Hi everyone,
I was looking to get some lights to prepare my house for power outtages, going to the backyard, working on the car and the such. I bought a flashlight that uses an 18650 battery and little did I know what I was getting myself into. After the flashlight (Thrunite TN12), a charger (Opus BT-3100), and a couple of good batteries (Orbtronic 3500mAh) I am in over a hundred $110 for a darn flashlight. Anyways, I kept looking for other stuff to buy since I now have 18650's and want to use them. I came across the Fenix CL30R lantern and noticed that it can charge 3x18650 at a time.
I want to return my battery charger and use the lantern as my battery charger and save myself $40 bucks. I think I'm gonna buy the lantern regardless of whether I return the charger or not. Has anyone tested the CL30R to see if it does a good job at charging the battery to full capacity, does it use CC/CV or pulse charging, does it overheat the batteries, does it overcharge the batteries if left charging overnight?
I like the Opus but I've read the pulse charging and high heat it creates is not good for the batteries.
I was looking to get some lights to prepare my house for power outtages, going to the backyard, working on the car and the such. I bought a flashlight that uses an 18650 battery and little did I know what I was getting myself into. After the flashlight (Thrunite TN12), a charger (Opus BT-3100), and a couple of good batteries (Orbtronic 3500mAh) I am in over a hundred $110 for a darn flashlight. Anyways, I kept looking for other stuff to buy since I now have 18650's and want to use them. I came across the Fenix CL30R lantern and noticed that it can charge 3x18650 at a time.
I want to return my battery charger and use the lantern as my battery charger and save myself $40 bucks. I think I'm gonna buy the lantern regardless of whether I return the charger or not. Has anyone tested the CL30R to see if it does a good job at charging the battery to full capacity, does it use CC/CV or pulse charging, does it overheat the batteries, does it overcharge the batteries if left charging overnight?
I like the Opus but I've read the pulse charging and high heat it creates is not good for the batteries.