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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    I don't know about the KP ones specifically but I've charged other brands of protected 26650s in there, however it's a really tight fit, I'm glad I've got the revised edition with the stronger pins/springs.
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    You can see this on some of the chargers for the batteries, you only plug the battery in on the + side to charge it, the - side is disconnected, so there's no way you're going to be able to charge it with any standard charger, firmware update or not. They're also all quite misleadingly rated in...
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    The Krataxes are actually rebadged, or possibly cloned, Hixons, which in turn are rebadged or cloned by or from a number of other brands, you can find these scattered across Aliexpress with accompanying hit-and-miss quality control. I wouldn't want to use these with anything other than the...
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    What's your favorite UI design on flashlights?

    UIs for this sort of thing are more often a negative value, "what do I not want in the UI". For example I don't really care that much about switch types or sizes or whatnot (although if pressed I'd say "mechanical switch on the body right where your thumb would be when you hold it"), but the...
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    Source of legit protected 26650s on Aliexpress, e.g. Keeppower

    Ah, was wondering why I couldn't find anything specific on this. OK, will try Cheers'n'Jeers, otherwise if anyone wants to PM me I'm happy for any recommendations.
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    Source of legit protected 26650s on Aliexpress, e.g. Keeppower

    Can anyone recommend a good source of non-dubious protected 26650s on Aliexpress, e.g. genuine Keeppower? I'm outside the US/Europe so have to rely on either that or eBay, Keeppower's Aliexpress store doesn't sell batteries and places like "Aliya's Battery Store" or "3c Accessories" that do...
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    Faulty battery charge sensors in XHP70.2 flashlights?

    The friend's one that I checked against was from Banggood, this one, specifically. Since they all seem to be identical, I'm assuming they're either from the same manufacturer or clones of some common source model. I haven't tried a Gearbest one but since they sell it too I assume they've all...
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    Faulty battery charge sensors in XHP70.2 flashlights?

    I recently got one of the XHP70.2 flashlights with blue LED charge indicators that are all over Aliexpress, eBay, etc, this sort of thing. After running it for a brief amount of time on fresh batteries the charge indicator started blinking and it shut down. Tried it on a second one that a...
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Tried that, and 1234, and 3000 just in case, wrong PIN in every instance. Eventually got it working by restarting the app a few times. Since manual pairing doesn't work for lack of a PIN, could it be that the app supplies a PIN? Earlier posters complained that pairing wasn't PIN-protected but...
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    It's arrived and works OK, apart from a black sliver about 8mm long inside the LCD display (argh), it's down near the bottom so doesn't block anything but it is rather annoying. However, Bluetooth pairing doesn't work, if I open the app it just hangs with a display of Charger + MAC address...
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    It's finally (allegedly) shipped, after 1 1/2 months of waiting and submitting tickets for both items I'd ordered. I'll see when/if it arrives.
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Got a reply fairly quickly, unfortunately it's just "keep waiting", it may have been scripted. I'll give them another week and see what happens.
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    I've opened a ticket with them, I was influenced somewhat by reading a few discussion threads where people complained about orders not being shipped and having to do chargebacks, so I'll see how it goes. I don't necessarily want to do the chargeback but I'm annoyed that they seem quite happy to...
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Unfortunately I'm nowhere near the US, so have to buy from GB or alternative, even more dubious sources. If they don't ship within the next week I'll do a chargeback, it's now been over a month and they're showing no signs of shipping after having taken payment for it.
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    SkyRC — IFA 2014 — MC3000 charger-analyzer

    Speaking of getting the MC3000, has anyone ordered one from Gearbest recently? They've been sitting on my order for over a month now, took payment but haven't shipped, and their response to my support request was "keep waiting".
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