18650 Battery & Charger Recommendations for ZL SC64w

fmc1 said:

Best of luck with the light.


Good choice on the battery.


The charger is another story. First the i4, it maxes out at .7A charge current if you are using one or two slots. That's cut in half to .35A if you are using 3 or 4 bays. It gives you no information such as voltage, mAh charged, charge current, time nothing. A Sanyo/Panasonic NCR18650GA can easily handle a 1.5A charge current. To me 1.5A charge current is the sweet spot. So if you are charging at .35A it's taking over 4 times longer than necessary.

The sc4 addresses the i4 shortfalls that I listed above but it got a so so review from HKJ.


https://lygte-info.dk/review/Review%20Charger%20Nitecore%20SC4%20UK.html



It's also very pricy for what you get in my opinion. It has no analyzing or testing capability at all. For the same money or less you could get an Opus Bt-C3100/C3400. A few bucks more you can have an Xtar vp4 dragon. Both of them are way more capable in my opinion.

Frank

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