The best battery charger out there, i have the two battery version which i paid a tenner for on Amazon
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Don't forget you also need a 2.1A USB charger for this.
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*charger = USB power supply.
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All comments (19)
drasim
27 Oct 16#1
Voted hot... Have had a VC2 for over a year now, has lasted longer than Nitecore
99rb
27 Oct 161#2
vc2 plus here.
I had an unused 3 amp 5v power supply and soldered on the 5.5mm 2.5mm power connector and use that at home.
The USB cable used in the car.
I like being able to choose 0.5A or 1A charge current.
shadey12
27 Oct 16#3
great charger, I've had it for about a month, paid a bit more than this from banggood and I thought that was a good buy. its a bit slower than my other chargers but that's better for the batteries. with it being a USB lead you can use it with a power pack or car adapter.
gothictwist
27 Oct 16#4
Paid £18 for one of these end of feb this year on amazon. been almost constantly charging mine and the missus vape batteries ever since without a hitch. Cant fault it
littlewhitebull456
27 Oct 16#5
I have one, the display shows the charge applied but doesn't seem useful.
The charge will vary and never reaches the charge as advertised on the battery. As I understand it this is the way it is supposed to be for this price point.
Regardless it does charge well but slowly.
I do have other chargers including a nitecore but this one is the one I use most.
shadey12 to littlewhitebull456
27 Oct 16#6
if your talking about mah, it tells you how much you put into it, therefore if its only used a bit you can't put a lot in, also a lot of 18650 batteries are massively exaggerated on the capacity.
leelukehope to littlewhitebull456
28 Oct 16#13
You should be glad it doesn't! Batteries would be very unsafe and unstable if they fully depleted all their charge and charged to their max capacity.
afroylnt to littlewhitebull456
28 Oct 16#14
The idea is to see how much charge the batteries can except; over time some batteries become duds and need to be thrown away; this kind of charger allows you to more easliy identify such batteries. Remember the figures stated on batteries are often not reached even when brand new and even new batteries will vary slightly on the charge they can accept / hold.
polarbaba
27 Oct 16#7
I purchased this from Amazon
it charges well, however be warned that this unit does not discharge and therefore you may not wish to charge nicads that aren't discharged.
also total charge current is 2 amps.
if you charge 4x 18650 then they will charge at 0.5a.
other than that it's a great charger.
normal considerations around fake items from gearbest and the rest apply.
gap30
27 Oct 16#8
I ran down 2 LG 3000maH batteries earlier
The final charge into them was around 2700 ish maH
This charger only puts in what is needed to fully charge the battery
ie a half dead battery it will put in 1250maH
Apparently it can revive dead batteries as well
northwales to gap30
28 Oct 16#9
certainly can, had cpl of ncr18650b, other chargers I had didn't want to know. Bought the vcr2, after about 5 minutes in charger, they started charging. How long they last for is another matter.
McGoose
28 Oct 16#10
Used one for over a year, best charger ever for 18650s, I use it fairly often for nimh too.
For those that didn't read the manual, if you put two batteries in the outer two slots it'll charge at twice the rate (1A) with the other two slots empty,
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Bargain
Don't forget you also need a 2.1A USB charger for this.
- png666
*charger = USB power supply.
- png666
All comments (19)
I had an unused 3 amp 5v power supply and soldered on the 5.5mm 2.5mm power connector and use that at home.
The USB cable used in the car.
I like being able to choose 0.5A or 1A charge current.
The charge will vary and never reaches the charge as advertised on the battery. As I understand it this is the way it is supposed to be for this price point.
Regardless it does charge well but slowly.
I do have other chargers including a nitecore but this one is the one I use most.
it charges well, however be warned that this unit does not discharge and therefore you may not wish to charge nicads that aren't discharged.
also total charge current is 2 amps.
if you charge 4x 18650 then they will charge at 0.5a.
other than that it's a great charger.
normal considerations around fake items from gearbest and the rest apply.
I ran down 2 LG 3000maH batteries earlier
The final charge into them was around 2700 ish maH
This charger only puts in what is needed to fully charge the battery
ie a half dead battery it will put in 1250maH
Apparently it can revive dead batteries as well
For those that didn't read the manual, if you put two batteries in the outer two slots it'll charge at twice the rate (1A) with the other two slots empty,