EBL Battery Charger TC-X Pro with Color Touching Display, for Rechargeable Batteries Li-ion, LiFePO4, Ni-Mh, Ni-Cd, Universal Battery Charger for Charging/Discharging/Testing (Batteries not Included)
Low Capacity Batteries Fit for 200mA Charging Current.
EBL Professional Battery Charger & Tester
Get the real battery capacity with TC-X Pro charger
EBL intelligent universal battery charger with multi-function:
- Charging, discharging, capacity test and internal resistance test functions;
- Auto cut off power at full charged or overtime charging;
- Auto identify 3.7V Li-ion Batteries, NiMH and NiCD rechargeable batteries;
- Auto detect battery status, select optimal charge mode(CC,CV and -dV/-dt), fast charge and not harm to batteries.
- PC Connection Technology – Convenient to view and save all charging information;
Specifications:
- Input: AC 100-240V 50/60Hz( or 12V 5A Car Charger)
- Output: DC 12V 5A
- Charging Current:
- Li-ion: 3000mA ± 80mA * 2
- NiMH/NiCd: 2000mA ± 70mA * 4
- (the charging current can be adjusted)
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Smart LCD Battery ChargerThe charger can auto identify 3.7V Li-ion Batteries, NiMH and NiCD rechargeable batteries,shows on the LCD display.Auto select optimal charge mode for different batteries (CC,CV and -dV/-dt), fast charge full charged the batteries and not harm to the batteries. | Multi ProtectionIntelligent chip with temperature control and muilt protection,support over-heat, overcharge, Over-discharge ,short circuit and reverse polarity protection | Color LCD Screen4.3 inch large LCD Screen with 800 x 480 resolution; the color LCD instantly shows the charging process, battery voltage, current, time, capacity, charge curve, discharge curve, battery temperature and internal resistance | Package IncludedEBL TC-X Pro Battery Charger * 1 AC Adapter Cable * 1 Micro USB Cable * 1 User Manual *1 |
| Dimensions: | 21 x 18.5 x 6 cm; 891 Grams |
| Model: | TC-X Pro |
| Batteries Included: | 1 AA batteries required. |
| Manufacture: | EBL |
| Origin: | China |
This could be the best charger on the marke
Do I like this battery charger? Well I bought another one as I charger more than 4 batteries at a time.
This does everything you would want a charger to do with an amazing display. The graph is a nice addition so you can see what’s going on. This is the best charger I’ve used.
The new benchmark in testers
Great display with touch screen that can also be linked to your laptop or Pc for real time monitoring of each cell during charging/testing on either the touch screen display or the Pc. Seems quiet accurate and offers IR readings as well as all the other necessary readings for people wanting to test their batteries. I purchased this as an upgrade to my Opus BT-C3100 and am not disappointed at all.
he one I got seems faulty/unreliable & cannot revive some NimH
Update: the seller sent me a replacement to check out. on this one the temperature readings seem more sensible. The battery resistance still changes a bit, but I’ve since learned that this can vary with the charge state of the battery. I no longer have undercharged NiMH’s to test, so not sure on that issue. But due to the seller’s great service and being able to see what’s actually going on (with an intuitive touch screen rather than some weird menu system) I’ve revised my rating to 4 stars.
5 would require a faster discharging rate (max 500ma is very slow on high-capacity batteries – ~12 hours for 5000mah 21700’s). And a firmware update to avoid the occasional accidental double-clicks.
Original review:
I might have received a defective unit (will update when replacement arrives). It’s great to use, the touch screen is responsive, although you get the occasional unwanted double-click. menu layout is simple and logical (I didn’t need the manual).
a downside is that you can’t see detailed readouts for all batteries simultaneously, but have to toggle through each one.
the bigger problems (possibly with my unit only):
– battery resistance readouts are all over the place, and change all the time. this can’t be correct.
– temperature measurements make no sense – right now the hottest battery to the touch has the lowest readout! and generally they all seem way too high (30+ for idle, cold-to-the-touch batteries?)
one final issue is that I had several old unused NiMH AA batteries that seem to have gotten too discharged over time. when inserting them in the charger, it shows ~0.45V and an error (exclamation mark) and does nothing further. However putting them in a much older/cheaper NiMH charger, they instantly charge fine. And after a few seconds of that, they now charge in this one too, and hold a good capacity, so the cells were not dead at all.
I’ve seen this with two batteries now. An expensive high-end charger should be able to deal with batteries like this, when an ancient cheap one can? Maybe a firmware update, or maybe (again) it’s my unit.
A glamourous battery charge
I was very excited waiting for this to arrive but very disappointed when it turned up dead.
Amazon replaced it no problem and the new one worked, but the terminals seemed very stiff and were very reluctant to slide wide enough to fit a battery, they do feel like they’re going to break off, hopefully they’re just a little stiff because it’s new and they’ll bed in.
It does charge batteries up nicely and seems to do a better job than my previous charger, plus there’s all the bells and whistles to play with on this one.
Overall it is quite expensive and does not particularly feel like a premium product so I question the value, but being a gadget fan I don’t regret buying it.
This is one of the best cylindrical battery chargers available right now and with a price tag to match. However, it does miss a trick or two which would have made it better and would have generated that extra star in my opinion of it.
What it does do: charges your battery effortlessly whilst providing all the information you need to assess its suitability for whatever work you had in mind. The extra ‘bells and whistles’ provided are the touch screen with graphical interface, and a PC link and software (a download). It has built-in functionality to test battery capacity and internal resistance – two data points you definitely need if you’re constructing (for example.,) a custom pack for a project which requires a balanced set of batteries.
What it doesn’t do: it won’t automatically stop charging at a user pre-set level (say, 95% max charge), which is something that is useful if you’re interested in maximising battery life. The software for the PC link is, shall I be generous and describe it as ‘basic’ or just plain crude? Essentially it merely echoes what can be seen on the charger’s graphical display and offers few configurable options. It doesn’t even log data to disk automatically but just provides an option to manually save the display to disk. It records the data onscreen over time but should you remove a battery from the device that data is immediately lost by the program and should you have forgotten to save it then tough. There’s a whole bunch of other things that annoy me about it but I think you get the picture.. Also, it struggles to fit larger D cells (it won’t fit 4 for sure as the chassis isn’t wide enough). I had one very low voltage (about 1 volt) Li-ion 18650 which it mis-identified as a NiMH battery and refused to charge properly. I recovered it by briefly bumping it up to 3 volts using a parallel connection to a good 18650 (10-15 second connection) and then it charged it ok.
