Batteries and chargers
This page contains reviews and other information about chargers and batteries. For usb chargers see USB power supplies/chargers and USB power boxes.


Xtar PB2C

Xtar X2

Xtar MC4S

Ravpower RP-BC015

Hohm Tech School4

Xtar VC8

Hohm Tech School2

Xtar X4

EBL iQuick 2-USB charger

Vapcell U2

Dlyfull M8 Battery Charger

Dlyfull T5 Test Charger

Rydbatt 16 NiMH JBC038-11

Charging LiFePO4 batteries, algorithms

Charger LiitoKala LiitoKala Lii-500S

Yucel Y12-6L 6V 12Ah (Lead-Acid PB)

Doublepow DP-K209

Vapcell S4+ fast charger

USB LiIon Charger BH-042100-02U

Yonli Q1

Fenix ARE-D1

Tronic LC-Display IAN313693 HG04710A

Golisi i4

GH Power Charger XY-186BS

DlyFull B2 Universal LCD Battery Tester

Dlyfull D1 Smart Charger

Leise NiMH 4 slots LS-U401A

Xtar PB2S Charger & power bank

Joinrun S4

Shockli CR2 1000mAh (Yellow)
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TrustFire TR-012

Basen BO-4

Basen BO-2

The minimum charger

LiitoKala Lii-S2

Xtar VP4C

Xtar VC4S

ISDT N8

Panasonic BQ-CC75

Golisi L2 Compact Mini Charger

Eizfan C2 USB Charger, USB supplement

Eizfan X6 LCD charger

Eizfan WF1 LCD Universal Charger

Eizfan NC2 USB Charger

Fenix ARE-X11 Charger & power bank

Eizfan Pro Q4 Intelligent Charger

Eizfan Pro Q2 Intelligent Charger

Eizfan NC1 USB Charger

Eizfan C2 USB Charger

Eizfan C1 USB Charger

Charger NiteCore V2

NiteCore LC10

Low current discharge of batteries

Allmaybe TC2

NiteCore UMS4

LiitoKala Lii-PD4

NiteCore UM4

NiteCore UMS2

NiteCore UM2

Efan X4 LCD charger

Golisi O4 Smart charger

Golisi O2 Smart charger

Charger Golisi Needle 2

Efan Air M8 Intelligent Charger

Golisi Needle 1

Fire extinguisher for LiIon batteries (Info)

Woyum ZK4

Xtar SC2

Xtar D4

Xtar D2

Xtar VC2S

Nitecore Q6 quick charger

Nitecore Q4

Nitecore Q2

Woyum ZK1a

Folomov Key Charger

Golisi S6

Efest LUSH Q8 Charger 2018

PALO C906W

ISDT A4

Miboxer C8 Smart charger

Woyum ZK6

Efan Lux S4 LCD charger UK

Doublepow DP-U03

Uniross Charger LCD 3-5H

EV-Peak CQ1-XR

Golisi S2

Leise NiMH 2 slots LS-U2C

Ansmann D 10000mAh 5030642 (Silver)
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Varta LCD Multi Charger 57671

Basen BO-1

Xtar PB2 Charger & power bank

NicJoy A03 Dual

TrustFire TR-009

GP Recyko+ Pro U411

Vapex VTE8000 8xNiMH charger

Varta D 3000mAh 56720 (Green-silver)
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Brillipower BIC-2

UltraFire H2 (HXY-H2)

Energizer D 2500mAh NH50 (Silver)
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LiitoKala Lii-S1

10180 100mAh

Nitecore Intellicharger i8

Sofirn 8 slots AA/AAA

ISDT C4

Armytek Uni C2

Japcell BC-800S (8xNiMH)

Panasonic BQ-CC65

LiitoKala Lii-402

West Mountain Radio CBA HR (Battery analyzer)

NiteCore F2

Efest LUC V6 2017

Golisi i2

Golisi i1

Xtar Over 4 slim (O4S)

Xtar MC6 II Queen Ant II

Miboxer C4-12

GyrFalcon All-88 2017 (Enova)

