XTAR VC2 vs Nitecore UM20 (or other options)

[marcolopes]

@toad118

Hi Guys,
Today i bought the Xtar VC2 from a vendor on Ebay. I charged a couple an Efest batterys, no problems. According to the instruction manual once the battery is fully charged the display should flash on and off every 10 seconds, this unit doesnt, it stays on continually. this caused concern so i tried to verify that i had a genuine unit. The silver scratch off panel on the label which hides the unique number didnt scratch off it just smudged, further attempts started to rip the label, now im even more concerned. To look at the charger it looks solid, very well built, looks exactly the same as the ones ive seen on youtube even down to the labelling, words all spelt correct, came in a decent box with warranty card. Really does look like the real thing.’’’’’ display not flashing indicating charged battery’’’’‘, ’’‘’scratch off label duff’’’’’, anyone else have the same issues? thanks in advance.

Well, my VC2 display just blinked (OFF/ON/OFF…) a few times the first time i used it, but i couldn’t tell WHY!

Surely it does NOT blink continually when a battery of fully charged, that i know because i already charged 2 batteries. The only indicator that blinks is the FULL label on the display (and NOT the display itself)