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.
I’m bummed I missed the discount deal… $21.99 is a nice price. Can’t find it any lower than $29.99. I’m 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. I’ve seen people do it on chargers before. Place it between the backlight FET’s drain and source. When the charger commands the back light on you have full brightness, when it doesn’t you have partial brightness (depending on resistor value).
I am, but I was foiled by the brand misspelling thing… Liitokala, Liitokaala, Liiitokala, LittoKala, etc. I found the 500S on the “Littokaala” 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 I’m 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 doesn’t. 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 . That’s how it usually goes and glad that they replaced that function with a useful one on the new version.
I’m not a fan of the new display, though it seems to be a trend with some Chinese companies lately to use reverse LCD’s. It doesn’t seem too bad in the photos, though.
Still (or again) on sale at Banggood so the code won’t work. This is the very first time I’m 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 it’s 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 ‘1’ button, the backlight should stay on permanently. Well, at least that’s what I’ve seen on mine.
When they write that 21700 are supported they mean just the flat top ones. In fact, often you read IMR 21700 (which means flat top). But the IMR 21700 is supported by many old chargers! In my old XTar VC Dragon a flat top 21700 fits wonderfully. But if you want to be sure to charge any 21700, then you need bays 77mm long (the Nitecore NL 21700 button top is 76,9mm long)
Also, sometimes even the IMR needs a button top. For example, the new Lumintop GT94X works with IMR 21700 button top.