Xtar Dragon VP4L Plus Battery Charger

Review of this four slot lithium ion and nickel metal hydride cell charger.

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[leaulentille]

This is the best review of this charger I've seen. I like the cheat sheet idea. The "manual" leaves something to be desired.

[ronniepirtlejr]

The best basic battery charger I've ever owned is the XTAR VC4.
5 years later still Rock Solid👍

[An.Individual]

Needs to have live voltage and current on each cell really.

[ronniepirtlejr]

I bought the XTAR Dragon Vp4 plus (Not Vp4L).
Electrically it works great!
The type of plastic they use makes it a piece of junk!
Mine started cracking and falling to pieces after 8 or 9 months. To this day I still have zip ties holding the bottom together with epoxy inside to make it still usable.

[joey]

Have you figured out what mAh is actually display a measurement of? in your pic @ 0:50 it shows 75% charged (got it) and 0003 mAh, there is no way the battery in slot 3 only has a capacity of 3mAh. I'm nearly finished a charge on mine and it shows 99% and 0010 mAh the battery in that slot for me is a 3400 mAh EagleTac; so what is the mAh in charge mode showing us?

[JohnGotts]

The XTAR chargers are pretty good. I have two of them. I had one blow out a diode but it was an easy fix and no issues since.

[tryagain]

No voltage and no current display? No thanks.

[Un_Pour_Tous]

I have the VC2 Plus its ok had for years no issues

[Coltography]

Personally I find the need to "cycle" the display to show 1/4 and 2/3 and also not see the current while charging is unacceptable for this price range. Should show all 4 and ALL the data needed.

[TheLordstrider]

great video thank you. i wonder though, eneloop batteries that i just purchased came at 48% (got 12 of them)
does it means they were in the warehouse for years? just wondering.

[Franksey]

Ok, interesting, I was looking at one of these online recently, great timing for you to make this video.

[Okurkaarrgghh]

My car doesn't have a speedometer but that's fine as I can look at the odometer and count the seconds it takes for it to tick over and then calculate how fast I'm going...

[auronthas]

Hi Julian, thanks for the review, sadly there's no individual slot charging current selection ... if I place mix AA and AAA NiMh batteries, what's the recommended charging current to set ? 50% of smaller AAA mAH, I.e. 50% 1000mAh =0.5A charging current ?

[sajidkhanmahmood]

hi guys i use a similar charger to charge my 18650 batteries but there are 2 inputs on the back a DC input and an AC input for which they provided a mains lead and plug but when i charge using that lead the batteries and charger get quite hot but 4 batteries will charge in about 3or 4 hours. But i tried using a DC charger which also charged but took much longer about 6 hrs but was totally cool to the touch all the way through. My question is which is the correct lead i should be using. I seem to think its the DC cable because its not overheating. I would appreciate any info on this since ive googled all over and i did not find an answer

[Big_TD]

Try out the Vapcell S4 Plus charger, really good charger can charge all slots at 3a at the same time

[jburdman]

No LiFePO4 support, so I stick to Liitolokala. The Lii-S2 does the basics well for only a few bucks

[nickpelov]

for NiMH batteries state of charge is not indicated by voltage. Voltage above 1.2-1.3 means nothing.

[cosmos]

No repair mode on this inexpensive I switched to vapcell s4plus the only thing problem with vapcell is battery resistance but it's doesn't matter on me.

[dino]

I have the Adeaska SQ4, whilst lacking the discharge capacity function, the display is much better.
It can charge LiFePO4 as well as Li-ion and NiMh. I would recommend it.
The Xtar display is limited and showing only 2 channels is very poor. The button interface seems clumsy.

[fredflintstone]

Happy New Year, I think I will stick with my Opus and Miboxer chargers 🙂