Efest LUC Blu6 2017

PortaPow AA+AAA usb battery charger

Efest LUSH Q4 Charger 2017

SODA Dual Battery Charger 2017

Efest LUC V2 Charger 2017

Folomov A1

Folomov A4

Efest PRO C1 Charger 2017

Folomov A2

Vapcell Internal Resistance Tester YR1030

Xtar MC4 update

Nitecore SC4

Nitecore Intellicharger new i4 2017

Efest PRO C4 Charger 2017

Miboxer C2 6000

Golisi S4

Kongin KC-262a

Efest PRO C2 Charger 2017

Zanflare C4

Efest LUSH Q2 Charger 2017

Efest LUC V4 Charger 2017

Disassembly of GTL batteries

Charger Soshine T2

Charger index

Miboxer C2 4000

Comparison of AA battery chemistries (Updated)

CoilMaster Smartcharger A4

Hexinyu HXY-H1

Xtar MC4

Batteries with ridiculous ratings

Charger Varta LCD 57070/57170

Battery tester ZTS Mini-MBT

Charger Fenix ARE-X1+

Charger Crelant CD80

Klarus K1 Smart Charger

Charger Miboxer C2 3000 updated

Charger 1.5A 3.6-4.2V (TP5000)

Charger Panasonic BQ-CC57

Charger Miboxer C2 3000 initial version

Varta LCD Ultra Fast Charger 57675

Duracell 15min charger CEF15 UK

Charger Allmaybe EC2

Battery charge termination test

Charger Energizer Rapid charger CH1HR-2

Charger HXY (Hexinyu) HXY-H6

Charger Panasonic BQ-CC55

Charger Ikea Storhögen 603.306.50

Charger Olight UC

Charger Nitecore SC2, updated version

Charger Nitecore Intellicharger new i2 2016, updated version

Charger Miboxer C4

Charger Panasonic BQ-CC51E

Charger Xtar MC6 Queen Ant

Disassembly of 9V LiIon batteries

Charger JetBeam i4 Pro

Charger GyrFalcon All-44 (Enova)

Charger Xtar VP4 Plus Dragon

Shockli 6x18650 7.4V 6600mAh

Charger PSPower MT4000

Charger LiitoKala Lii-400

Charger PSPower NT2000

Shockli 4x18650 7.4V 4400mAh

Charger LiitoKala Lii-202

Charger Nitecore SC2

Disassembly of USB charged batteries

Charger PSPower MC402

Test of 9V alkaline/lithium/NiMH/LiIon/etc.

Charger Miller ML-106 V1.0

Charger PSPower NC402

Charger PSPower NC401

Charger Nitecore Intellicharger new i2 2016

Charger SkyRC NC2600

Charger E-SYB E4

Charger Varta LCD Plug charger 57677

Charger 1.5A 3.6-4.2V (TP5000)

Charger E-SYB S6

Charger EverActive NC1000 plus

Charger NiteCore F1

2S 3A LiIon charger UT-6026C

Charger Xtar ANT - MC1Plus

Charger Xiaomi ZI5 PB400

Charger GP ReCyko+ / PowerBank H500 (GPPB50GS)

Charger Fenix ARE-X1

Charger Xtar SV2 Rocket

Charger Ikea Vinninge 403.036.32

Charger Xiamen Nanfu HG-1412W

Charger GyrFalcon All-88 (Enova)

Charger AV4m+

Charger Opus BT-C100

Charger Keeppower L1 4.20V

Charger Xiamen Nanfu HG-1206W

How far can LiIon be discharged?

Charger Keeppower L2

Disassembly of UltraFire 9900mAh 18650 battery

Charger Opus BT-C100 early version

Varta Plug Charger 57647

GB 8.4V (7.2V) 6800mAh battery pack

Varta Mini Charger 57646

My charger do not charge LiIon to 4.2V, is it faulty?

