Angeleyes/Shan SH-168DLCD - A Quick Review

thanks for the review chloe, I think I’ll have to have a look at this.

I think I ordered mine at the same time as you did. But mine hasn’t arrived yet.

I’ve had two of these for years. And want to see the third one soon.

I hope yours arrives soon! The postman delivered mine today. Did you use tracked post? It will show, if it is in the UK at least.

Tracking with the Royal Fail is a waste of money. It might be on my desk at work. Or it might not….

I don’t think registered airmail costs extra (from FastTech), but it’s only good for checking parcel from HK to the UK.

The postman did ask me for a signature this morning though. Sometimes they don’t bother.

Added some more pictures! :slight_smile:

Great to see someone doing actual review of this charger, its been available for years, but so far nothing but few short snippets of information was available online, thanks Chloe!

Now, how about that other brand that they have for cheaper, perhaps one that comes with data cable :P?

I agree. There’re a number of nice Nimh chargers with display and “intelligence”, but why aren’t there more like those (intelligent, display, etc.) for Li batteries? The only one similar is the VP1 (I think that’s what it’s called), and even that is only a 2-bay’er.

Maybe because the market for Nimh is much larger than for Li? But, if a company was already making one for Nimh, they’re already covered most of the cost of tooling for the case, etc., so it seems like they should be able to come out with a similar charger for Li with minimal additional costs?

Great review, thx for sharing

I made a short video demonstration (also added to review):

Thanks for the review looks like a nice charger.

Added video, nice. ^ _ ^

Normally I try to avoid AC electronics from chinese sites but this charger is starting to look tempting. :ghost:
Sony BCG34HRE has been on my wishlist (or Sony BCG34HLD if I had the patience for 6hr charge time :weary:).

Does it show Cell capacity (mAh) only after discharge / refresh or does it make some attempt to guess at capacity during charging?
Perhaps it does both? Displayed capacity should be a bit different from discharge vs charge then.
Also I see separate discharge, refresh modes. Discharge only discharges then stops?

By the way, your poking buttons with tweezers. Tired of people saying you have nice nails etc? :smiley:

Hi Helios! In all modes, the charger updates all “fields” (mV, etc), so it does try to calculate mAh constantly during a new charge.

Discharge only discharges and stops. Refresh is simply discharge then charge combined.

I used the tweezers for several reasons! Partly the click sounded more true to life, also possible shadows and obscuring, with zoom level needed to see the screen. As you can tell from photos, the buttons are not as small as the tweezers might suggest in the video.

After a refresh cycle with fairly new 3rd gen Eneloops (rated minimum capacity 1900 mAh) the charger showed all cells to be ~2150 mAh (I didn’t record exact values). So it is useful if you require this data.

finally a picture of Chloe! hey Chloe, you’re a pretty gal…and smart too! :bigsmile:

That girl with the cat hat may or may not be named Chloe but shes not The Chloe.
Plus Chloe with a cat hat would be a little redundant. She is a cat. I think. =.=

@Chloe Oh yea, forgot to say thanks for that mAh info. :ghost:

Is this still worth buying or other options ?

In 8 weeks, kit will be one year since Chloe has not logged on :frowning:

Why?

As for Shan, it seems to be goods charger, but there are others, for cheaper, that can do the same with lithium and nickel batteries.

http://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20LiitoKala%20Lii-500%20UK.html

Veer,

Can you link me to a li-ion charger that shows ma and voltage for a good price? Just got into 18650.

Nvm… someone link one already.