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Review on ⚡ LiitoKala Lii-500 Battery Charger: LCD Display for Testing 18650, 26650, AA, AAA Battery Capacity by Ronald Messina

Revainrating 4 out of 5

EXPLORE, THEN BUY. Love it!

If you just need one charger that easily charges all kinds of NiCd and Lithium batteries of different sizes, reach for NITECORE. Charging is normal and not difficult. BUT, if you want to know the capacity in mAh, then by all means take this one. Don't believe everything the bad reviews say. It seems to me that most of the complaints stem from not understanding how to deal with it, which may not be entirely their fault. The included manual is written in Chinese and broken English, so like me, you'll have to go to YouTube and watch a few different videos about it and also read the comments on each video. Some of the comments are from people who own this charger and they also provide very useful information, sometimes even more reliable than the video itself. I'm glad I did my research and bought this charger because it really gives you real battery capacity, and that's why I wanted it and yes it can handle more than one battery at a time. I did this on two Lithium 26650s at the same time. You just put one in first and press the MODE button until you see NOR TEST and then press the CURRENT button until you see 1000mAh (According to the video I saw you want to select 1000mAh because you want to drain that battery as hard as you can to get an accurate capacity reading, just like a high powered flashlight at max brightness) Then insert the second battery and repeat the process. This will not violate the first battery test. Simply press the appropriate battery compartment button (1, 2, 3 or 4) to view the current status. I really wish it could handle more different sizes, which is why I'm not giving it five stars, and also because of the poorly written instructions for us English speakers.

Pros
  • Hands-free
Cons
  • Very expensive