan of the new display, though it seems to be a trend with some Chinese companies lately to use reverse LCDās. It doesnāt seem too bad in the photos, though.
Still (or again) on sale at Banggood so the code wonāt work. This is the very first time Iām wishing a sale would end so I can order and save some cash
BTW, the code has to be entered during checkout in the coupon code entry field right?
Hi all, can I ask a silly question? Any idea why this unit doesnt come with a LiFePo charging and discharging test like the Miboxer C4000 or the Opus BT-C100 ?
Yeah itās a bit of a shame.
They have 2 new chargers, the 500S and the S6
500S has Test and Discharge modes but no support for LiFePO4
S6 has support for LiFePO4 but no Test and Discharge modes.
A combination of both chargers would have been ideal.
I got 2x LiitoKala Lii-500S chargers this week (thanks for the groupbuy code OP!) and I think I figured out a way to enable the backlight to be permanently displayed. If you long press on the ā1ā button, the backlight should stay on permanently. Well, at least thatās what Iāve seen on mine.