What would be nice if it could do: Well at this price point a WiFi connection to an iOS or Android app would be good, then you could monitor what is usually a multi-hour process remotely without needing to go look at what is on the screen. WiFi connections are easy to implement these days.
Should you buy it?: Well in reality all the functionality can be had in other chargers at less cost but not nearly as neat a package as this one, and this one also offers that lovely display. However after the novelty of that wears off you will walk away from it until its finished charging just like any other 🙂 Because it has an accessible microcontroller it does offer the possibilty of firmware upgrades and more funtionality, but perhaps that is just wishful thinking. Right now it is a top of the line plug ‘n go charger so if that’s what you want then damn the expense and go for it.
Addendum: During capacity test a batch of 4 18650 cells I happened to check temperatures by hand and noticed one felt very hot. I looked at the display on the charger and it read 39degC but that didn’t seem right so I checked again using a thermal camera. You can see the result in the photos (faulty one is 3rd from left). The temperature readout said it was about 54 degrees C! So the temperature monitoring of batteries under charge simply does not work and could lead to a potentially dangerous situation if you believe the onscreen readout and then leave the charger unattended.
You can also use this charger to capacity check and charge salvaged laptop Lipo batteries simply by extending wires from the terminals to a couple of croc clips (photo). Note that the IR value shown is wrong because the wires add their own resistance that must be subtracted to find the correct value for internal resistance. Also, the voltage at the battery terminals will be a little lower than that measured at the charger terminals – again due to the resistance in the charge wires. That makes little effective difference as the charger will keep pushing mAmps until current flow drops below a threshold at which point it considers the battery fully charged. My ‘fake battery’ is a bit crude – a choc block with two bent brass pins but it is stable in the holder and easy to connect wires to. I’m sure you could do a better job 🙂
Edit: I did a better job myself – using magnets with a countersink hole, a 3mm screw + nuts and washers. These make it possible to attach wires securely to you magnet which, when stuck to the charger terminals, provide a firm and low resistance electrical connection (See photo). I also note that if you choose to run a capacity test @ 1Amp the charge cycle indeed does run at 1Amp but during the discharge cycle it reverts back to 500mAmp.
I have had so many battery chargers I have lost count but all of them have lacked one thing, the ability to know anything about the ‘real state’ of the batteries.
Battery chargers normally just use a single LED to tell you when the charge is complete, but I have left batteries a couple of hours, reconnected then to the charger and off it would go again for anywhere between 10 minutes and and 45 minutes before it was so called ‘charged’ again, but why that was you had no idea because the information was just now available… that is until now !
I must point out at this stage, that although I am a VINE member, I did NOT get a free one as some lucky Vine members did – I paid the full price with my own cash.
This battery charger can be used as a nice simple charger just letting you know about the battery charge but this time as a percentage (%) or IF you want all the information, such as charge rate, actual battery capacity etc it is there for you too on a nice clear coloured screen.
It can also go one step further too and you can download an App on your desktop/notebook and connect it by the USB cable provided, then save all the information from each individual battery, but let me make it clear, this is optional, you don’t need to do this, and to be honest I didn’t bother, because as they say “Too much (unnecessary) information”.
I taught electronics for many years (yes, I have been called a ‘geek’ !), and in theory this should be right up my street, but for me analysing a battery to the minutest detail won’t help how the battery performs, or you mental state either, it is very ‘interesting’ information but we are talking batteries not some nuclear research project.
Having said that, with this charger you DO get the information to enable you to understand when the battery is starting to fail, which IS which you do need to know, and which you don’t get fron other battery chargers.
My last, also expensive (60..ish) battery charger was beginning to fail, inasmuch and the LED’s had a life of their own whether a battery was in or not and as therefore totally unreliable, as I was thinking about buying the same model again as it had served me well as a ‘dumb’ battery charger for over 6 years but I had this niggling doubt about the state of my ageing C and D rechargeable batteries.
I did think about that 90 is a lot to pay for a charger, and it is, and I am certainly not rich, but I though this was the way to go to get the information I NEEDED.
I have decided that I won’t go into ‘geek mode’ either analysing all the statistics you can get from this, there are plenty of other reviewers who have gone to great lengths (well done if you are one of those) this for you, so I would only be repeating this information so I will just do a quick precis of how it performs and what I think of it.
For starters this does not accommodate 9v batteries, but I only had one thing that took them, an old central heating programmer, tha has long since been replaced, so that is of no consequence to me now, this chargers does all the standard Ni-MH, in the form of AA, AAA, C and D batteries though but I also realise the D size is becoming less popular because of it physical size and weight and one again I only have a Sony ‘Boombox’ that takes this size.
The old Ni-Cad batteries which not only leaked on a regular basis but also suffered from ‘battery memory’ issues, where you had to fully discharge them before charging them one again have long gone from my battery collection, mainly because the ‘self-destructed’ with leaking (hopefully not inside your equipment !) and if you happen to have any of these batteries anywhere, I strongly advise you recycle them ASAP and replace then with at least Ni-Mh ones.
The charger does have discharge feature purely for these batteries, but there is no need to do that with any other type of battery than Ni-Cad so DON’T use it unless you have Ni-Cad’s !
The charger comes in two parts, the power supply (like a small brick), which then plugs into the main unit itself, admittedly I personally would have preferred it all in one unit for neatness, even though it would have been physically bigger, but it doesn’t really matter to me that much, it is my designer side of me there.
On the back of the main unit is a kick stand, and one reason for this is to angle it so it is easier to see, but the main reason is that on the back is also a small fan which can kick in (it hasn’t happed with me as I haven’t used a high rate of charge) so please be aware of this and don’t block air access to this fan.
Not to the actual batteries themselves.
I must point out thet D batteries were a slight problem, and my non-EBL D batteries popped out of the charger as soon as I put them in, and I had to rely on an elastic band to hold then in, but the their own EBL make stayed in OK, although it isn’t really feasible to charge four of them because of the spacing and I charged just 2 at a time, with a D type to fill in the other 2 slots, all my other chargers would take 4 D type cells though, but this is a minor inconvenience really.
