Battery Chargers - What Is The Best Bang for Your Buck?

LMatt2024 on 11/02/2018 - 22:52
Last edited 12/02/2018 - 09:03 by 1 other user

I am new to the site .. and have seen a number of battery rechargers listed in OzB over the past few weeks, and was wondering if some of you folks could give me your opinion as to what is the best bang for buck when it comes to Battery Chargers for my not-Eneloops, and the reasoning for your preferences.

I am not in a particular hurry to buy an additional charger as I have a basic one here already, so dont mind waiting for the next deal to come along.
I like the idea of having a discharge/analyse option and the battery charger being as versatile as possible (ie NiMH/Li-Ion/various battery sizes like 18650s).

The ones I have seen lately are:

• Nitecore Digicharger D4

• Liitokala Lii-500

• Opus BT-C3100 V2.2 Nimh/Li-Ion DreamCharger

• Zanflare C4 Multifunctional Battery Charger

And happy to consider any other Battery Chargers I may have missed, if you think they would be on your short list.

Thanks in advance for your assistance.

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  Davo1111 on 11/02/2018 - 23:18

  Out of all of those i'd go the nitecore - it's the brand i recognise.

  I have an eneloop charger (and a EMAX b6 mini for my 3S batteries). These days the TP4056 modules are so cheap, most execpt for the $2 ones will be fine

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  sav11 on 11/02/2018 - 23:52

  If you want one that is as versatile/compatible as possible consider this https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YVIOXUA/ref=ox_sc_mini_… and if you need to charge D cells add a couple of these https://www.amazon.com/Ambient-Weather-BC-CD-ADAPTER-Battery-Intelligent/dp/B00M1XMAMK/ref=pd_bxgy_421_2?encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B00M1XMAMK&pd_rd_r=4KNA2ZXXE2YHJT99K5SM&pd_rd_w=s0RAR&pd_rd_wg=yXuam&psc=1&refRID=4KNA2ZXXE2YHJT99K5SM&dpID=41D26CdDG%252BL&preST=_SY300_QL70&dpSrc=detail

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  adr8 on 12/02/2018 - 12:00

  At that price the C4 would be my pick followed by the Lii-500, check out http://budgetlightforum.com/forum/batteries/chargers for reviews and user comments.

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  0FoxGiven on 12/02/2018 - 12:06

  Liitokala hands down best value for money… Funny sounding name but quality build and works great.