real time voltage is shown, afaik. real time current is not.
I already have more chargers and charge slots than batteries, so I might not be willing to get another one. Let’s see.
Aliexpress emailed tracking info: “Parcel Status Arrived in destination country; awaiting customs clearance.” It will be interesting to see if there will be further tracking info, and how long it will take until final delivery.
With the listed sale price at <3bux, I figure I’ll pull the trigger on a few. It’s nice to be able to see the realtime voltage as it’s charging, but not have to drag along an Opus or almighty Miboxer to work if I just want to top off a cell.
I keep a 100B in my bag just in case, but only 4 LEDs doesn’t say much. Being able to pull it when it hits, say, 4.1V or even 4.0V would be nice.
Technically, if you pull the cell just upon voltmeter hitting somewhere near maximum voltage, since charging current will still be close to 1A/0.5A it can be grossly predicted that final cell voltage would lay around where you want. Voltage differential dV ≈ I × R, where I is the remaining charging current and R is the sum of cell plus rail contact plus other resistances. 
Cheers :-)
For ePacket shipments, the USPS tracking system will now even show status beginning with acceptance in China. One of the random Chinese tracking sites will give greater detail when it’s inside the China Post system, but aside from that, the USPS will have it covered from start to finish.
The trip across the pond actually takes only a few days. Once it reaches the states, it has to be processed through one of USPS’ International Service Centers, which can seemingly take forever (and often a source of complaint), then onto the local regional distribution center and final post office for delivery.
I made a video (it’s boring, probably go to Youtube Settings and playback at 2x speed)
It doesn’t show real-time charging current, but shows real-time voltage (not sure how accurate, but at least more granularity than the 0-25-50-75-100% LED bars of other chargers)
Excellent video, many thanks for sharing it!
I guess the real-time voltage display is useful.
Sale starts.
I ordered one!
I did, too.
Just a heads up - if you order 2 the price is even lower (2.66 $US each)
$METOO for €2.29 AKA $2.80
Is the sale still active?
I’m not seeing the sale price on Aliexpress.
I believe the sale for the item I linked is no longer active or no longer visible. Maybe it was the wrong price, maybe it was for a limited time or for a limited amount of stock.
My order says “awaiting shipment”.
it’s gone for 2.80$, back to 7.99$…i am thinking about it, but i am still using eneloops only, lion seems like a lot of work and precautions…don’t overcharge, don’t overdischarge, check the voltage, put them at 3.7V for storage, what to use- protected or unprotected, avoid short circuit, avoid drops, it’s getting harder and harder to order them online, it looks like full time job taking care of lion batteries… 
They are not that difficult to use.
That was a quick sale then.
But congrats to the people who were able to get the deal.
The store’s sale item page still falsely lists them for $2.80, but clicking on the link to the item page reveals the regular $7.99 price.
The listing also indicates that just over 200 orders have been placed since January 15th, and there are still 1500+ available.
Whatever quantity they were willing to sell for $2.80, it wasn’t many.
Add the convoluted way this store does its listings, and how the AE site operates in general, it’s definitely caveat emptor.
To add confusion, Liitokala apparently operates several “official” store fronts on AE?
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1823237
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/bigsale/217753_224021.html
https://www.aliexpress.com/store/1045132
Or are these all resellers claiming to be official? Guess we’ll never know…
Yeah, I noticed that earlier in the week.
Liitokala’s own site links to “https://liitokala.aliexpress.com/” which is the “Liitokala Official Flagship Store” I’ve also seen one with Hong Kong in the URL.
I’ve read that the best way to ID, if not necessarily discern between different stores is to look at the store ID number, but it wouldn’t surprise me if sellers operate multiple stores. In buying other stuff from AE, I’ve long suspected that is the case, without even considering the amount of image/listing stealing that occurs.
It all seems kinda sketchy, but it comes with the territory I suppose. Cheap stuff is hard to resist sometimes, but the risk is there.
I just wonder why, even if for their own sanity, why the sellers don’t just create a single listing for each product, instead of multiple listings, some crammed with entirely disparate items, resulting in lots of duplicates and potential confusion for shoppers.
I had a couple of the S1s in my cart, but entirely forgot about the timing of the sale. I wouldn’t have minded getting a couple to play with at that price, but as a consumer, I no longer feel the need to play games to save a few bucks, and these kinds of tactics on the part of LK don’t encourage me to look to them again in the future. I’d rather deal with someone like Simon at Convoy, who is still saddled with the same deficiencies of AE’s site, but at least operates in an upstanding manner.
Back to your regularly scheduled program…
as far as i can tell, this morning while they’re still at sale for 2.80$ i spotted only 125 items for sale in stock…since all 125 pieces were sold, sale is ended…it’s typical for many ae sellers, only small batch is actually for sale…