Wanted 4 Slot 18650 Charger

[behindthevapor]

I'm hoping someone here has one that's lying around collecting dust! 

[TJ]

I put mine away and went back to my old 2 slot, 4 slot takes forever to charge, used to fill it in the morning and it'd still be charging in the evening, 2 slot so much quicker.

[behindthevapor]

Mar 10, 2017 23:13:02 GMT TJ said:

I put mine away and went back to my old 2 slot, 4 slot takes forever to charge, used to fill it in the morning and it'd still be charging in the evening, 2 slot so much quicker.

I see, well I've got an RX200 on the way to me, and heard it's not a good idea to charge the batteries separately - would you be willing to sell your 4 slot?

[VapingBad]

Always always always better off with 2 x 2 bay charges than a 4 bay IMO, I use 3 x 2 bay myself. The reason is they get much slower to charge with more than 2 bays and it is best to not have to charge batteries unattended or while your asleep. Tiny, tiny risk, but fire..., tiny risk etc, but can be avoided completely by having decent chargers that don't take more than a couple of hours, most 4 bays will take 6+ hours.

[behindthevapor]

Mar 11, 2017 0:19:57 GMT VapingBad said:

Always always always better off with 2 x 2 bay charges than a 4 bay IMO, I use 3 x 2 bay myself. The reason is they get much slower to charge with more than 2 bays and it is best to not have to charge batteries unattended or while your asleep. Tiny, tiny risk, but fire..., tiny risk etc, but can be avoided completely by having decent chargers that don't take more than a couple of hours, most 4 bays will take 6+ hours.

So there's no risk in charging batteries separately for the same mod?

If so if anyone has a 2x slot one for sale I'd take that! 

[VapingBad]

Mar 11, 2017 0:27:00 GMT behindthevapor said:

Mar 11, 2017 0:19:57 GMT VapingBad said:

Always always always better off with 2 x 2 bay charges than a 4 bay IMO, I use 3 x 2 bay myself. The reason is they get much slower to charge with more than 2 bays and it is best to not have to charge batteries unattended or while your asleep. Tiny, tiny risk, but fire..., tiny risk etc, but can be avoided completely by having decent chargers that don't take more than a couple of hours, most 4 bays will take 6+ hours.

So there's no risk in charging batteries separately for the same mod?

If so if anyone has a 2x slot one for sale I'd take that! 

Sorry, it's been a long week for me to answer properly, but all decent mods and charges are very safe charging these days, 2 slots are typically faster then 4.  I did a guide linked in my footer and will be happy to answer questions over the weekend when I am a bit brighter.

[Get Off My Cloud]

Mar 11, 2017 0:27:00 GMT behindthevapor said:

Mar 11, 2017 0:19:57 GMT VapingBad said:

Always always always better off with 2 x 2 bay charges than a 4 bay IMO, I use 3 x 2 bay myself. The reason is they get much slower to charge with more than 2 bays and it is best to not have to charge batteries unattended or while your asleep. Tiny, tiny risk, but fire..., tiny risk etc, but can be avoided completely by having decent chargers that don't take more than a couple of hours, most 4 bays will take 6+ hours.

So there's no risk in charging batteries separately for the same mod?

If so if anyone has a 2x slot one for sale I'd take that! 

Absolutely fine if all new cells they will all charge the same.
Keep the 3 batteries matched together though, only use them together and charge all 3 fully every time you charge.

The point of marrying sets of batteries is so they've all been through the same number of charge cycles.
If you paired one old cell that's been charged 150 times already with two brand new cells that's where issues can arise because the old cell will discharge a lot quicker when you're vaping than the two new ones so you could end up over stressing the old cell and cause it to fail and vent.

[behindthevapor]

Great, so I could get a single 2 slot charger and use my Smok Vape Pen 22 as a backup while charging all 3 of my batteries. Thanks!

[mikedidthis]

Not all 4 bay chargers are slow.

m.gearbest.com/chargers/pp_228907.html

Each slot works independently and can charge at 300mA / 500mA / 700mA / 1000mA.

Hat tip to robby from ages ago.

[VapingBad]

Mar 11, 2017 12:23:46 GMT mikedidthis said:

Not all 4 bay chargers are slow.

m.gearbest.com/chargers/pp_228907.html

Each slot works independently and can charge at 300mA / 500mA / 700mA / 1000mA.

Hat tip to robby from ages ago.

Slow to me, I have 6 x 2 A channels, but 1 A not bad and 3 of these would allow the OP to charge all 3 batteries together at 1 A for just over half the cash if they have 3 1 A USB outputs available, I am not endorsing them, I know nothing about the quality of that brand.

[behindthevapor]

Well I take it no one has one going spare?