I was so impressed with the EBL D batteries (I bought 12 of them) type batteries I also purchased 18 C type one too, the main reason being that when I tried to charge up my old C & D two were completely gone (it just showed an exclamation mark) and the others have low capacity or took too long (6 hours) to charge, so straight away this has been worth the money, enabling me to recycle failing batteries, but to be honest they are around 10 years old plus and they weren’t of a really good brand either, a mistake I won’t be making again.
This charger will also charge the newer and much more expensive Li-Ion (Lithium Ion) and the even newer and even more expensive LiFePO4 (Lithium Iron Phosphate) batteries as well, so you are pretty much future proofed with this charger if and when you upgrade your batteries.
When you insert a battery it will automatically start charging, although that is at the lowest default charging rate of 500mA but this can be changed if you so wish by either dragging the slider to set the charge rate or move it in 100 mA steps with the “+” or “-” touch pads, but I have never been a fan of fast charging because it will definitely reduce the life of the battery and unless you are in a real hurry I would just leave it at the default rate, this also will stop the cooling fan kicking in too.
The springs on the contact are particularly strong so that they give good contact and for me it was a problem with D batteries, not only because they tend jump out but because I have arthritis and needed to use both hands, otherwise there was no problem with other sizes of battery.
If you are really brave to can try and make sense of the instruction book, although there is some good stuff in it it isn’t easy to understand, certainly at first reading anyway.
Admittedly I have only use it in ‘idiot mode’ which proves that anyone can use it, and I am more than happy to do that unless I really see the need to maybe increase tha charge rate, and years ago I would have made a spread sheet and logged each battery and its characteristics from the App but now I have more important things to do and just want it to change by batteries and give me some indication if they might fail and as it is unique in this function it is worth it for me for that alone.
My conclusion is that is a beast of a battery charger and the best out there by a mile BUT probably overkill for 90% of the population who are happy with a single red LED indicator and also happy to take the risk that a battery could fail without any warning – they would be better served with a cheaper and certainly an easier charger than this one.
Having been a professional photographer for 8 years too, I know the devastating outcome of a AA rechargeable battery failing at a wedding, despite keeping several sets spare batteries and not knowing which of the 6 batteries in the set is faulty (in the end I carried a set of normal alkaline batteries as well – even more weight to carry !) I would have gladly paid double the price of this at the time to solve the problem.
The choice is yours really but I certainly would not go back to a conventional charger now.
I just hope that this helps at least one or two people choose what charger they want, even if it isn’t this one !
Great charge
Can’t imagine charging batteries without knowing what’s going on. I bought two of these. You can see the health of your batteries and weed out the dead and dying ones. Cycle batteries (to test fitness), it takes pretty much any cylinder batteries from AAA to 18650 (and mixed types) as well as all chemistry. It is automated, just choose to charge or cycle. The only missing feature I wish it had would be to charge / discharge to a storage voltage option. Expensive but if you have lots of batteries I would highly recommend.
When considering this item I was torn between gulping at the price (even with a significant discount for Prime subscribers) and thinking jealous thoughts of all those Vine reviewers who had received it for ‘nowt.
The first impression you get is of size – at 130x180x50 mm this unit is far larger than other chargers. This is reinforced by the 115x50x30 mm power adaptor – with a 60W rating (12V x 5A) it clearly needs to be substantial, but this does seem oversized. It has the now-obligatory blue power LED, but low-intensity so not too obtrusive. The charger’s 4 sockets can accommodate cylindrical cells up to Li-Ion 26650 or NiCad/NiMH D cells – but can only comfortably handle two D cells as there is not enough space to fit them in adjacent sockets (3 might be possible at a pinch, but one would be loose fitting). No provision has been included for 9V PP3 cells.
The display is a stand-out feature – sharp and bright, though the touch-sensitive screen does result in some speckling. No ability to adjust brightness is offered though. The user interface is generally easy to use with buttons large enough to be easily selected by touch. A handle at the back of the charger can be extended to angle the screen (one position only) for easier viewing. The display does increase power usage by 12W (with no batteries inserted) so, while not a power hog, this is not a unit to leave on 24/7.
For straightforward charging, in most cases just inserting the battery is enough. The charger will identify NiCad/NiMH/Li-Ion batteries automatically and uses a 500mA charging current by default. If you wish to charge a 3.8V (rather than 3.7V) Li-Ion or a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LiFePo4) battery, then this needs to be manually selected after insertion, but that’s all the user intervention needed.
However, there are plenty of options available – charging current can be varied in 100mA steps from 200 to 2,000mA for each battery (higher current means faster charge but reduced battery lifespan – 500mA is the default). Discharge mode (where the battery is fully drained before being recharged) can help reduce “memory effect” on NiCad (and to a lesser extent) NiMH batteries. A capacity test (charge, discharge, record the total discharged, then recharge) is useful for verifying new batteries and checking the state of old ones. Finally a loop charge (charge and discharge three times) may help to resurrect very old rechargeables. Some of these options will take a *long* time with a low charging current (e.g. nearly 40 hours to capacity test a pair of 2,400mAh AA cells at 200mA and 24 hours for a 5,000mAh 26650 lithium cell at 500mA).
During charging, a graph is displayed showing the voltage and current supplied for the selected cell. What isn’t made clear in the manual is that different Y-axis scales are used (the left for the voltage, the right for the current). The X-axis (time) is unlabelled which can be confusing since variable scaling is used to stretch the graph across the screen – the time taken is displayed at the top however. There is no display giving a summary of all cells, which seems a missed opportunity. An internal fan will likely kick in during charging – this isn’t loud but mildly intrusive.
The manual is reasonably clear but littered with poor English – it is depressing when a manufacturer is willing to spend on glossy paper and colour screenshots, but not on getting the language right! However there are amusing parts: “Connected to the power, the company’s logo is displayed on the color screen in the form of the sea, which represents the warm greetings and blessings to the global users.”
A USB connection allows for data exchange with a PC (software has to be downloaded from the eblmall.com website for this) and a USB-C connection (labelled Data) is present (“only for manufacture to use” according to the manual). A USB A-to-A cable is needed, which thankfully is included. A scan at VirusTotal of the software itself (EBL TC-X PC LINK.zip) resulted in 1 of 59 scanners flagging the file (MaxSecure reporting it as Trojan.Malware.300983.susgen) suggesting a false positive. When installed, it showed no signs of malware behaviour (no network access, no autostart entries, no process modification) but it did create a WCH.CN root folder on the C: drive containing a copy of the drivers – so messy rather than malicious. While the software is recent (2020) the drivers (essentially emulating a serial port over USB) date back to 2007.
