Jep, both of them, but never used rechargable Alkalines. NiZn are not that old but in my experience the worst rechargable cells I ever had and after LiIon 1,5V it will be IMHO die fast (if it ever lived)
Don´t know the man in the yellow hat but some other good old cartoons from Cartoon Network. Cow & chicken, Dexters Lab, 2 stupid dogs, Powerpuff Girl etc. Jeff Benett is a real cool voice actor, you can hear his voice also in some Studio Ghibli Animes.
Same here, I have some dedicated NiMH-chargers but use the Vapcell mostly for NiMH, especially for problematic cells which causes termination problems in other chargers.
Sounds it will take long time …
These old chargers are good for things like that because it charges everything
For revive of other NiMH-cells the Xtar VC4 and ISDT C4 EVO are also good choice
I do not have multiple chargers but I have ben using the SkyRC MC3000 for the past 2 years now. Its fits with my requirements and more. Before that I was using the Xtar VC4 and Ultrafire WF138, both are now unused.
I got so tired and annoyed of the whiny fan, I disabled mine and in a few months it wouldnt work. if it didnt have the fan id be fine with it and purchase a few more
For >5 years I used an Opus 3100 as ‘primary’ charger. Last year I bought an MC3000. A few months later, I bought a second one. The Opus hasn’t been used since. Without getting into the technical weeds, I voted with my wallet, and this tells the story.
I’m not bashing the Opus in any way. I simply feel the MC3000 is superior in many/most respects, beyond the difference in its price, which I personally consider entirely appropriate and reasonable / justified given what it offers, BTW. It is clearly not ‘over-priced’ in the market (IMO). The Opus is a good ‘backup’ unit for me, so I didn’t waste that money, as it’s worth about what it cost me, which is probably also ‘fair’.
The Opus was tested and favorably reviewed by HKJ, and I don’t disagree with his findings; however you may also be aware that it’s not what he uses in his own setup, which is the MC3000. He voted with his wallet too.
I just have the two in use, an Xtar VC4SL as my main charger and an Xtar FC2 for travel. I was looking for a single-bay charger for travel really, but saw the FC2 on Amazon Warehouse for £6 delivered and it was too good to pass up. I did consider getting the Vapcell S4+, but nowhere in the UK had it in stock and I had a new D1K that I needed to charge a battery for and didn’t want to wait for one to come from China.
I also have a 4-bay Nitecore that I don’t use any more because 21700s don’t fit in it.
I don’t even have one cell for each light, I have two or three of each size that I use and they get swapped into the light that I’m carrying. The only exceptions are my Acebeams that came with their own.
The Good Shiite I only ever got from FT, which was legit. Low R, spot-on capacity, etc. 30Qs and VTCs mainly.
Don’t recall getting any cells from BG, as I was pist over the way they handled the Cometa sales.
GB was okay in that small window between just starting up and then circling the drain, when they had good sales and those flash deals.
Got a bunch of Lishen rewraps (“genuine LK!”) that were quite good even if only 2600mAH, but forgot from where. (Goggled it, from a place on AX.)
Got a few Immolate 18650s then they had a sale on 'em. Figured I’d stick 'em in a Q8-ish light, forgot which. Might be in my Haikelight.
You had to be judicious, but you could snag some good deals and get legit cells.
Now, though, I’d only stick with the well-known stores like Liion Warehouse and 18650batteries or whatever. I got enough cells to last through The Zombie Apocalypse™, so haven’t kept track of all the players in a long while.
But really our use cases are way different. On average I must charge 10 cells per day. Often I rotate cells left with a storage charge into the rotation and put a storage charge on the ones that they replace. Might do a week with 6 chargers going 24 hours per day. Then there is the capacity and health checking for the pulls form the “dead” packs that I tear down… Obviously a couple of lights with USB charging wouldn’t get it…
I just saw this and had to include it… It resembles me.