Please suggest a low cost lithium charger

Vapcell S4+.

Impressive high current, though i am happy with 1A which is what i use.

Can’t seem to find a price easily, their aliexpress links are broken.

Hope this helps.

Thanks for the link but its pretty pricey.

NiteCore UMS2.
It it is high priced for You then try Liitokala lii 202. Last edition of this charger has longer battery slot and can charge 21700 battery and it have 2x1A output.

That is a great price, thanks!

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I have the NiteCore UM4.

I would recommend that or the UM2 or UMS2.

They accept cells up to 79mm long, which is great for if you ever get (long) protected 21700 cells.

There are reports that some of these fit 26800 cells, too, but just barely.

Note that Sofirn seems to sell that charger a bit cheaper, if you do end up choosing it:

I’ve personally used the Lii-500 and Lii-600. They won’t fit cells longer than an unprotected 21700, but they’ve got a good variety of testing/charging modes/currents.

I used to charge my 18650 batteries with the generic chargers that came with budget LED flashlights until I came across a Nitecore charger at my local Goodwill outlet store where the junk that isn’t sold in the stores gets dumped in trays and sold by the pound for $1.69 per pound. There must be a lot of people quitting vaping because over the past two years I picked up 5 chargers - a Digicharger D4, three Intellicharger i4 and one Intellicharger i2. They work amazingly well for charging any rechargeable battery I own except for some C and D cells that don’t fit the charger. I see they are not all that expensive new based upon the link below. I acquired two of the ones shown on the left and one on the right for less than a dollar each at Goodwill.

Nitecore i4 Intellicharger - 4 Bay Battery Charger | 18650 Battery Store $19 for the I-4

Be sure to get a charger that accepts 21700 cells of the length that you feel comfortable with.

(Not all chargers are long enough for 21700 cells.)

https://lygte-info.dk/info/roundCellChargerIndex%20Universal%20UK.html

thanks! since it has free shipping, that is better than the price from illumn

thanks for the review link… here is my takeaway:
“I found one error: The internal resistance calculation is wrong. And a major inconvenience: It is not possible to see when the charger is done, without pressing a button (It emits a discrete beep when done).”

so, I decided not to buy, since I wanted to use the Internal Resistance info… that does not work.

Vapcell S4+

< $60 CAD free shipping

Edit: Corrected the typo – thanks Jon.
(BTW didn’t catch where RC linked this. Was a reference to Slayer1’s link)

that link is to the S4 that is in the link from raccoon, for less money…

I bought a UMS2 and it doesn’t really fit 26800 cells. I can technically get them in there but you’ll be marring the wrappings on your batteries every time you charge them. However, with a little bit of Dremel work you can remove enough plastic to allow a comfortable fit for 26800s. I will post a picture of my modification when I am at home and I remember.

1 for Vapcell S4

I prefer slow (.5-1A) charging, and I really like my Xtar VC2 chargers. Only $11-13 on AE. I’ve been getting them locally for $7.

Plus if you buy $75 you get free shipping :money_mouth_face:

this page has a ton of info about chargers
https://lygte-info.dk/info/roundCellChargerIndex%20UK.html

you can select the desired features, and then click on rating to sort the highest ranking