The software works under Windows XP (and judging from the file headers, should even run on Windows NT 4.0 for anyone still on this) and provides an enlarged version of the volt/amp graph with slightly more accurate measurements underneath (voltage to 4 significant figures, etc) – see screenshot. If run partway through a charge, it won’t download previous data from the charger, so in order to record (and save) data you have to have your PC connected and running throughout the charge cycle. This is also “view only” with no ability to change charging parameters from the PC. No facility is included for a firmware update either – making this rather a missed opportunity.
Suggested improvements to EBL: add the ability to charge 9V PP3 cells (perhaps with a slip on connector to the existing terminals), include an option to adjust screen brightness (and auto-dim after a period of inactivity to lower power usage) and improve the PC software (make it load all past charging data when connected, provide some control over charging and include a firmware upgrade option).
So is this the charger for you? For anyone wanting a straightforward charger (like some of those Vine reviewers…grrr) then this Universal Charger should suffice for a fifth of the price. If you want the ability to discharge, test and refresh but can live with the limitation of doing this to only one cell at a time, then this Battery Charger should do the job at a third of the price, and can charge 9V PP3 cells too. EBL themselves offer a cheaper unit though for NiCad/NiMH batteries only. But if you want to discharge/test/refresh multiple Li-Ion batteries, set different charge levels (to fast-charge a couple of batteries for quick use while slow-charging the rest) or store charge details on a PC then this looks to be the only option. Of course, if you are a details-obsessed, tech-loving, gadget freak – well, you’ve probably already added this to your shopping basket already. Enjoy…
Very impressive, aimed at professionals and hobbyists
This is an impressive piece of kit and given its size, price and capabilities, it’s more suited to professionals or hobbyists who get through loads of rechargeable batteries. It is a big unit with an LCD touchscreen that shows you detailed information about any battery you inset, most of it meaningless to the layman. It shows the percentage of batteries as they’re being charged and it charges much quicker than a basic home charger.
It can discharge batteries or test their capacity and it automatically distinguishes between Ni-MH and Li-ion batteries. It worth reading the small but clear set of instructions if you want to use it to it’s full capabilities and gain an understanding of what all the information on the display panel actually means.
It does get hot when used intensively but a built in fan prevents it from overheating. There is a PC software package that can be downloaded and used to extract data from the device using the USB port. A USB — USB cable is supplied for this purpose. There’s also a USB-C slot but leave it alone – it’s only for the manufactures use!
Fantastic charge
I really love this battery charger, I’m a big user of rechargeable batteries and found a lot of the battery chargers out there to be a bit of a guessing game in regards to how long batteries should be charged for etc. No such problem with this battery charger; it tells you everything you could possibly want to know on a super display screen. I have also thrown several rechargeable batteries away that were no longer fit for purpose thanks to this battery charger.
High performance battery charge
I was a bit apprehensive about this product as I have used EBL battery charger in the past but with mixed results but I was really impressed by the feature list of this charger and decided to order it. After using it for a few weeks now, I can safely say that it does live up to the claims made in the listing.
It has a very futuristic looking design and it was the first time I have seen such a nice LCD display on a simple battery charger. It can take any sizes batteries from AAA to type D. Cool thing is that it can also charge lithium rechargeable batteries which most other chargers dont support. I have a couple of torch lights which come with rechargeable lithium batteries and I have tried those with other chargers but they only worked with their special adapters. I tried those batteries here and this device charged them which was a real surprise for me.
I also liked its touchscreen display which provides so many different options to charge the battery to improve the battery life and it is easy to control it with simple menus. My advice is to recharge batteries at 50% of the charge with a voltage of at least 1 volt. This won’t create any problems.
The charger is totally automatic and all the information regarding batteries is shown on the LCD display which is really handy. This is a very fast battery charger for AA and AAA rechargeable batteries. You can charge between one to 4 batteries in it of AA or AAA sizes and it also tells you how much charge is left in each battery and when it is fully charged. You can also discharge the power out of any batteries you wont be using so they are preserved and remain functioning for when you need to use them in future after recharging again. It works on worldwide voltage so you can use in any country which is useful if you take it with u when u travel. It has overheat protection and automatic switch off when the batteries u are charging are full
If you are looking for a high performance battery charger with multiple modes and the best use of technology than this is definitely a worthy purchase. I am really happy with this product.
Clever charging
This item arrived safe and well packaged.
This is a very versatile charger unit. This can accept any batteries between a AAA and a D cell. They all fit well and charge up evenly too. This is very good at conditioning batteries, keeping them at their peak for longer..
The charger fits any brand of batteries perfectly. It charges them very well. The big LCD display is very useful too. What a clever little design touch!
I highly recommend this product.
a really good charger. Quick and efficient.
What wasn’t there to like about this product. Easy to use and it charged the batteries so quickly. Within an hour i had all of my rechargeable batteries fully charged. It was also able to take the charge out of ones that needed to be thrown away.
High performance and high-spec battery charge
I’ve been using this to charge a range of different rechargeable batteries, mostly AA and AAA in size. This unit is better than any other charger I’ve used in terms of its functionality. I like the readout and the relative ease of use. It’s all managed by the touch-screen which is pretty intuitive.
Note that this is a ‘high end’ recharger and may have more functionality than you might use. For people that use a lot of rechargeable batteries, perhaps for various projects – especially if you need to discharge and perhaps you have the different size and type of rechargeable – then I can see this being particularly useful. For the Average Joe it may be overkill, though.
Gets top marks for design and performance!
I have recently converted to using rechargeable batteries to help the environment. This charger is solidly made and the touch screen is very responsive, bright and clear to read. Charges 4 AA batteries (2500mAh) from dead in about 45-50 minutes which is superb. A shame that it only takes 4 batteries at a time as it works flawlessly. It also takes a range of different cylindrical battery sizes but again only four at any given time.
Love the fact that I can tell how much charge is in the battery and have the ability to discharge. Also shows me the progress of charging a battery incrementally so this allows me for example in a hurry to charge for 15 minutes knowing that 20% battery life is there.
Did not heat up at all during the charging process and has a stand that props open to adjust it to an angle for an easy read of the screen. Would recommend without hesitation.
