Let us make joint efforts to make some good chargers.

Enova Want to develop a charger series. BLF members Please tell us what kind of charger do you need ?
For example: charging current/ with or without USB port/ with or without LCD display and so on. Any ideas about a good charger, PLS leave a message here or send me a private message.
Let us make joint efforts to produce some good chargers.

4 bays
Up to (selectable) 1A charging per bay including slow charging for 10440’s or smaller
LCD display
HKJ approved

They are the main things for me.

I say let HKJ design a charger .

I think so, and I hope HKJ will give some help to us.

Clone this one . I personally don’t need/like all the bluetooth, smart phone capability stuff, but everything else about it looks like it has been tailored to be similar to a hobby charger, without it being a hobby charger. All it really needs is a really good power supply to come packaged with it.

Damn! I haven’t seen that charger before! but $80 bucks! I would pay at the most $50 for it, ditch the BT and lower the price!

I’d like to see a wide enough 4 bay charger to charge 4 26650’s. Bay slots to handle 34mm-72mm lengths. 3 charging levels;250 mah, 500 mah and 1 amp levels. Digital display with;voltage, total current charged.

I’d also like to see a quality single bay charger that runs of a USB port with a digital display and 2 charging levels, 250 mah and 500 mah. Would also like to see it function as a mobile power bank.

Selectable charging current (0.25mA,0.5mA,1A,2A), 4 bays, and with Lcd display.
The charging current for each bay that can be individually to make a choice, do you like this? (the meaning: 4 bays can choose 4 different current, and Each bay has a button of their own to choice the current or other.)

Something like the MAHA C9000 (with the same or more functions) that can charge D cells as well.

And a OLED display.

Yes, each bay selectable, up to a maximum of 1A, with a slow mode for 10440’s and smaller.

Edit: but I completely agree with the others, liase with HKJ and design one with him and it will likely be the most popular charger ever created.

1A for D cells will take up to 11 hours per charge, if you are using them daily thats too long (if this is going to be a multi chemistry charger).

I’d say a max of 2A charge at least for NiMH chemistry.

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I think the Bluetooth is a good idea. My wife uses 18650 cells for her e-ciggy but she gives them to me to charge. She’ll hand me a cell to charge and then she’ll bug me to check if it’s charged. It would be great if it could give her a notification on her phone that it’s ready to go.

Nice features would be capacity test and internal resistance test

Tbh, we just need a reliable charger that does not overcharge and uses the right charging algorythm, for that sake no lcd/led screen would be needed, no fancy internal resistance measurements and that stuff, because it is not precise enough anyway, and if it would been then the price would be higher.
4 bay, external two bays for D size/32650, 150mah/500mah/1000mah charging currents
No loud cooling like on opus chargers

Clone the VP2 and make it deliver up to 2A. (When I say clone I’m not asking you to make one that is identical but instead make it as good with all the features). That would be the perfect charger for me. I have a hobby charger (Icharger 106b+) with lots of features including internal resistance and capacity test and I rarely use it…

Xtar has asked this as well about a year ago. Please read the suggestions in that thread, they are still valid (and as varied as what is being suggested here):

Thank you very much, I have taken down your statement. “a wide enough 4 bay charger to charge 4 26650’s” is good idea, I got it.

By the way: we have Enova All-80 that is an 8 slots charger, can charge 8 26650 battery or 4 32650 battery at one time. but it haven’t digital display , optional charging current and optional charging voltage. and it only work on main.

and we have a single bay charger, it input power by USB port, max charging current is 1A.
I want to sent it to HKJ for testing and review, the results maybe need a few months.

HKJ is a very professional person,If he can join us,will give us great help. but he is very busy,may not have much time.

I’d like, like many others, the following:

  • optional charging current
  • optional charging voltage
  • capacity test cycle
  • LCD display for all of the above
  • HKJ approved. As you can probably see here at BLF, many will not buy a charger until it has been reviewed by HKJ.