Q8, PMS SEND TO THOSE WITH ISSUES BLF soda can light

I thought about this one, but getting 2 of them with 2 cords plus the VC4 I already have is pretty messy. Cords will be everywhere! Lol.

2 of them probably is my best bet.I could charge
4 x 26650 at 2A plus
2 x 26350 and 1 or 2 Misc 18650 at 0.5A all at once!
Then when they are done I can do
4 x 18650 at 1A.
Same brand, same simple interface. Yeah, seems like the best choice. Thanks.

Given that I usually get at least a month out of a single 16340 cell, or several months from 1x18650, I probably won’t need to charge the Q8 more often than once per year. I really don’t mind charging the cells in a cheap Nitecore i4, even if it takes 8 hours, since it happens so rarely.

I suppose if you use it all night every night though, like a security guard, charging speed might be a lot more important.

Yep, I do night security work. Lots of lights, lots of cells, but luckily I can charge them all at once, just once a week.

BTW, the SV2 is practically half price at illumn. I’m not sure if they are a sponsor here so I won’t post a link, but I’m sure most folks can find it just fine.

Got me 2 on the way!

Link to SV2 at Illumn.

I use the XTAR Rocket for my 26650’s, at 2A charge rate. Would’ve sworn the question was about charging the 4 18650’s of the Q8 all at once at 1A…

One could always buy 4 Utorch UT02’s and charge the cells at a 3A rate in the lights… :wink:

:+1: …. Your welcome, glad I coud help. :slight_smile:

That is a good price… you hit a homerun on that. :slight_smile:

I was kind of asking about that, but it’s been mentioned before that the Liitokala Lii-500 is a great choice. Simple and inexpensive. I was trying to make the question a bit harder looking for a similar power charger but holding 4 of the bigger 26650 cells.

Maybe in the future charger companies will realize they can increase sales, just by using a slightly larger housing to fit 4 big cells.

All 88 got it, they do 8 at a time, 1A to each, regardless of size (that is, if you select 1A, goes lower too and they do NiMH as well). I have 3 of em, if I can work em, anyone can! :wink:

I was looking at it and it does seem pretty complicated. One thing that made me pause was that the terminating voltage from the All 88 tended to vary from 4.14 volt to 4.19 volt (according to HKJ’s test). I don’t think it’s a big deal in the real world, but I wish it was a bit more consistent. Does it bother you any?

It would be a great choice for these guys who are buying 2 of the Q8’s. Charge all 8 cells at 1A at the same time. :slight_smile:

Yes, that’s true… but it’s been pretty much true across the board from my experience. My Efest LUC chargers terminate early, my Opus C3100 V 2.2 terminates early, I’ve bought new chargers many time for this reason. When I modify a light I go to great lengths to reduce internal resistance everywhere I find it, I don’t do all that just to put a cell in it at 4.17V and see what it does with a short cell! Still, for those heading back out into the night these chargers are viable options.

For me, quoting the numerous builds I do, I want a consistent 4.20V on my cells.

If you want to charge 8 cells, all 18650’s that want 1A charge rate, you put them in, you adjust the first one to 4.2V and 1A, then you press and hold the two center buttons and all 8 cells snyc up and charge the same. Simple.

All 88” = This …. for those of us who may be semi uninformed. :wink:

Review by HKJ
http://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20GyrFalcon%20All-88%20UK.html

That’s really not how BLF works. It’s just a weird policy on an unrelated for-profit forum. People don’t get banned here for that sort of thing. So feel free to post links to whatever, as long as it’s not spam or malware or something.

In any case, Illumn is good people and they’re respected on BLF.

GyrFalcon at Mountain Electronics, Richard of course is known and loved by us all! :smiley:

All-80 at Mountain Electronics This one charges all 8 at 650mA and is cheaper.

He’s out of stock on each at the moment, but these are chargers he uses personally at his shop so you know they’re thoroughly vetted. :wink:

Meanwhile, I specifically seek out chargers which terminate a little early. My D2 stops at 4.18V and I think it’s just right. I’d much rather have a charger stop a little early instead of a little late. I don’t like gifting to others if I know it’s going to charge until 4.23V, because it’ll kill their batteries faster.

A little early cutoff is good for cells right. Though I don’t think the lii500 cuts it off early

Haha TK pix2pix is actually pretty impressive imho

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MiBoxer is supposed to be having a new charger coming out, the C2-4000, that will do 4 x 26650 at 2A each charge rate.
It should also do 4 x 2A discharge rate & show capacity & IR on all 4 slots from what I have been led to believe.
They have just started a thread about it in the charger forum although the pictures do not show Miboxer new charger release C2 4000 & there is no spec listed as yet.
It might be worth looking at for those that want to charge 4 x 26650”s simultaneously & at 2A.

that thread shows a dual bay charger, the MiBoxer website has 1 quad bay but that does not seem to be able to take 4 x 26650

Yeah, I think the C2 means 2 cells, while the C4 has 4 cells.