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Very good device, but PC software is an unknow
From switch on, it takes about 8 seconds to boot-up with opening “EBL” logo in motion. The graphical display of the top-up charge/discharge/recharge curve (with time axis) is very useful to understand what is going on with cells under test. For example, I had an old set R14/C cells, stated as 1700 mAh capacity — after a couple of test cycles (to ensure consistency), this allowed me to discard (recycle) the duff ones and keep the still acceptable ones.
The display is stated as 800 x 480 LCD which is adequate resolution for its 4.3″ (circa 109 mm) and I found the touch screen very responsive.
There are some caveats, the grid is not scaled (with figures) and it auto-ranges as the trace reaches the right-hand-side (setting back to mid-screen), so you have to make a mental note of the elapsed time displayed top-centre and judge ratio of charge vs discharge time (see photos). There are too many small notches to count and try dividing the elapsed time by number of gradations and work out how many minutes each represents. Note the yellow (Voltage) curve is referenced to the left hand vertical scale, while the red (Current) curve should be read against the right hand side scale (3.0 – 0A).
For Ni-MH/Cd Capacity Test cycle, the first scale change was at 00:10:30, then 00:18:00, then 00:33:00, then 01:03:00 and so on. For a 3.7v Li-ion being simply Charged, the first scale change was at 00:07:30, then about 00:12:30. This inconsistency of rescaling the time axis doesn’t help, but it’s a minor gripe.
When discharging 3.7v Li-Ion cells, it takes them down to 2.75v, when charging, up to 4.2v, both readings were accurate when cross-checked with a digital voltmeter. Ni-MH/Cd were charged to 1.49v, discharged to 0.9 v.
I found the most useful feature of devices such as this is the ‘Capacity Test’. Inserting cells starts them charging by default, but this can be changed to Discharge, Capacity Test or Loop shortly (manual says 8 seconds for NiMH/Cd) after insertion. You also need to set the charge current within this initial period too. This can be confusing (until you know how it works), because you change it from the default 500 mA to say 1000 mA and the figure seems to change, but when you look back later (while inevitably still in the top up or discharge portion of test cycle) and the current figure says “500 mA” again — “what gives” you think. Just leave it alone, what you may have forgotten is that discharge is ALWAYS at 500 mA, when it gets to the charge part of the cycle, the current will increase to the 1000 mA (or whatever you set). There’s one graph photo (10:09:39 timestamp) that shows this had happened, see the red line (Current) stepped-up when it switched from discharge to charge. Whereas the photo timestamped 10:21:35, shows 500 mA discharge followed by 500 mA charge. These two Li-ion 3.7v graphs also show (at right hand end) the tail off of charge current as the cells reach 4.2v before cut-off. In practice, for the last 10% charging of a Li-ion cell, the current decreases (from that set) to zero, while at 4.2v.
If you Capacity Test, the “Cap.” mAh figure increments during initial (top-up) charge, resets and counts up during discharge, then remains static during the final recharge, showing the maximum capacity. If you just pop a cell in to Charge (or Discharge) from an unknown state of charge, the “Cap.” figure will only show the measured current absorbed (or discharged), so the figure is meaningless in most circumstances.
I found the springs gripping the cells were strong, electrically this is a good thing, but it can be a challenge to get larger/longer cells in. It says it accepts D cells, but my old Ever-Ready examples would not stay in reliably, they jumped out at the slightest provocation, this might be partially related to their pip style, see photo. The reverse polarity detection displayed as the manual shows (red warning “!”), this did not disrupt activities underway in other slots, but does reset the display to cell 1 from whatever it had been on.
The flip out stand on underside is useful to incline the display about 30 degrees for easier reading if sitting at a desk. In my usage, the PSU block never got hot, but I didn’t need to charge large cells at high currents, 2 x 1A was the highest I used. The built-in cooling fan is not noisy, but only comes on when required (internal temp > 50 Celsius).
The “I.R.” (internal resistance) measurement is taken soon after the cell starts its cycle (be that Charge, Discharge or Test Cycle. Despite the strong spring, I found this could be hit-and-miss, for example, one time I inserted a set of cells, one had a much higher IR figure than the others. Momentarily removing and re-inserting that cell resulted in an IR figure similar to the others. Therefore, I’d suggest this feature might detect a problem with a cell, but you should be sure to confirm by checking three times and see what results you get on different insertions. It makes sense to scrub clean both cells connections before insertion.
The temperature displays for each cell position seemed valid (I cannot say accurate, as I didn’t measure), but if it says 34C, I concur it didn’t feel ‘hot’ to the touch. Note on the “Battery Settings” (touch screen) display, the slider can be dragged by finger to set charge current, or changed in 100 mA steps via the “+” or “-” touch pads. The mode (Charge/Discharge/Test/Loop) is set by touching whichever you desire. It auto-detects and sets the correct mode for Ni-MH/Cd and 3.7v Li-ion cells, but if you have any LiFePO4 or 3.8v Li-ion cells, this you must choose their ‘Type’ manually — I don’t have any, so have not tested this aspect.
I found the small 16-page colour photo instruction booklet confusing in parts: the translation is not always to a high standard and my booklet had layout issues, an unfinished sentence at bottom of page 7 and confusing repeated section on page 10. Fortunately, the operating system in the unit is logical to use.
Computer connection: The http, (not https), link in the manual to download the software is something I approached with trepidation, but it was valid and showed the product information. It had a “Download software” button, this linked to a drive.google address. I downloaded the zip archive and scanned it with both Norton and Malwarebytes, I then ‘extracted’ and then scanned again, both reported folder contents were ‘safe’. The sub-folders contained a couple of csv files with sample data in, but looking at data in cells, I could make little sense of the blocks of numbers. However, when I tried to run the exe file, first Windows 10 warned against it, but when I clicked Run Anyway, Norton jumped on it and removed the “File Insight threat” of an ‘untrustworthy’ (exe) file from an unrecognised source that ‘fewer than 5 people’ have used and presented a ‘Medium’ risk. I’ll take their advice and proceed no further — sorry to disappoint, but I don’t have a ‘sandpit’ PC I can afford to risk. Therefore the “PC Link” Type A USB connection is untested, note also that the USB-C socket marked “Data” is stated in manual as ‘not for owner use, only during manufacturing process’.
