LiitoKala lii-500S - New HIT or ...?

Thanks for sharing. Where did you get that from?
It’s not mentioned in the online manual.

lucky guess…

Translation: out of desperate fiddling with the device and just before hitting it with a hammer. O:)

Great!
So does the setting stay even after you power it off or does it revert to the display off after 15 sec. again? (Can’t try it myself because I haven’t received it yet).

:smiley:

No,500s will not save setting.

Ah well, at least we have a choice now.

Is it possible to disable the beeping on the Lii-500s?
It’s driving me nuts :slight_smile:

Of course! :-D Open your Lii-500S, locate the buzzer inside, and either smash it, desolder some of its leads or just remove it. Problem solved. (^̮^)

Haha, i seriously need to do that. Was hoping there was a settings for that.

Ear plugs. :slight_smile:

I’m completely fine with the noise, i’m noisy myself so touché to me. It’s when i toggle settings at the office i’m disturbing everyone else!
:slight_smile:

Perhaps there is but it’s not in the manual.
Try every single long keypress and key combination you can think of and let us know if you’ve succeeded.
Might as well be something like:
Press channel 1 button 68 times, then put your left pinky toe on the mode button while holding the Current button with your tongue for 2 minutes.

Tried now and nothing helped.

Just a warning to anybody that wants to get a Lii-500s. It doesn’t measure and display the internal resistance of the batteries. I know that function didn’t work good enough in the Lii-500.

If you’re reading the charger reviews on lygte-info.dk you’ll see that especially the lower priced chargers hardly ever do a good job when it comes to reading resistance.
I think they made a good decision by leaving it out instead of keeping the feature while it’s not working.

so what should i buy ? the 500 or the 500S there is sooooo much information in this thread for experts that non experts dosent understand :frowning: or should i choose another charger ?

Depends what you need.
If you don’t need discharge and test modes and are just looking for a decent charger then you might as well buy a more simple charger.
But for $21.90 including shipping the 500S is a great deal.
I’m very happy with it.

If you don’t need to test cell capacities then there are many simpler chargers available, including some from Liitokala. However, if you do want to measure capacity then either the 500 or 500S will work just fine and are probably the least expensive analyzing chargers you will find.

Both chargers have similar functionality, but the 500S will also discharge a cell and stop, which was a feature that I really needed, but am unable to do with my Lii-500 :frowning: . I missed the newer model by just 3 months or so.

If you don’t need to discharge batteries (most people don’t), then the 500 is great and is slightly less expensive (ignoring coupon codes). If you want a fast 2-amp charge rate and a Discharge mode, then the 500S is a better choice. I don’t like the “inverse” display or the touch buttons on the 500S, but I would still choose it over the 500 if the price were right.

Non-experts might prefer a charger that doesn’t offer a selectable charge rate, however, since some batteries should not be charged at 2 amps. If that sentence is gibberish to you, then I recommend getting a simple charger that has no user settings and has only colored LED’s to indicate either “charging” or “finished”. Lithium-ion charging circuits are ubiquitous in Chinese manufacturing today and thus even some of the least expensive chargers available will work just fine and operate safely.

I would choose 500S as it has temperature sensors to prevent overheating and supports charging 21700 cells. These cells will become much more common than today. No doubt you will need a 21700 charger. Other chargers can be Miboxer C4-12 and BLF UC4 Also Liitokala Lii-402 will in not long time be upgraded to fit 21700s.

I would not recommend the BLF charger to non-experts as it will have too many options requiring some technical knowledge, but I intended to mention that the 500S accepts most 21700 cells, which will almost certainly be more and more relevant in the future. Thanks to RapidLux for pointing this out.

Unless something weird happens, 21700’s are likely to become the standard cell for medium to large lights and they won’t fit in the 500. I have a Sofirn 21700 and do fit it into my Lii-500, but it barely fits and cramming it in there tends to bend the battery sliders. Don’t try this at home :wink: .