Vapcell S4+ Analyzing Charger

Unloco · 2019-12-16T22:30:54.000Z

XXX-Man:

Shipping to me is $3, total $38

So better for me to buy from Vapcell on Aliexpress for under $36 with free shipping :zipper_mouth_face:

+1

Shipping for me is $6.
Vapcell on Aliexpress is free shipping…

hammerJoe · 2019-12-19T23:02:43.000Z

Has anyone got a shipping notice yet?

AguassissiM · 2019-12-22T15:20:21.000Z

The status of my order:
Order Placed on Dec 16, 2019 09:21PM
Payment Status: Paid
Fulfillment Status: Unfulfilled Dec 22, 2019 10:10AM

hammerJoe · 2019-12-22T23:21:48.000Z

AguassissiM:

The status of my order:
Order Placed on Dec 16, 2019 09:21PM
Payment Status: Paid
Fulfillment Status: Unfulfilled Dec 22, 2019 10:10AM :person_facepalming:

Yeah, not too impressed and not too happy either. I am starting to think of cancelling the order and go the aliexpress route. It seems that I will get it faster that way.

AguassissiM · 2019-12-23T09:58:54.000Z

Good news I like to share is that after sending a pm to tatasal and a email to Neal I got a message from both that my shipment is on the way.

b4d17 · 2019-12-23T13:01:55.000Z

Mine is also on its way, another order from my friend too.

hammerJoe · 2019-12-25T18:52:18.000Z

I got a tracking number too but its coming from China… I was hoping it would be shipped from US. Its going to take a month to get here.

woodyt · 2019-12-28T15:00:42.000Z

interested and thank you

woodyt · 2019-12-28T15:24:42.000Z

order placed and thank you

cloggy · 2019-12-28T15:36:31.000Z

Ordered thanks

tatasal · 2019-12-30T09:34:54.000Z

cloggy:

Ordered thanks

swayde · 2019-12-31T01:19:56.000Z

Order placed. Thanks.

hammerJoe · 2019-12-31T02:08:57.000Z

Mine is being shipped from China. Anyone else?

woodyt · 2019-12-31T14:05:14.000Z

Mine hasn’t been shipped yet.
Now it looks like it has shipped, and yes from China

AguassissiM · 2020-01-09T00:13:57.000Z

Got my charger today, x no time to play until the weekend . First impressions, me like it a lot very nice and clear display, first set of different batteries is in just to see how long it will take to get them charged.

hammerJoe · 2020-01-13T23:18:47.000Z

Got mine today.
Very nice unit and hope that it works well.

I was expecting the IR resistance to be way off but measuring it against the BC700 its not very different.

Only dislike so far is that the screen is almost impossible to look at without the backlight.

gchart · 2020-01-14T02:26:10.000Z

hammerJoe:

Only dislike so far is that the screen is almost impossible to look at without the backlight.

I’ve been eyeing this one. By most accounts, it sounds like a great charger. Do you know if there’s a way to just keep the backlight on?

tatasal · 2020-01-14T02:31:06.000Z

gchart:

hammerJoe:

Only dislike so far is that the screen is almost impossible to look at without the backlight.

I’ve been eyeing this one. By most accounts, it sounds like a great charger. Do you know if there’s a way to just keep the backlight on?

Unfortunately non. You have to press a button to activate the display after it goes off.

buck91 · 2020-01-14T02:46:09.000Z

Received mine the other day. How does the repair cycle work? I put in two ancient dura-loop aa cells that that’s moderate to poorly on the capacity cycle, put them in repair cycle and for about a day and a half they just cycled from charge to discharge and back. Do you just end it when you feel Ike it or is it programmed for a specific process?

tatasal · 2020-01-14T03:10:13.000Z

buck91:

Received mine the other day. How does the repair cycle work? I put in two ancient dura-loop aa cells that that’s moderate to poorly on the capacity cycle, put them in repair cycle and for about a day and a half they just cycled from charge to discharge and back. Do you just end it when you feel Ike it or is it programmed for a specific process?

The S4’s ‘Repair’ mode is for cells that are heavily discharged that the charger will sense it first then put a miniscule amount of charging rate. For example, lilo cells that were discharged 2.5v or below etc…it also has the ‘repair’ function for heavily discharged nimh.

The Cap (capacity) mode is for determining the cell’s capacity by going through the Charge-Discharge-Charge cycle, showing the capacity in the display after the Discharge portion.

Edit: I have not actually tried the Repair mode but the manual says one of the ’Repair’s function is to activate a protected cell’s tripped protection circuit.