I’d love your input on a charger that allows me to charge at least 6 x 18650 button top protected cells at once. Currently, for 6-bay charger, I’m looking at:
You said virtually nothing with respect to budget or features. But for the price of some of these you listed, you can get a richly featured Enova Gyrfalcon All-88 which spanks all of the above in the ass.
@Barkuti: I list them as options I’d found so far, although I failed to find information on whether I can use all bays simultaneously for my 18650s, hence the question. However, thank you for the suggestion! I’ll look into it.
@Nev: I believe people tend to use XTAR more than other brands, which is why I listed them on top. What are you currently using?
@Wrathbringer27: Thanks for the input! I’ll look into it now.
I have used XTAR. Their older models tend to give out via the connection ports after a while. Mine has connectivity issues.
The MiBOXER has many features you might like like internal resistance and capacity but will not do a discharge test. Though, you can revive dead cells if depleted below 2.9V
A pair of 4-bay chargers might charge your 6 cells at a faster rate than a single 6-bay or 8-bay, if that matters to you; but I’m just guessing since I haven’t looked at specs for the latter.
I see. It is a fair point. I’m just thinking about buying only one for use at home and for travel. 2 x 4-bay chargers would not be that big a different in size, but the charging speed would be higher. I’m just not sure how much faster it would be, and if it’s worth the trade-off.
For 8 cells at once I use two skyrcmc3000’s but I mainly use the opus although it use to undercharge ,I’ve desoldered the j1 solder bridge & now it properly charge them , I also use th extar vc 4 which is very good & charges to a proper 4.2v.
I see. The XTAR VC4 receives a lot of recommendations when I conducted my preliminary search. Furthermore, given that two of those chargers may charge faster than one eight-bay charger, there might be an advantage to opt for the former setup. Thanks for your input!
At times I use my KPS3010DF instead of a conventional charger. Nice power supplies, by the way.
A fully custom charging electronics box with voltmeters, amperimeters, potentiometers and some rails attached could be really nice imho. I like it my way.
Mishanchik and Barkuti: Thanks for the input guys! A few members have suggested me to use a 4-bay charger instead, since I’d be able to finish charging all 8 cells before an 8-bay charger does. Any thoughts?