I bought a quality single bay smart-charger and Xtar branded Panasonic protected cells so that I wouldn’t have to worry about it. I don’t charge my cells at work though, but I do charge them at home and sometimes in the car when I’m away camping or vacationing for a week. I don’t want my charger going up in smoke in my house nor my car, so I prefer to spend a bit more on a good setup. I only have one 18650 light so far, so I only need one charger and 2 cells to cover my lighting needs right now. In the future I expect to have another one or two 18650 lights and will buy more cells a that time, but the charger I have will do to charge them all as needed. I typically recharge my 18650’s once every few days, or both once a week. I usuallly charge overnight so I’m good to go in the morning.