So that was a disappointing end to testing, but it doesn’t make the item itself unusable for me. It is one of the more useful and accurate chargers I have, and I will make use of its facility to charge, discharge, capacity test and ‘Loop’ (triple cycle) my many AAA, AA, C and Li-ion cells.
I deducted one star for the lack of known ‘safe’ software for PC connectivity, and because I couldn’t get my D cells to fit, plus the booklet issues, for a price of over 100, these should be better. Never-the-less, this is currently the best device I have for this purpose.
Impressive charge
This battery charger if you try to compare with a different one it my be like compering a
2021 car with a 1999 car.It looks very futuristic with touchscreen display.And you have
everything you need to know on that display,like the type of the battery the voltage the
capacity of the batterywhat is the level of the battery it can detect if its a rechargeable b
attery or not it detects defective battery.And it has protection for everything overcharge
short circuit or overheating.By far the best charger i had.
Universal Battery Charger with Touching LCD Display
This is a universal battery charger, discharger, and tester for 110. Just click on the touch screen to choose the mode that you want.
The smart battery charger is compatible with different types of batteries and it can auto identify 3.7V Li-ion Batteries, NiMH and NiCD rechargeable batteries. The charger takes all the regular sized batteries; A, AA, AAA, C, and D.
Although most gadgets are now rechargeable I still need batteries for my remote controls, my Wii remotes, and also a few other portable devices. I keep this on the side table out and ready to recharge.
This is a safe bit of kit due to its intelligent chip. There is multi-level safety protection; short circuit, over temperature, over current, over charge, and over voltage. There is auto cut off when the batteries are full charged.
An expensive but great bit of kit.
You can buy 8 AA rechargeable batteries for 13, or 8 AAA batteries for 9, and then should be good for at least 1000 recharges, which feels like more than enough.
Quality
Great product but the price is not so At 109.99, it would have been nice if included were batteries , but sadly non included, or if the Product was voice activated machine, but sadly no voice but fortunately it has a touch screen
The product is easy to use and to read
I like the fact is has a main plug and a Computer lead and although I would have wanted a bit more like a voice on the machine, the build of this machine is quality and because of that I felt that I should award
Really impressed
I’ve never used anything like this before so wasn’t too sure about it but I am really impressed. When I first got it out I thought it was going to be really complicated to use but it’s actually really simple. The instructions are easy to follow and it worked perfectly. So impressed! Definitely recommend to anyway wanting to invest in one.
Excellent.
With the amount of gadgets, and therefore batteries, we get through in this house, I was really pleased to get the chance to try this charger. It’s really easy to get the hang of, and can handle heavy use (ideal as our wireless playstation controllers seem to drain batteries every other day). Really impressive and it works out as a great investment in the long run.
A really good charger!
I have never owned a battery charger like this, and i must say I am impressed. Not so much with the price tag, but it is worth it!
This charges really nicely and gives clear indications if anything is wrong. Absolutely brilliant!
If I looked up my batteries in a medical dictionary, the prognosis would be bleak as they suffer from chronic discharge. I have found myself dabbling with various pieces of electronic kit over the years and so has my son. He uses things like the Micro:Bit and I use Arduinos, I’ve used powerbanks and “standard” rechargeable batteries and always seem to have batteries in various stages of capacity and charge.
This charger is excellent, it shows me the mAh value (the battery capacity) and how much charge is left on the battery – those are the 2 most important stats for me. It also shows the voltage so you can tell if the batteries you bought are decent or not (and have the advertised voltage).
The charger has a discharge feature which I like, some say its not necessary to fully discharge a battery before charging whereas some swear by it. The confusion comes from the old type of rechargeable batteries which did need fully discharging, but it shouldn’t be an issue now unless you have some really old batteries. I’ve tried to summarise the 3 main battery types here (“Ni-CAD”, NiMH, Lithium) and the “rules” around discharging:
The very old fashioned NiCd (“Ni-Cad”) batteries *do* benefit from being fully discharged otherwise they can suffer from “Lazy Battery” where their capacity is reduced, but most modern rechargeable batteries are NiMH batteries – and these should NOT be discharged fully – NiMH should be charged whilst they already have some charge left. To be honest, it’s not easy to fully discharge them through regular use anyway as there’s usually a bit of charge left when your device conks out. So just pop NiMH in the charger when they run out and you’ll be good. Over time NiMH will lose some capacity, but not much.
This also charges Li-ion (Lithium Ion) batteries, however I tend not to use them as they are quite expensive and although they are fairly safe, there is the risk of them catching fire. Admittedly it is very low risk, especially for low capacity batteries but I still feel better knowing the kids’ rooms aren’t full of them!! LiFePO4 Batteries are the latest generation of Lithium Ion batteries and they are perfectly safe – I intend to get some at some point and it’s good to know this charger can handle them.
The screen on this charger is a nice bonus, I won’t pretend I know exactly what it’s telling me all the time, but it comforting to see that it’s doing something! You can manually chose the Charge Rate of the battery (the mA value) however if you are worried about messing with this – then simply let the charger auto detect and charge using the default settings. You can boost the mA to quicken the time to charge, but I personally prefer to let the charger use the default settings and trust it’s doing the right thing!
In a nutshell: This charger is probably way beyond what most people need, it’s beyond what I need! But it is a great charger and can handle any cylindrical battery you can throw at it. Electronics whizzes will read the screen with ease and fiddle with the mA power settings, but for the rest of us – we can just plug it in and use it, and be safe in the knowledge that this will charge the old Ni-CAD batteries, the current generation of Ni-MH batteries, and also Lithium Ion batteries (including the newer style Life-Po batteries) for those who are fancy enough to have some!
Gigantic Battery Charge
This thing weighs a ton and it’s big. It is not a regular size AAA & AA charger – it’s huge. It charges the big size batteries too (that we hardly use anymore). I think you might have to be a technician to actually understand how to use this. If you only want to get your batteries charged without any fuss – then this charger is totally overkill.
However, if you are a techie with a need to analyse power consumption – then this might be for you.
Amazing tool for maintaining batteries
This is superb tool for maintaining your batteries. Straight out of the box i was amazed by quality and professionality of this charger. After turning this on you are welcomed with brand name on screen and then to main control panel. Screen is full touchpad and you can select and change everything by using finger, no switches or button which makes it very neat and nice looking. This charger accept basically every type of batteries, doesn’t matter size and capacity. Every battery plugged to device is immediately detected by intelligent system and depending on type of battery it does select best charging current as well capacity.
