Wishlisted that item at FT. Very cool. Very versatile, can even charge the cells back up too!
Thanks!
Got 1 as part of a larger order on the 21st that has already spent longer in the hands of the USPS than the entire time from order to it’s flight out of HK. Left SanFran 5 days ago. Hopefully will arrive this week.
What I’m impressed with is that a diverse order wasn’t held up waiting for items to be collected. Normally, I’d order 1 item at a time to ensure 1 item doesn’t hold up the others.
Just sent off some questions to the seller you linked, Suncoaster (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=181037070419)
You say that you use it for recycled laptop batteries… I’ll use it the same
Was wondering if you can use it to charge the cells - one of the questions I asked although ebay wrote back “The user you are contacting is registered on another eBay site and may speak a different language. Your message will be sent exactly as typed below.”
Hope they understand
Thanx!
OK, I know you told you have 18650 laying over there…
There is a cheap option. I have this
For only 7,8$. It can FULLY charge a Samsung Galaxy S2 with a single charge of it´s internal 18650 battery.
OK, when it´s internal battery die, you will have to buy another… but it is cheap enough… if money is the problem. Mine has 50-60 full cycles of it´s internal battery and still going strong…
Just FYI…
Yes, “I know you told”(?!?) not vernacular.
I do like cheap options, but:
You’re off-topic: thanks once again fran82 for being off-topic
flash.light, I don't think fran82 deserves to be treated that way. You've been his case for a long time now, and I think you have some 'splainin' to do.
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Now tell us, where did the Bad Fran touch you? Show me on the doll.....
(@ raccoon city: ROFL)
fran82 Thank you, this is exactly what i was looking for. The fact that it has micro usb instead of mini for charging solves everything. With that you only need to carry your phones charger.
I also found this one. With a Nichia or Q5 head would be the best EDC ever (for my use)
I didn´t knew about that charger before. OK, it seems ok, but IMO, at least me, I dont know how it performs.
I have the 7.8$ one, I am pretty happy with it. I know how it performs, and, personally, IMO I would not buy the 12,60 one because we dont know it´s performance (it has no reviews, while the 7,8 one, I decided to purchase after reading the first review posted at DX…) and because it has a 4$ difference….
But, we have to take into account that quality may vary (chinese lottery). The one I have is able to charge the Samsung Galaxy S2 (1600mAh battery) with a single charge of the internal 18650 batt. But, if you read carefully, the last review says that it ONLY can charge from 0 to 56% a 1350mAh batt.
I think that it has a very good eficiency circuitry or the internal battery is really a 2600mAh one (I beleive more that the DCDC boost have good eficiency)
Nice item. Thanks for the info!. I dont know why I havent seen it before. It is cheap enough to at least try it. I have also a S2, and, if it can fully charge from 0 to 100% with just a single charge, it is a bargain!
I have a similar item, manufactured by sanyo but it uses 2xAA batteries, I paid about 30$ for it and it can only charge between 30 and 50% of the internal battery of the S2 with the charge of the 2xeneloop they came with. I need to recharge the 2xAA eneloops about 2-3 times to get it working from 0 to 100%.
Interesting… interesting… and less than 8$. Most of the reviews at DX talking about that item are positive….
Thanks!
I have an eye for this thing too
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1163402
How is this opened?
Easy removal of battery possible? Is it wired/welded?
Maybe it can not be open. One the battery fails, throw to recycle bin and buy another. Also check:
Battery Capacity 1500 mAh
Battery Rated Voltage 5.3 V
Current Output 0.5~0.8 A
The DX one has 1A current output (measured by me and others…)
hmmm… the one from fasttech is cheaper than the one from DX
If anyone wants to buy, test, and post retults….
I have not any reference about it… It is also available at DinoDirect, but about 8 dollars…
How did you measure?
One review I cant find anymore said which battery it has internally, so it is possible to open it up.
Are there any screws you feel or see? Perhaps just the lid is screwed on the tube?
I measured the current output with a usb cable (with an ammeter, of course. It gave me something about 1040mA or something when charging the S2).
Now, at least the one I received can not be opened.
It seems to be a aluminum cylinder, with an upper and bottom caps… I think they have threads, but mine is glued. They seems to have applied glue in the threads so at first glance it can not be opened.
Maybe with 2 pliers, electrical tape and much force, it can be open, but I will not open it. Maybe when its internal battery die…
What about ML101 and ML103 chargers at Fasttech?
They seem to be the same as ML102? Except that ML103 comes with DC plug and DC adapter?
101 only does 18650s if I remember correctly. From memory not sure if the 103 is a 101 or 102 combo, but those interested should check specs on each carefully to get the one they want.
I just bought one of these:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/330846569317
It can be unscrewed at both ends. The battery is shrink-wrapped, so I couldn’t see any markings to indicate what is actually there. (Although I doubt it’s anything but the most basic 18650.) The battery leads are soldered in, which is not what I was hoping for. Plus, it seems like a tight fit, so managing to put a good (and removable) battery in there might be hard.
The seller shipped pretty quick, for what that’s worth.
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HKJ and Viffer750 just got nabbed by scaru’s and other’s obsevations for including javascript remunerative coding in their posts Ads on BLF???
fran82 affiliates for dx in her links; HKJ and Viffer750 were more subtle using script but no less obfuscative
Hey, we all probly wanna’ make a few extra Euros, but lets be clear when we do
Okay, flash.light…
You’ve obviously read to the bottom of the thread regarding HKJ and Viffer, because at the moment, yours is the last post in that thread. It’s quite plain from reading the thread that HKJ and Viffer are not at fault for any kind of java injection, so why are you bringing this up? Vendetta?
And regarding fran82, please go back and read the sig. And maybe search for giveaways that fran82 has done based on points.
I really don’t know what you’re trying to accomplish here.
Unlike what happened with viffer and HKJ, the affiliate links do not hurt you in any way. They just help him. Seriously get over it.