Charger and power bank Miller ML202 V4

Charger Efest LUC Blu6 OLED

Charger Bowei HC-103W

LiitoKala Lii-100

Charger Skilhunt M2

Charger Panasonic BQ-CC18

Charger Skilhunt M1

Charger Skilhunt M4D

Charger Duracell 4h CEF14

Charger SkyRC MC3000

Charger Duracell 45min CEF27

Charger Thrunite U1

Charger GP ReCyko+ Quick3

Charger NiteCore Intellicharger i1

Charger ML-102 V9.0 2015

Battery charging NiMH

A look at different charge methods.
Charger Panasonic BQ-CC51

Charger Xtar VC2 Plus Master

Charger Klarus Smart Charge C2

Charger Keeppower L1

Charger Tomo V6-2

Charger Miller ML105 V1.0

Charger Nokoser DigiCharge D2S

Charger Nokoser DigiCharge D4u

Charger Tenergy T4s

Charger LiitoKala Engineer Lii-500

Charger Klarus CH4s

Energy at low voltage in alkaline batteries

HuanGao Universal Dual Channel AC Charger HG-1206W

Charger Micro 18650 Battery USB

Charger Energizer Intelligent Charger CHP42EU

Charger FT2000

Charger GoalZero Guide10Plus

Charger ML-102 V8.0 2015

Charger Soshine SC-C5 NiMH + LiFePO4 charger

Charger Opus BT-C700

Charger Opus BT-C900

Charger Xtar MC1Plus

Charger Energizer Maxi Compact Charger

Charger Klarus CH1

2S 1.8A LiIon charger Enerpower FY090200

2S 1A LiIon charger WJT-0068

Charger TrustFire TR-005

2S 3A LiIon charger TS-2012H

2S 3A LiIon charger TS1012C

Charger Opus BT-C1000

2S 2A LiIon charger TS-1084S

Charger USB AA-AAA

Disassembly of some UltraFire batteries

Charger Xtar VC4

Danae DUO 9000 (Sometimes it is also called MAHA)

Charger Panasonic BQ-CC17

Charger ThorFire

Charger Panasonic BQ-CC16

Charger Panasonic BQ-CC14

Charger ML-102 V7.1 2015

Charger Yi Fang EIZFAN WF4

Charger LiitoKala Engineer 300

Charger Yi Fang EIZFAN WF1

Charger NiteCore UM10

Charger Soshine H4

Charger NiteCore UM20

Charger Xtar WP2h

Nitecore chargers the i4 family and clones

Charger Enova All-21

Charger Xtar VP4

Charger Enova All-20

Charger Xtar VC2

Charger Enova All-42-USB

Charger NiteCore Intellicharger D2

Charger Enova All-41

Charger NiteCore Intellicharger D4

Charger Enova All-40

Charger Efest LUC S2

Storacell (Powerpax) 4x18650 battery caddy

Charger Enove All-80

Discharge protection test
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Charger Yi Fang WS1

Charger AWT Lii-1000

Charger AWT UTC

Is my battery protected?

Charger Opus BT-C3100 V2.1

This is an analyzing charger.
Charger Basen S2

This is an analyzing charger.
Charger Xtar XP4c

Charger Xtar MC2

Cooper 300F supercap

Charger NiteCore Intellicharger i2 2014

Maxwell 3000F supercap

Charger Opus BM100

This is an analyzing charger.
Charger NiteCore Intellicharger i4 2014

La Crosse RS1020

This is an analyzing charger.
Ikea Ladda YH-990BF

Charger Powerex MH-C9000

This is an analyzing charger.
Charger Opus BT-C3100 software V2

This is a supplementary review, not a full review.
Charger Olight Omni-dok

Fujitsu AA HR-3UTA 1900mAh (White)
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Charger Xtar VP2

Charger Soshine SC-F3

Charger LiitoKala Engineer Lii-260

This is an analyzing charger.
Disassembly of cheap 18650 battery

Charger Soshine S2 2014

Battery test for AA and AAA (Alkaline, lithium, NiMH) batteries, comparator

All AA and AAA batteries has been moved to this section (Not 14500)
Battery test 26650, comparator

All 26500/26650/32500/32650/etc. batteries has been moved to this section
Charger Xtar MC1

Charger Soshine S1 max V3

Charger Soshine H2 V2

Charger SkyRC NC2500

This is an analyzing charger.
Charger Efest LUC

Charger Efest Xsmart

Charger Opus BT-C3100

This is an analyzing charger that supports both NiMH and LiIon batteries.
Panasonic Pro Power D

Charger Xtar SP1

Charger Efest BIO V2 2014

Charger Efest LUC V4 2014

Charger Efest SODA 2014

Charger TrustFire TR-006

Charger Xtar MC0

Tensai C TR-C4000 4000mAh (White)
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Charger Xtar WP2 II 2014

Tensai C TR-C4500 4500mAh (Green)
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Tensai D TR-C8000 8000mAh (White)
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Charger Efest Xblack