When you select specific battery you want it will take you to more advanced menu where you can choose options such a charge, discharge, check capacity of battery, put in loop and change how much you want it to charge. Also you have some information’s on left like a voltage, temperature of battery and time how long it is being charge.
This device might seems like it is for professional use but i actually think this is awesome for household. I cannot even imagine how many batteries i through away because i thought they were empty. Now i can simply test them and this way save so much money where eventually will reduce cost of this device which is not small. Still worth every penny, very happy with this product.
Responsive touchscree
Since this battery charger arrived my OH had charged and recharged every battery in the house.
He always buys rechargeables and up to now had a small, basic charger
The touchscreen is very responsive and the different settings are easy to understand and use.
There is a feature for allowing a battery to discharge and then recharge which he finds useful. (beyond me)
Something to do with optimising the battery life.
All in, a well made and responsive charger, that works very well and will charge almost any long battery.
Good Value And Recommended
Everything you could need and so much more
I previously own a Duracell charger, and that would charge batteries that my cheaper chargers wouldn’t. But lately it stopped charging even some of my duracell batteries.
So I bought this, and it has charged all but one of them, and that one it is saying has a short circuit.
It is really quick at charging too. It changed a battery from 75% to 100% in 15 minutes. I was a little worried when I pick it up at how hot the battery was, but it was fine while charging, and each slot has a temperature check and fan on, so I assume this was not an issue. It was a 2300 mAh battery that was charging at 2000mA.
I found the menus fairly easy to use given how many features this has. It tells you everything you could want to know about the battery.
This is expensive, but if you have the money, I think it is a good purchase.
Future technology in today’s world!
Wow I have previously had a very basic version of this for charging my 18650 batteries.
But nothing on this scale. Now this is 3 times the price of my previous unit but this is 5 times as impressive, it may be more information than I will ever need but it really is super cool. The screen is touch screen and you’re able to increase and decrease the charge level, perform a capacity test, charge and discharge.
I have so far charged aa batteries, aaa batteries, D batteries and 18650’s. I am able to charge 4 at a time in all but the D sized you can only fit 2 in at a time.
They do charge faster than my old device.
I am now going to replace all
The batteries in my house hold to rechargeable batteries and this machine will be capable of keeping them all charged.
This is a real high quality bit of kit, way beyond what I need but I am very glad and grateful to have it. If you are here you probably know more about it than me, maybe linking it to your pc for example.
I can only comment on build quality and usability coming from a novice it’s very easy to use and it’s clear to see the quality is amazing.
Good Discharge/Charge Mode
A very informative charger that has brought back almost to full capacity AA rechargeable batteries which were bought 2013 and were about to go to battery heaven because they were spending more time in the charger than the equipment they were supposed to work. After popping the four into the machine and discharging which according to the display took near to 2hrs and then recharging them which took a fair few hours more which was my fault because I forgot to check them charging, they are now working like new batteries which is excellent. In discharge mode the machine does make a fairly loud noise which sounds like a fan although this noise can be diminished by folding open the integral stand from the back which also makes the led display easier to read. In charging mode the machine is completely silent.
Unfortunately my unit turned up without any instructions (no idea why) so I literally filled the machine and just pressed buttons. The two functions I was most interested in – discharging/charging – were easy enough to fathom as pressing a button over a specific battery first brings up its details and a second press gives you the option to change what happens. As the screen is touch sensitive it is easy to select a mode then the back arrow and the machine carries out your instructions. The chosen battery’s outer circle is highlighted red and then goes clear when you move to another battery. The inner part of the circle shows charging/discharging etc.
I tried going onto EBLs website via the barcode on the back of the box but this just brings up their products without the option to download an Instruction Manual so I literally have no idea how to work the other functions.
As this household only uses rechargeable round batteries it will get plenty of use especially reconditioning our older batteries to get even more use out of them. Due to the price and no instruction manual this machine loses a star.
Truly Universal Battery Charger with Advanced Features
Found this charger has great features, can charge 4 batteries at the same time and with the press of a button can find out all the info needed about each battery separately like the initial charge state, how long it’s taking to charge, the amount of charge that’s being given to each battery in real-time and what the finish charge is which is quite interesting as I’ve noticed each battery final charge can differ from each one possibly showing the actual state of each battery and how much each one can hold.
The charger displays the level to which the battery is charged, making it easy to keep track of the state of the battery, and will charge four at a time, saving time.
It can charge almost all cylindrical rechargeable batteries. For example, AA AAA C D NiMH/NiCD and 3.7V/3.8V Lithium/LiFePo4 rechargeable batteries, real wide compatibility.
Just touch the screen and choose the function you need, then you can change to discharge or capacity test mode and get the real-time status of the batteries. Great charger, well built, decent bright backlit display.
It charges everything you throw at it and it’s faster than my previous 4 bay battery charger.
This battery charger is quite simply the best I have ever owned. We previously had a Duracell fold-up version but it didn’t seem to be effectively charging all the different types of cells we had.
Very efficient charge
Like many others I’m using a lot of rechargeable batteries these days. The days of the disposable battery are coming to an end as more efficient rechargeable and chargers come to the market.
As chargers go, this is at the top end of the market. It is quick, efficient, allows battery conditioning and gives a huge amount of feedback in use. Each charging point can take a range of batteries and will deal with each battery in isolation as it works. There is detailed feedback on the charge state and a whole range of parameters as the charger does its job and, as with the charging individually, the feedback is specific per battery.
It takes no setting up at all, plug in, put the batteries in ad off you go. Touch the icon for each battery and you get to see the charging graph, touch again and you get the detailed information. There is a facility to plug into your PC, but I’ve not tried that yet. The instructions are excellent.
Not cheap, but very effective.
This battery charger is well presented having everything you need to get started charging your rechargeable batteries. I’ve not had a rechargeable battery/charger before but having three children all into tech and games we go through AA batteries like loo rolls in our house, add in the fancy night lights and well you’re quickly spending more on batteries than your mains electricity! Ok maybe a slight exaggeration but it sometimes feels that way!
