Review of SysMax/NiteCore Intellicharger i4 V2 Charger

[StandardBattery]

First, apologies for opening this thread after it being idle for so long. I didn't feel my post warranted a new thread but if this is wrong I'll be happy to do so.

Has there been, or will there be a review of the 'updated' 2014 NITECORE i4 V2 Universal Intelligent Charger? It's advertised as having "optimized charging design for IMR Batteries". It also has steel "rails" for the moveable contacts to ride on so is much smoother than it was when it was metal on plastic. But it's mainly the potential difference in how it charges and terminates that interests me.

Thanks.

I think this is what you are looking for:

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?387785

 

[radionman1]

My sample behaves differently.

It generates massive RFI on 80M and 40M. Cameron Conover posted a video complaining about the same problem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQs1BA4GsB8

One posting there suggests that using a 12V wall wart instead of a power cord could solve the problem. That did not work for me.

I have confiscated my son's Nitecore i4 and I will replace it with one that is actually tested and FCC approved. This one just says "Made in China by SYSMAX Ind" with no indication that it has received FCC approval.

Now if I could just get the other million of these things crushed with a sledge hammer, the air waves would thank me.

Thanks for listening!

 

[hatman]

Is the "Nitecore New i4 2016 Intellicharger" an updated version of these models?

 

[HKJ]

Is the "Nitecore New i4 2016 Intellicharger" an updated version of these models?

More like a completely new model and the i2 was not that good.

 

[hatman]

More like a completely new model and the i2 was not that good.

Thanks. I'm trying this new model and it seems also "not that good."

Longer batteries are a difficult fit to make a good contact.

And both lithium ion and Eneloops don't seem to charge fully, according to what happens after I transfer supposedly fully-charged batteries to either my old Pila or Maha chargers.