Charger Efest LUC V4

Charger Efest SODA

Charger Soshine H2

Charger Opus BT-C2000

This is an analyzing charger.
Charger Ioncell BC0907C

Charger TrustFire TR-008

Panasonic Pro Power C

Charger TrustFire TR-007

Tensai D TR-D10000 10000mAh (Green)
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Charger Xtar XP4

Charger Efest BIO V2

Panasonic Lithium Industrial CR123A

Unknown RCR123A 3.0V 500mAh (Blue)
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Charger ThruNite MCC-4

Charger Xtar XP1

Panasonic Lithium Power CR123

Charger CottonPickers Basic 100mA

Charger Xtar WP2s

Unknown 17355 3.0V 1000mAh (Green)
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Charger CottonPickers Dual 4.2V-4.35V

UltraFire ICR123A 3.0V 800mAh (Green)
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CR123A and rechargeable substitutes

Heseny HXY-18650-2A (4.35 volt)

Charger Cytac CY-U18D

Shan SH-168DLCD

LIPOnano

Enedepots A8

Charger Soshine SC-S1mix V3

Internal impedance/resistance of batteries

Charger TrustFire TR-001
Review of charger Soshine SC-S1max V3
Efest IMR26500 3000mAh (Blue)
Rewrapping a battery
Charger Xtar VP1
A very good dual channel LiIon charger.
Charger Fenix ARE-C1

Charger Efest BIO

Charger Sysmax/NiteCore i2

Charger Soshine SC-S7

Estimating remaning capacity in LiIon batteries

Charger module with TP4056 controller

Full comparison of smaller LiIon batteries

The link to the individual battery reviews has been moved to this comparison. This test includes 10440, 14500, 16430 and 18350 size batteries.
Charger EnerPower EP-18650DC2

Charger UltraFire WF-128 or Q-128

Charges 4 LiIon cells and has usb output.
Charger ML-102

Single LiIon cell charger with usb input and output.
A123 26650 2500mAh (Green)

This battery can deliver 70A!
A123 18650 1100mAh (Yellow)

This is a 18650 battery, but has lower voltage than the common LiCoO2 batteries.
AmpMax AM10

Charger Xtar SP2

Soshine SC-S2

SysMax/NiteCore Intellicharger i4 V2

Full 18650 comparison

The link to the individual battery reviews has been moved to this comparison. This test does not only include 18650 size batteries, but anything close to that size, i.e. 18700, 18500, 16650, 17650.
SysMax i4

Review and measurements on the SysMax/JetBeam/NiteCore i4 quad bay universal charger. This charger can handle both LiIon and NiMH batteries.
Xtar WP2 II

Review and measurements on the Xtar WP2 II dual bay charger with USB power output.
Charger Cytac CT-015

Review and measurements on the Cytac CT-015 dual bay charger.
Charger 4Sevens Single Bay V2

Review and measurements on the 4Sevens single bay charger V2.
Charger Xtar MP2

Review and measurements on Xtar MP2 dual channel LiIon charger.
Charger Xtar MP1

Review and measurements on Xtar MP1 single channel LiIon charger.
Charger Xtar WP6 II

Review and measurements on Xtar WP6 II 6 channel LiIon charger.
Charger CottonPickers DM + 4 settings

Review and measurements on CottonPickers charger with 4 current settings and DM (digital voltmeter.
Charger CottonPickers 4.35 volt + DM

Review and measurements on CottonsPickers charger for Samsung ICR18650-30A cells.
Charger UltraFire WF-188

Review and measurements on the UltraFire WF-188 charger.
Charger 4Sevens Single Bay (Recalled version)

Review and measurements on the 4Sevens single bay charger V1.
Charger XTAR WP2

Review and measurements on the XTAR WP2 charger.
Charger XTAR WP6

Review and measurements on the XTAR WP6 charger.
Charger UltraFire WF-139

Review and measurements on the WF-139 charger.
LiIon 18650 batteri comparison 2011

A comparison of the different 18650 batteries. Note: This document will be updated when I receive new batteries.
What is a Hobby Charger

A short explanation about hobby chargers and how to use them for flashlight LiIon batteries
LiIon 18650 batteri comparison 2010
A comparison of the different 18650 batteries.