I have several Xtar chargers. I have to say I’m extremely pleased with all of them. Just ordered one of these to charge my 26650’s at 2 amps, and charge my Eneloops as well. The only thing I wish it had was a voltage readout instead of percentage.
I’m leaning towards this one or the efest 4 luc.since it has 2 bays at 2 amps or 4 bays at 1amp. But I know of xstar quality. My vc2 would be considered commercial use and still going strong. By commercial I mean it never gets a break 24/7. I have a line of cells always ready to get recharged. The only one amp charger I have is the litto 100. .5 amp charging even in 2 bays isn’t really cutting it anymore. 1 amp would work. It would nearly cut time in half.
What I was thinking with this charger is you could start the charge at 2 amps, around 80-85% scale it back to .5 amp or 1 amp to finish out without to much strain on the batteries. To many choices. I do need a rapid charger just not for my sets of 26650s. But for during hurricanes and such. When the power goes out for days and have 6+ flashlights/lanterns/powerbanks. I need to be able to rapid charge my cells even if it is just to 80% to keep cells in rotation fast enough. Even with 30 cells .5amp won’t cut it. With my power inverter and usb ports I can hook up 3-4 chargers in the vehichle as needed
It might be a good opportunity to purchase at a reduced price the older XTAR SP2 which seems to be a similar but without readout screen and lower amp charging choice of .25 amp.
I have 2 SP1’s that do 2 amps. But they don’t do .25 amps nor NiMH’s, and doesn’t have a display. Even though it doesn’t have a voltage readout, it still gives you enough information about where you’re at in the charge cycle. I’ll probably give one of my SP1’s to a friend.
BTW, I ordered mine from Xtar Direct for $32 delivered. I bought my VP2’s from them and I’m satisfied with their quick USA shipping.
Amen!!!
Ya’ know, that is a great idea about the XTAR SP2 ‘sidecross’. :+1: I have one, it charges at 0.5A, 1.0A & 2.0A and you are correct… it does not have “the screen” or the 0.25A charge. (To me both of those features are worthless anyway.)
I found the XTAR SP2 at this place at what appears to be a good price. Plus these guys are great to deal with…. shipping is almost immediate.
And since it can charge 2 batteries at 2.0A each, and through no fault of my own I seem to have somehow acquired several 26650 batteries; (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it…………. :person_facepalming: … . ) I may get another one of these while the getting is good. :+1:
No bells and whistles for sure, but hey; most of the time bells & whistles are just that………… bells & whistles.