Cheap and OK back up Charger 18/350-650

[digicig]

Ordered a couple of these off ebay on the 14th of March - £4.34 with free P+P for both so £2.17 each!
2 Lanes with a good spring - so could apparently do a range of batteries.

Arrived today - so 3 weeks ish - and whilst not up to the build of the Xtar and Nitecore i4 - they're at least as well made as a Trustfire or 2 i've had

It fits all me batteries: CR123/16440, 14500, 18350, 18500 and will cope with an Efest 3400 mAh nippled or flat - tho whether or not to full capacity, and both lanes actually work remains to be seen

so thought it worth mentioning - as a smallish and cheap back up or back up to thy back up

They do require a travel plug to work tho.

Any one know if they are as good as they seem thus far?

[prr]

This looks the spit of the charger that came with my vamo from vaporbreak, have used it with 18650's, 18350's and 14500's with no problem at all. Seeing it at that price I think I'll get one as a spare.

[denis9t9]

digicig,
Are these not the ones that come supplied with the vamo kit from voporbreak, not recieved mine yet but look the same, maybe some one on here will no for sure.

[denis9t9]

Beat me to it prr.

[denis9t9]

Beat me to it prr.

[digicig]

Didn't get a Vamo from them - so wouldn't no

Have a few friends who wanted a charger - and wouldn't want them buying one without knowing it worked 1st - so thought i'd give one a go. Have passed t'other on with the suggestion that they upgrade as soon as they can afford to - so probably when/if it breaks LoL

[robby]

Yes, same as the Vamo kit, I have one of those chargers, works great, cant fault it, nice price too . I bought a Nitecore 4 lane one for increased safety, but I never had a problem with that charger. The Nitecore was too good a price to miss.

[digicig]

The ebay pitch suggests it'll do AA and AAA - anyone tried it perchance?

[robby]

Apr 3, 2013 18:25:17 GMT digicig said:

The ebay pitch suggests it'll do AA and AAA - anyone tried it perchance?

Never spotted that, the Vamo one`s dont, they dont have a 1.2V output. Not sure how it achieves it, is there a switch on the Ebay charger? digicig

[lazydog]

I just ordered one of these as a back up but they do others \trustfire

[digicig]

I'm not saying i'd put a AA in one - just wondering if anyone had successfully

on the back: AC100 -240V 47-63Hz 4.2V/600mA

Thought i'd mention it in case anyone was planning on using it based on the ebay info

[robby]

They call it a "Smart charger" and it has 2 output voltages 1.2 (nimhs) and 4.2 (Li-0ns), so maybe it automatically detects what you have put in it

[digicig]

Just found to old but good Ni mh AAA's and popped them in - so see what happens and report back
If it works then tis more of a bargain than i thought - if not no Biggie

[robby]

Either way, it`s a good buy I think

[robby]

www.fasttech.com/products/0/10001638/1119502-nitecore-i4-v2-li-ion-ni-mh-ni-cd-smart-battery-ch

that`s a good buy if you are looking for a Nitecore (quite highly regarded) £12-78, slow boat shipping. I have used that company mm...........................too many times lolol