8 Slots 18650 Battery Charger XTAR VC8 Charger USB C 3A Fast Charger 21700 Battery Charger with LCD Display for 3.6V 3.7V Li-ion 10440 18700 26650 1.2V Ni-MH AA AAA C Full Set with QC3.0 Wall Charger

I’ve been using XTAR chargers for many years and have always been pleased with their performance and durability. This is no exception – it’s easy to use, but also has a number of very useful features that other chargers lack. Chief among them is the storage charge feature. It will charge the cell to 3.7v, which is ideal for storage. If the cell is above 3.7v when inserting it into the charger, it will discharge the cell to 3.7. It’s a very handy feature, but it is limited to the first 4 bays.The overall build quality is decent, with smooth moving tension bars and a decent heft (for an all-plastic charger). The screen is clear and easily viewed. I do wish the fonts were a bit larger, but it makes the best of the space available given that there are 8 bays.I also like the ease of changing the input. While having it auto set is a nice feature, I prefer to charge my cells at 0.5A to minimize the stress on the cell. There’s good feedback provided on screen as to the charge status and operating mode.I also like the compact size. I also have the Gyrfalcon ALL-88 8 bay charger, and this Xtar 8 bay charger has a notably smaller footprint and takes up less bench space.For the price, it’s hard to beat this for quality (see the flashlight forums for detailed reviews about the charging profile of this), ease of use, and features. Very pleased!

Love this charger. Use it daily. Only a few bugs (some of the slots think they are full and will show on the display as charging, even with no batteries). However, bugs are rare and a power off and power on fixes. Made in China, what do you expect?

For real this item I truly love cuz they recharges all the different batteries I got the double a the triple A the and the bigger batteries that I got that fit on there too for my flashlights special batteries any charging pretty fast and it works great I love it I truly recommend this item 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Pretty spendy, but very useful. I love the ability to change charging speeds, aswell as the capacity and resistance testing. The only con is that ONLY the left 4 can do capacity and resistance testing. When you have over 300 batteries to charge and test, having the other 4 slots would double the efficency.

This is a great charger and tester for my lot of 18650 batteries. I am able to use the grade and store function with bays 1-4, bay 5-8 does not provide that function. But this is not an issue for my use as I can charge the batteries and then place them in the bays 1-4 to grade them reducing the time grading as they need to be charge first before grading the charge again while in grade mode. This is a great charger and tester.

I placed 3 18650 batteries in this charger after some Yardwork. Well, I had been working in the cold and happened to doze off. My dog roughed me awake, thank heavens, and a terrible smell and smoke from melted plastic filled the room. It was this charger and that was enough for me to check reviews and see if anyone else had such issues. Sure enough, there are reports of fires due to this device. This is beyond quality standards - this should be recalled.Now I tried to pull out the charger wire that was melted to the XTAR and being brittle, it naturally snapped off. It didn’t occur to me to take photos and warn others of the dangers until after I calmed down and I apologize for that but these photos are enough to verify. If not for my dog, I am not sure I would have woke up at all, and that was disturbing.

Great charger and grader, with a few limitations. I bought this to grade a bunch of reclaimed cells to build custom battery packs.The good:- You can charge up to 8 batteries in parallel.- Configuration and viewing battery details is easy- It can grade up to 4 batteries (left side only). It will grade and charge at the same time.Limitations:The total power is limited to 18W. So if you are charging 8 batteries then you are limited to 500mA per battery. This includes when the left side is in the discharge stage of grading. At this rate charging can take awhile, but a silver lining is the slow charge will be gentle on the batteries.Grading is VERY slow. First it must charge the battery, then discharge, then it will fully charge the battery again. Discharge rate seems very slow. Grading a set of ~2100mAh batteries takes all day (8+ hrs). You can speed this by using the right side to charge and then drop the fully charged batteries in the grading side.On the grading side, I can get through 8 batteries per day, and charging 12-16 batteries. For the price it does a great job, but I would pay more for one that could grade faster.

I honestly had a headache with this charger. The port for the usb c broke almost with a month of light usage then replaced it and new one caught fire with no batteries even charging. I plugged it in as always taking all safety precautions and was going to charge a few batteries one day and when i came back to it 10 minutes later the type c port and end of wire were fully melted and luckily no bigger issue but i just can't recommend.