Hello, which of these Xtar chargers is better, SP2 or WP2 Mark2? Currently have a hobby charger which is too complicated and takes too much time to set up and several Ultrafire WF139 chargers. Have read these weren’t the best chargers but seemed to do OK for me.
Have a few protected Panasonic 18650 3400 batteries on order and want to get a better charger. Also have 18650’s pulled from laptop batteries, cheap baby blue Ultrafire 18650’s, and Trustfire flame 18650’s, 14500’s and 16340’s.
The Xtar chargers seem to be highly rated in reviews and are the same price but which is better? Also want to get one of these because of the car charging option. Thanks in advance.
One minor comment - The WP2 can charge 26650 but at a lower charge rate (1A or.5A), but only one at a time will fit. I routinely charge my King Kongs in mine, but have to insert at penny or dime to make contact with the flat top.
SP2 is the more up to date (and more expensive) of the two chargers and seems to fix or improve on some of the WP2 shortcomings. If you do find it for sale at the same price ast the WP2, please supply the link!
Have they fixed the problem with the left charging bay on the WP2? Sometimes the left charging bay doesn’t work correctly. It blinks constantly and doesn’t charge. Mine has this problem although it seems to come and go.
Could be Bestvaping.net…………….I’m guessing only.
I see their retail price at $21.52/unit. I’ll wait for the Xtar charger with LCD display which HKJ mentioned before jumping on this one.
Thanks for all the replies, now it is not the same price. On the big auction site(lots of forums don’t let you say it’s name) a US based seller had both of the chargers for the same price, $20.99 with free shipping and the car plug included. Now the SP2 price has been changed to $39.99, probably just mispriced it at $20.99 when the item was listed. I know they were both the same price last night because I bookmarked both auctions and wondered why a company would make 2 different chargers and price them the same.
When is the Xtar charger with the LCD display supposed to be available?