Gyrfalcon S8000 Battery Charger and Analyzer Review

Batteries and Chargers Chargers
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Thanks for the update. I assume it still does not have automatic battery -type recognition?

And from the sounds of it the sliders are still not that much easier to slide?

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Sliding has not been a problem with mineā€¦ the negative contacts being so short makes getting cells in and out a PIA though.

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Enova is working on a simple mode with automatic battery type recognition and USB-C input.

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Itā€™s easier to move the sliders by hand because the negative ends are longer.

The outer two sliders are smoother.

I havenā€™t really had an issue with the sliders. Theyā€™re not as smooth as Vapcell BL4 or XTAR VX4 but I am not trying to move super fast while charging cells and itā€™s less noticeable when working with 18350 or 18650 cells.

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Thanks Tim. By ā€˜simple modeā€™ do you mean the S8000 will get this mode from a firmware update via USB-C? I thought the S8000 only has a micro-USB port?

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The S8000 has three main modes at the moment. Two Normal and one Professional. The Simple mode might be a fourth option with automatic battery type detection.

Firmware can be updated via the micro USB port on the side.

The S8000 currently has a DC socket for input. This might be changed in the future to USB-C while the micro USB port on the side is used for data and firmware updates.

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Thanks Tim. The extra mode to simple and auto battery recognition via micro-USB sounds great.

This being hardly ā€˜portableā€™, I donā€™t see much difference between a DC (5521 they said in another thread), or USB-C input, but I guess USB-C might make it easier to sell.

Whatever, I wonā€™t be getting one until it has auto-battery recognition. Thanks again.

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While I think of it, assuming Enova might read this thread, it would be good if they added 1.5V Li-ion charging to any updates that are in the works.

I donā€™t really care about the USB-C v DC5521 charging but if they are in to changing ports/inputs, why not also update the micro-USB to USB-C: that would be useful (and also make it more saleable).

But for me, If they add auto-battery recognition and 1.5V charging, Iā€™ll get one for sure, since I will also be able to charge longer batteries.

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That got added pretty early, more than a year ago.

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Thanks - I musta missed that. Only auto-battery recognition to go then!