Best Review on Thunder Power RC Ultra Micro Batteries
I got this charger because I have two RC planes that use little 1S 3.7v batteries and I wanted a good way to keep my plane in the air while cycling through batteries. This charger does the trick PERFECTLY. It comes with the AC wall adapter for charging at home, or via an AC adapter in your car, or you can go the route I do and use the alligator clips to hook it up to a 12v battery like those you'd find in UPS power backups. Using it that way, I can take a little 12v 7ah batterty with me to my flying field and use this charger to keep batteries for my plane filled up faster than I can use them.
The use of the unit itself is very simple! Just hook it up to a 12 volt power supply, plug your battery in, and wait for the light to turn green for the slot that your battery is plugged in to. It charges each slot individually so you can have three green lights, and one red light. Just grab a green light battery to swap out into your RC plane (or whatever you're using the batteries in) and put your spent battery in the slot and wait for it to turn green again.
Bottom line: If you want an inexpensive simple unit to charge up to 4 batteries at a time, independently, this is perfect. I strongly recommend it.
I use this to charge different 1S lipos and it works great. Needed to get some adapters to work with the different batteries but those weren't expensive.
BalasHapusWorks great! Charged 4 160mah batteries in 25 minutes. LED's are very bright and easy to see from across the room.
BalasHapusAt this rate I will be able to fly continuously.
Very small and compact. Charger deck is about 2"X2" and the whole thing takes up very little space in your flight box. If you are charging with a charger that takes AA Batteries you will spend what this charger costs in no time.
I have a Gell Cell 12v battery I can charge from in the field with the included adapter cable.
Successfully charged four 1s lipo cells simultaneously. and they were two different capacities at the same time as well. I'm very happy with this charger.
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BalasHapusI have had my TP103CQ for almost 6 months and use it two to three times a week. It is so great to be able to charge four batteries with different charge capacities or varying amount of charge left in the battery. I use if for my Blade 130SR (with adapter leads) and it faithfully cranks them out.
BalasHapusWished they made one with 600ma charge so it would be faster, but with 8 batteries I can fly almost non-stop.
No complaints. This thing is great. I just give my 160mAh 1S cells a few minutes to cool before I attach to the unit and they charge for a short while and the light turns green. Ding!
BalasHapusRecommend that a child using this might need a reminder not to force the battery into place when attaching because the pins may not line up perfectly and become bent by force. This hasn't happened to me but I can easily imagine it happening if you're not careful.
I was looking at getting the Celectra 4-port charger and happened to stumble across this one day. For far less money it comes with both an AC adapter and DC alligator clips. The use of the product is pretty straight forward though not very detailed. For example, the main LED glows red indicating main power, the individual LEDs glow RED for charging and GREEN for charged. Nothing indicates whether the charger continues to charge once it is GREEN however.
BalasHapusI was concerned because a previous reviewer stated it was not versatile in accepting micro connector batteries. I have four eflight 150mah batteries and five Turnigy Nano-Tech 160mah batteries and all fit and charge with no issues.
I measured the batteries with a voltmeter after the light turned green and it charges both types of batteries to 4.20v which is the maximum charge for these LiPo batteries according to several forums. I intentionally left one on for an extra half hour and it read 4.20v as well, which leads me to believe that it does quit charging once the light turns green; this is only speculation though and you still should not charge batteries unattended. For comparison the Celectra 1-port charger that comes with many Blade Helicopters charges batteries to 4.18v and both advertise a .3amp charge rate.
So far I am very happy with this charger as I have three helicopters that use these batteries and can fly until I get tired. I can buy about 10 more Nano-Tech batteries with the money I saved over my original choice of the Celectra. I even considered getting a cheap 10w solar panel and 12v battery to make a field charge station with this charger.
I am very pleased with this charger and love how small this is. I've had it for 4 months now and its extremely reliable. I use this on my 120, 150, 160 and 500mAh 1 Cell batteries. For the 500mAh, you need the "JST-RCY to Ultra Micro Battery Adapter Lead".
BalasHapus160's charge in 25 minutes
500's in 65 minutes.
I was also impressed with another thing. I put four 160's on the charger and forgot them all night long. They were on it for 10 hours before I realized I left them unintended. I was surprised to find that my batteries were just fine, worked great and have had no problems. Since this comes with no manual or information of safety features, I must assume it stops charging once the green light comes on.
I got this charger because I have two RC planes that use little 1S 3.7v batteries and I wanted a good way to keep my plane in the air while cycling through batteries. This charger does the trick PERFECTLY. It comes with the AC wall adapter for charging at home, or via an AC adapter in your car, or you can go the route I do and use the alligator clips to hook it up to a 12v battery like those you'd find in UPS power backups. Using it that way, I can take a little 12v 7ah batterty with me to my flying field and use this charger to keep batteries for my plane filled up faster than I can use them.
BalasHapusThe use of the unit itself is very simple! Just hook it up to a 12 volt power supply, plug your battery in, and wait for the light to turn green for the slot that your battery is plugged in to. It charges each slot individually so you can have three green lights, and one red light. Just grab a green light battery to swap out into your RC plane (or whatever you're using the batteries in) and put your spent battery in the slot and wait for it to turn green again.
Bottom line: If you want an inexpensive simple unit to charge up to 4 batteries at a time, independently, this is perfect. I strongly recommend it.