Review request for HKJ [Chargers]

Yes, I saw the discussion and have already ordered the charger.

Sorry :stuck_out_tongue:

Cant wait to see the Klarus CH4S review. I recently bought a VC4 and Iā€™m pleased with that although I regret not waiting for the CH4S review to see if that was a better choice. HKJ thanks for all of your reviews I find them very imformative and honest. Keep up the great work.

EDIT: Totally missed that HKJ had ordered one already. Sorry to bulk up the thread for nothing.

Now HKJ is going to kill meā€¦

SkyRC MC3000

If it ever becomes available. :wink:

The NC-TGU01ā€™s replacement is the BQ-CC25, but it does not have the same capabilities as the NC-TGU01ā€¦ slower, not as fastā€¦ no ā€œquick modeā€
The current catalog is a little confusing: it doesnā€™t list it as a smart charger, but it does list it have charge termination controlsā€¦ overall, it made me weary of getting the BQ-CC25 (relatively easy to get), so I found a NC-TGU01 (for a good price) and havenā€™t regretted it since

I donā€™t think Panasonic will bring the NC-TGU01 back, the way this charger is built appears to be a lot more expensive than what the BQ-CC25 costsā€¦ the flip up terminals like the NC-MDU01, dual color individual bank LEDs, full control logics, etc doesnā€™t appear to be too cheapā€¦.

The BQ-CC25 appears to just be a BQ-CC15 with updated firmware to officially support Eneloops. Both of these instead has simple spring loaded terminals (not fixed like all the Sanyo Eneloop chargers), has only 2 charging banks, making it incapable of charging more than 4 cellsā€¦ the only thing thatā€™s better about it is its official Evolta support (which can simply be done with any new Panasonic charger, because there isnā€™t any C and D Evolta cells, only Eneloop) and 9V charging (no charge termination controls)ā€¦ the 9V battery is not an Eneloop, not Evolta, and expensive (MSRP about $20 USD)ā€¦ so itā€™s not something to be missed

Anyhow, the NC-TGU01 can be found relatively easily used in Japan, but not so much in other countries due to far lower sales volumesā€¦. maybe ChibiM can help you with this?

Interesting new 1*18650 charger from BG: http://www.banggood.com/5V-1A-Li-ion-Micro-USB-Charger-Mini-Battery-Charger-For-18650-p-984061.html

Gearbest has the same (I believe) and has promised to send me one.

I hope that they are as good as the Miller ones but can charge protected batteries.
Looks way nicer and is a bit cheaper. Looks like a good travel-charger to me.

Did someone claim that Litto kala is Finnish?

i don't think so.

http://liito-kala.com/About-us

http://www.liitokala.cn/offerlist.htm

+ 1

i looked it up, looks very impressive. basically it is a hobby charger from what i can tell. it is impossible to fully test/review a hobby charger because of the numerous settings ymmv

You are correct, but I can test some of the common settings and see how well the software works.

Nice catch

Possible to test the charging part of flashlights with inbuild chargers?
http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_33496.html

The setup is a bit tricky to do that and I believe that the audience is rather small for that type of reviews.

Around here I bet it is.
In my surrounding however I canā€™t count the times people wanted a bright flashlight but once they found out it required a specialized charger and the added cost of quality items decided their 2ā‚¬ flashlight was bright enough for their needs.
I got a couple of these and according to a couple of simples tests I could perform itā€™s safe but was wondering how the guru would classify it.

But I can see itā€™s not worth your time for the audience that comes here, I assume most of us have decent chargers to work with, so no problem.

This is outside your specified range of chargers for now, but noting it in case itā€™s of interest later:

ā€” might be interesting because of the claims and itā€™s cheap:

ā€” $22.50, free shipping (at least in us, dunno otherwise)
ā€” Claims to charge Li-ion as well as NiCd/NiMH ā€” ā€œtripleā€ charger
ā€” definitely interesting to any ham radio owners, who end up looking for replacement battery packs (e.g. 7.2v NiMH)

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA1HS2F47298&cm_re=vertex_vx-150-*~~9SIA1HS2F47298~~*-Product

I will pass on that type of charger.

Keeppower L1