I am new to flashlight hobby and looking for a good charger.

Sorry my English not good.

I am new to flashlight hobby,looking for a good charger.

Is there a good charger with properties

1. I can charge my batteries on my car cigarette lighter slot
2. Works with adapter
3. Every slot with voltage display
4. Can charge my all batteries, eneloops, 18650…

www.xtarlight.com

You cannot go wrong with an xtar charger… Make sure when you are looking at a lithium ion charger that it covers all the size batteries that fit the lights you’re interested in. The xtar VC4 is a great model. Also the opus 3100 is a great charger too. Though the VC4 often has sales that make it cheaper than the 3100.

What is a good charger for 10440 s ?

Nitecore D4 (or D2)

Have to second this Nitecore D4 (or D2). They have what you want and a low mode (150ma) for charging AAA/10440 or other small batteries. They also charge LiFePO4 batteries as well as the NiMh and regular (IMR, ICR) LiIon batteries. A 12V input allow car charging too…

I really wanted a OPUS BT-C3100 V2.2, but after GearBest dropped the ball on my order and further review of HKJ’s website about chargers, I will wait until they quit the pulse charging modes for small batteries. Thus I went with the D4.

Let us know what you get…

I can only add a third recommendation to keengeorge and ReManG, as the NC D-series are great all-round plug-and-play multi-chemistry chargers. They support everything from NiMH, Li-Ion (ICR/IMR/Hybrid) - using auto-switching; and even LiFePO4 - using a manual option switch. Each chemistry automatically uses the best and preferred charge mode (Constant current vs Pulse).

I have a 2014 version of the D2 and it’s max current is 500mA per channel (using supplied UK/230v mains power).
There is a mode to reduce down to ‘LOW’ current for smaller cells such as 10440, but it only drops from 500mA to 300mA (minimum).
I believe this is acceptable for the smaller capacity cells and HKJ confirmed in his review.

ReManG - Is your’s a newer or different revision that enables drop below 300mA? That would be useful, as would a higher max than 500mA (quite slow for 26650s!)

Ta, Hirsh

I do not know if it is a newer model or anything. I received it about two weeks ago. I was charging some LiFePO4 AAA’s and with the LiFePO4 setting on (press and hold mode button for over 2 sec) I then tried the mode button hold again for the Low setting. It was then charging at 150ma. I tried on a regular LiIon 10440 and the Low mode NOT on the LiFePO4 mode also showed 150ma for the rate. Maximum rate on the two outer slots is 750ma for 18650’s or larger. Load it with four and every slot drops to 375ma… I have been liking the charger a lot, but still want something like an OPUS that can test the battery and give some sort of capacity. The LittoKala seems OK, but not enough plusses to grab one for me…

get the LittoKala 300, 400 or 500 and forget about fan noise.

I just saw another thread with a post showing photos of an Opus giving erroneously low capacity readings. The poster had another charger brand to verify the readings were too low - the other charger gave capacity readings much closer to the batt. manufacturer’s rating. This is the thread:

Then, there is the question about high charge amp pulses (not constant current) which ‘might’ shorten battery life - see HKJ’s review. Also some complain about fan noise.

Xtar chargers are highly rated but many suggest buying separate chargers for Li-on and NiMH batts since all-in-one smart chargers tend to have various compromises in their design to accomodate multiple battery types.

Some examples of complaints of all-in-one smart chargers include: charge current too low for Li-on or too high for Ni-MH or smaller batts; only use inner bays for smaller batts or bays #1 and #4 for quicker charging; if you use bays #1 & #3 or #2 & #4 at the same time, the charge current gets split between the two and its too slow; if charging small batts, don’t charge just the one batt but 2 batts minimum to lower charge current but remember to put the two batts in bay #1 & #3 or #2 & #4 but not #1 & #4; etc. and the list goes on…it can get confusing.

I think the overall favorite for Li-on batts on this forum and Candlepowerforums is the Xtar VP2 with adjustable volts up to 4.35V to accomodate some newer Li-on batts (VC series and VP4 does not have this feature). I don’t know what the favorite charger is for NiMH.

I hope we did not run you off Sergei, ask questions about what we wrote and do not worry about your English, this is a good forum for asking questions.

Hello everybody, sorry I am at work, busy times. Great forum here. So many good suggestions. Thank you everybody!

Car charge very important for me.

I will check them all and I will share with you charger I will order

Thank you great forum and great users.

I have got GP PowerBank Smart 2 is this a good charger?
Anybody have it? I use it for my eneloops at car but I am guessing it is reducing life of batteries.

I do not have that one. The information here on the forum by the member HKJ is listed on his website too, it is worth reading as well before you buy one.

The Nitecore D4 or D2 is capable of car charging, you just need the charger cable for it. It is the standard 12V round plug, not a microusb, so it is stronger.

I will look at website of him, thank you everybody helped me.

If this is true. It is not good
Any other people have this problem?

I am not doubting the poster who wrote this, but I have not had any problems out of my D4. The poster may not have had his on the low setting as AAA are the smallest batteries that it will charge, so they should be on the low setting. I also am not afraid of the “undercharging” of a battery, they get more cycles when they are not fully charged, it works good for me, but you are not losing much capacity anyway….

There is no absolute perfect charger anyway, all of them have compromises. The D4 and D2 meet all your needs and can charge LiFePO4 batteries as well. I got it for the versatility, not the top end features.

“But very late on my AAAs for some reason, 1.63v and 2.14v one recyko and one eneloop, fried!”

But at low setting they must stop at 1.45 V too? At high setting must stop at 1.45 V?

True, the voltage should be the cutoff. No clue what happened on that one. I have AA NiMh, and AAA LiFePO4, both of which charge fine. I will pick up some AAA NiMh this week and check this. A quick experiment….

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