I bought this to charger primarily to charge a couple of protected 21700 Li-ion batteries. I looked at a few others and when I had asked questions about the ability to charge protected 21700 Li-ion batteries, all the ones I had enquired about would not charge these batteries. After another look I spotted the XTAR X2 charger, and thankfully it would charge these particular batteries. It also charges up the NI-MH AA and AAA batteries I have. I will add that this charger will charge AAAA, A, C, SC type batteries also. I really like the fact that this charger comes with a good old fashioned mains cable, that has a 3 pin UK plug on one end and the other end has a figure 8 connector. I prefer this much more than the mains adaptor plugs, which quite often are hard to source a replacement or expensive to source a replacement. If a new mains/figure 8 cable needs to be purchased, these can be sourced very easily on Amazon for a few pounds. The supplied 3 pin lead has a piece a velcro on it, so that you can use it to keep the cable bundled up when not in use (really nice touch). The charger has a very snazzy blue screen on the top, which shows the battery type on charge (Li-ion, NI-MH, NI-CD), charging voltage, battery level, and at what amp the battery is charging at as well as other battery info. I will point out that when the battery is fully charged, the display keeps flashing the word "FULL" at the bottom of the display. I cannot say exactly how long it takes to charge up a certain type of battery, as I tend to put the batteries on charge when I go to bed, and also, different types of battery, may take longer than others. But this charger mentions in it's description: "As fast charger. Auto-selected current, It will intelligently select the charging current among 0.5A*2, 1A*2 and 2A*1, and fully charge a 18650 2500mAh battery in 1.5 hours with 2A current" The metal sprung sliders (which you open to insert the battery) seem of a really good quality. I find in use, that the charger and the batteries hardly get warm which is a good thing. I will point out that all I got with the charger was a UK 3 pin/figure 8 cable, instruction manual and nothing else. If you want to power the charger and charge via the USB port that this charger also has on it, you will need to purchase a suitable USB cable. I'm not sure if its possible to power this charger from a computer's USB port, but I can imagine that a computer might struggle to charge a high capacity battery (21700 Li-ion battery for example) and I would always recommend powering the charger from the mains electric. If you are going to be charging Li-ion batteries, I would advise however spending the extra £9-£10 on this X2 version over the VC2 version that is also on Amazon, as the VC2 version WILL NOT charge protected Li-ion batteries, and as a lot of Li-ion batteries are protected, having the ability to charge protected batteries is a fundamental feature. All in all, an excellent charger that I can highly recommend for a really good price. It seems to charge up practically all the popular sized batteries that are in use now, along with the specialist Li-ion batteries that are used in high power torches, vapes etc.
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Bought this charger to service some 18650 flat top batteries. Worked perfectly. Auto-detected the batteries, and charged them from empty to capacity in a couple of hours. Little dials show you the progress of the charge percentage for each battery. Once fully charged to 100%, the charger detects that the battery charge is complete, and flashes a 'full' message under the dial, simply keeping the batteries topped up until they are removed from the charger. The display screen is quite bright, but dims itself after a few minutes, or the backlight can be switched off completely by pressing and holding the button on the display for 1.5 seconds. Great charger, well put together, feels nice and safe, would recommend.
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Honestly this is the best charger I've had my last one worryed me it would blow up how hot it got but his one barely even gets warm. it fits nicely onto a bedside table but the wire isn't that long so will need to be near a plug. Charges batteries quick enough especially if you have a spare pair. Very easy to use just slot in your battery's the right away around and there's charging
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A fantastic little charger, not too expensive, but good quality for what it is. I have a collection of mismatched 18650 batteries from over the years, so thought it was; A. Time I bought a decent charger and, B. Time I tested the capacity left in my collection, this little charger ticked all the boxes, and performed well. Stuck each battery in a torch and ran it until the light dimmed (roughly 2.7v) then charged them back up, everything was good, not surprising to find all of them had degraded or had “optimistic” capacities to start with. Being able to charge “protected” also adds a layer of future proofing too, which is nice. I also bought some new 18650 batteries from Amazon, if you are buying “budget” lithium batteries, can’t recommend this charger enough, the ones I bought brand new also had a stated capacity of 3000mAh, but only charged to 2000mAh, I know Amazon is clamping down on this, but it’s still nice to be able to check, before you buy more than a few, especially if the price is low. Why not perfect ? Was a bit disappointed I can not select 2A, 1A or 0.5A charge for the batteries, not a big deal, only being able to fast charge a single battery is mildly annoying, but not a feature I will use often, so good enough, not being able to resuscitate old batteries at 0.5A also isn’t possible, but for £22 I’m not really complaining. TLDR If you have 18650 batteries, buy a decent charger, just like this one.
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My old intellicharger i2 is a spare now as this thing is twice as fast charging my 18650s. 10/10
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Très bon produit mais seul reproche la prise américaine
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Da kauft man ein Ladegrät bei amazon.de und bekommt ein Gerät mit einem UK-Stecker am Kabel... Was soll denn sowas??? Und ab in den Müll damit, so kann man auch Ressourchen verschwenden... Dafür gehörigen Abzug bei den Sternen!
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