Is there any advantage to the BT C2400 over the BT C3100 when charging NIMH such as Eneloop? Is the cutoff algorythm exactly the same?
Most of my lights have USB-C charging, so I only have four that don’t and already have a single slot LittoKala 100C for LION. Basically, that is my only question.
I have devices I’m switching over to NIMH from Alkaline. Will charge about 30-40 batteries once every few months.
The BT3100 and the BT c2400 are only $3 different in price, so I would buy BT C3100 b/c of its versatility… BUT ONLY if the BT C3100 does not handle NIMH as well, then I won’t.
Take this with a grain of salt as I’m no expert, and have no experience with the 2400. I use my BT C3100 v2 to charge both my standard Eneloops and Eveready NiMh and it works beautifully. I charge AA’s at 1A (1000 ma) and AAA’s at 500 ma. No problems with termination/overcharging/ overheating. The only disadvantage I could see is the 4 bay limit if you have more cells to charge at one time.
I have the Everactive NC3000 which should be the same or maybe almost the same as the Opus 2400 (same technical data as far as I see), I have also the Opus BT-C3100. The C3100 is a “native” NiMH-charger which get a LiIon-charging-function IMHO.
Both are good NiMH-chargers, the C3100 can also charge LiIon, but I don´t use it in this way. Some ppl are satisfied, other say it overcharge LiIon.
If you don´t need it for LiIon, I would recommend the 2400. The C3100 annoys me with it´s noisy fan, which also works often if I charge one cell with 1A(!), so my vote for NiMH-only goes to the 2400. Also because I trust a charger with separate, stable slots for AA and AAA more than the Slider-slots for many different cells you maybe never use.
Charged now a lot of cells with the C3100, room temp about 22°. The fan of the charger was almost always active, even with one cell @1000mA . I replaced all cells at the end and after 30s the fan was still active, then I plugout the charger.
It would be a less annoying charger without fan or with a better fan control