Test/Review of Charger LiitoKala Engineer Lii-500

Thank god, i have the Opus already!!

Aaah. Finally what we all waited for :smiley:

So, I guess I need another charger…

yes , here it is… thanks HKJ! seems that it’s a good contender for mainly liion, and preferable to the old 260, but the resistence stuff have not been improved, nevermind i guess we all knew it in advance.

Does the display scroll between occupied slots? With no LEDs or dedicated indicators per slot, I’d imagine it’d be quite inconvenient since you’d have to push the button of every slot to see the status of the operation.

Also, I assume all slots are independent, i.e. you can do different operations on each one, and charge at different currents (e.g. charge one lost at 1000, charge one slot at 300, quick test one slot and full test the last one).

I did not notice any scrolling

Yes.

HKJ Thanks for this compreshensive review.

Another great work. I really like your technical review but I think you should do better conclusions, maybe positives end negatives or more elaborate.
In this case its a good conclusion but in other reviews it could be improved.

Thanks, HKJ, for this detailed review of yours, as always :D!

Seeing how people complain that their Opus’es break down and start to act weird Ive been thinking whether this could be better in the long run.

Wait and see…

HKJ, thanks for the review. I have the Nitecore Digicharger D2 which I am very happy with. But it doesn’t analyze the battery capacity so I am looking for a new charger and the 500 might be it. Do you also do a price comparison to see which charger is the best value for the features?

I think you misunderstood HKJ ’s work, it does the analytics stuff, but you have to draw your conclusions… the numbers are all there, but you have to see what’s suits more your needs and your habits, what you charge most, 10440, or 26650, or NiMh, or 4.35V li-ion etc… and see what’s best for you.

One big problem with that is that price varies with country and with time.

That is an important factor. In my opinion there is no best charger, it is best charger for an application.

I’ve been waiting for this since I first heard that you were going to be testing it.

Than you, HKJ,
-Chuck

It did take nearly four weeks to test, it has a lot of functionality.

I’m going to get one… I just wanted to hear what you had to say about it first.

I see that Gearbest has them now - I was hesitant to order one from AliExpress because they don’t take PayPal.

I really appreciate all that you do for us, HKJ… Thanks Again!
-Chuck

If you check the frontpage on my website you can save a little bit.

does it have a feature to charge/discharge a battery to ideal state for storage ?

Yes, I did save about $3!

Thanks!
-Chuck

Thanks for the review!! I’ve been waiting for this.

HKJ: I have a “Hobby style” 13.8V 25A power supply in which I have all my 12V devices connected. So far they have been working great but I don’t a way to prove that it will not give me any trouble on the long run.

Do you think feeding 13.8V into the Lii-500 is safe?

I always tend to stay away from the generic 12V adapters because once I had one overheat and melt the plastic casing.

Thanks

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[quote=will34] Thanks for the review!! I've been waiting for this. HKJ: I have a "Hobby style" 13.8V 25A power supply in which I have all my 12V devices connected. So far they have been working great but I don't a way to prove that it will not give me any trouble on the long run. Do you think feeding 13.8V into the Lii-500 is safe? I always tend to stay away from the generic 12V adapters because once I had one overheat and melt the plastic casing. Thanks This is the power supply: http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__17423__HobbyKing_350w_25A_Power_Supply_100v_120v_.html [/quote] i such a case i connect few power diodes in series to drop its voltage (most diodes are .7v ) .

1N5404 is rated for 3A and vf is 1.2 volts so you can use this to drop to 12.6 volts ..

Anything that has 12V input and includes or has an auto adapter as extras, can be used with that power supply without any worries.

With age all modern adapters/power supplies will do that or the internal fuse may blow first. If the adapter is hot it will happen faster.