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Review on ๐Ÿ”Œ XTAR DRAGON VP4 Plus Smart Charger - LCD Display Speedy Universal Battery Charger with Probes & Car Charger โ€“ Rechargeable Batteries Ni-MH Ni-Cd A AA AAA SC, Li-ion 18650 26650 26500 22650 18490 17670 Compatible by Patricia Muller

Revainrating 3 out of 5

This is a nice charger with a lot of features! But. Read some questions.

This charger comes with all the accessories you need to test your battery and will charge just about anything. But after a year of use, I came to the conclusion that this is not all that is said. The braking voltage for charging is not exact, I tried it on many different 18650 batteries, they were all charged in pairs. The controls are clunky but usable. The test function is tricky to use because it doses that wonky thing where, after you've put it through a test, even pressing the display button twice doesn't turn it off and you have to turn it off. It works and is acceptable, but basic. The last problem was that it somehow took the brunt of one of my Ohm Life 18650 batteries in slot 2 and committed seppuku. In addition to the destroyed cell, it was a brand new cell that had been cycled over 20 times. This resulted in the device constantly going into a charging self-test loop and there was nothing you could do to stop the insane beeping, and there was little to do with this charger. I'm disappointed with this device and its warranty just expired for 1 year and I don't want to play with RMA so I'm out of luck. Next time I'll buy a VC4S and see if I have the same problems and if so I'll switch to a different company. So far I've only had problems with this model, all the others were grids!

Pros
  • >Personal Battery Doctor: Can measure the voltage and internal resistance of your battery just like a multimeter.
Cons
  • I don't remember but there was something