This universal battery charger is however like some sort of technology from the Starship Enterprise I was very surprised Scotty didn’t beam me up and charge the batteries himself. The instruction manual is equally intimidating and without a science degree I’m sure most people will not fathom it. I would have loved to find a quick start guide for those of us who aren’t interested in the technology of how and why and just want to crack on and charge our batteries. Having read the instructions and having no idea what I was doing I installed my Duracell rechargeable batteries into the unit while it was switched off, I was worried I may get a bit of a tingle should I touch it when switched on. The unit loads up knows there’s batteries installed and as long as you don’t mess on with the settings it literally just gets on with it! Champion. There’s a fancy graph that looks great I’ve no idea what it is telling me but I can see that the battery power percentage is rising so no need for Scotty’s intervention. It took approximately 45 mins to charge from 30% to 100% which is way quicker than I thought it would be and brilliant for impatient children wanting to reload Xbox controllers!
Overall a serious bit of kit that just gets on with the job. It’s expensive but you are paying for all of the futuristic technology, universal capabilities, fancy graphs and let’s not forget speed! Great investment for families that is sure to save you money in the long run and have the peace of mind you will never run out of batteries you just need to recharge them while you have a cuppa.
Clear Large Easy to Read Display 4 Slot Battery Charge
We spend a fair bit of time charging batteries and have a battery charger that for the past couple of years does a good job — the difference to this one is in the size. It is way bigger than I expected for a 4 slot battery charger. This is mainly due to the size of the screen which has a very clear and easy to read and touch screen display. This is also where the range of options can be selected and read. After pulling the lever down and inserting a battery the screen will display the % of charge that is currently in the battery – clicking on this will show the option to charge and at what voltage, discharge, and battery test. Each battery can easily be read individually. You can charge 1 or up to 4 at a time.
There is a lever underneath that will hold it upright making it even easier to read and insert batteries.
We have charged AA’s and AAA’s and it has charged like a breeze. Includes instructions but have to say that it is easy to use especially if you have used a battery charger before. Durable and made to last — great item.
Expensive but very versatile and great features for good battery health
I spend a fair amount on batteries as a photographer and rely on them to last and deliver full power when I’m working as a dead battery could mean missing a key photograph. When I was first offered to review this I couldn’t understand how a battery charger could be worth this price (100). I am pleased to say I was wrong.
The device is big and charges 4 battery’s of any type or size individually. When putting them in they are automatically detected to determine the type and charging speed. The best part of this machine in my opinion is the charging speed can be set. Most of my batteries last longer with a slow charge and the touch screen allows 100mA intervals to be set. I can trickle charge overnight or rapid charge if I need it quick. There are also other features to test capacity or cycle a battery. These aren’t something I really need, but it’s nice to have if I need to check some batteries. Whilst charging you get all the statistics of the battery including capacity, temperature voltage and amperage.
There are a few issues I found, the capacity reading whilst in charge mode only shows the capacity added, so if you restart it starts from 0 again. I also got errors on a few batteries, which could be my batteries as they were completely dead. To get them working I had to restart the charger as removing the battery didn’t fix it.
Overall it’s an impressive bit of kit that will prolong batteries to last much longer so I can comfortably recommend this.
Hopefully my review has been helpful
Great charge
Great small and simply good quality battery recharger for rechargeable batteries.
The charger is small and lightweight and charges in 40mins, which compared to most which is like 3-4 hours this is unbelievably fast.
Intelligently identify input battery and adjust suitable charge current, the charger can detect battery type and start charging the compatible batteries automatically
There is also built-in smart technology provides over-heat over-current over-time protection against overcharging.
Great product to have and save buying batteries all the time!
VERY niche product, but works great!
I’m honestly amazed something like this exists! WHY?! This is possibly one of the best “over-inventions” I’ve ever seen. You take a very simple and uncomplicated activity like recharging your batteries, and you suddenly introduce all sorts of things you’ll likely never need or use! I can’t think of ANY normal use where you’d look at a product like this and think “you know what, I could definitely do with a 110 product that shows me a graph of how quickly my batteries are charging”.
The only use cases I can think of are extremely niche, like someone who collects old rechargable batteries and would like to know how much life is left in them. If you’ve got many batteries on your hands, then this will definitely make your life much easier as you’ll get a good idea of how used they are. The other use case I can think of is someone who somehow has some extremely expensive batteries that normal retail customers can’t get their hands on, and would like very specific data on what’s going on.
Regardless, it wouldn’t be fair for me to give this product 1 star based solely on the fact that I think it’s a completely unnecessary product for almost everyone. You might happen to be that one person who actually NEEDS all kinds of data on their batteries. If you are that one person, well I have some good news for you! It works great! The device automatically detects what kind of battery you’ve plugged into each slot, and changes its settings accordingly. Each slot works independently so you can charge 4 different kinds of batteries at the same time.
The device also comes with a USB cable to attach to your computer, unfortunately there is no mention of the software anywhere on the product page or the internet, and I only managed to find a link within the manual itself. Go to:
http://www.eblmall.com/product/ebl-tc-x-pro-all-function-on-battery-charger
Then click “download software” near the top of the page. The software isn’t installable, it’s a portable software that just runs and detects your device. This gives you the ability to save the data that the device is outputting.
If you happen to be looking for a device that can give you loads of stats on your batteries and don’t mind spending a pretty penny for it, I would highly recommend this product!
More functionality than the previous version and more information displayed graphically
This “EBL Universal Battery Charger with Touching LCD Display – 4 Slots Intelligent and Functional Battery Charger, for AA AAA C D and li-ion Cylindrical Rechargeable Batteries (Batteries Not Included)” has the potential to replace all of the battery chargers currently used, some only for AA NiCads, some that accept AAA and AA NiCad and NiMh types and others for 3.7v Lithium cells and many others in several sizes. Collectively, they fill a drawer.
This has the advantage of accepting a full range of cylindrical rechargeables but not rectangular 9v ones; they are very little used, if ever, within the household. Potentially, its four slots could each simultaneously charge a cell of a different type or size. There are provisos that apply to some battery types, notably NiMh where an appropriate charge level has to be set within 8 seconds of placing one in a slot – further information is within its User Guide but the English is not great!
There is a significant similarity in general design between this and the older EBL charger used that has a textual LCD display showing in rotation voltage, charge current and time elapsed; it is also possible to switch slots to show data for each. This expands on the amount of technical data displayed relating to the cell(s) under charge and their progress. It also has the ability to recondition a cell by safely discharging it before a full recharge. The display also features touch controls rather than the buttons and switches that were variously located on the older model.
Unusually, the charger can be connected to a PC via USB cable (provided) in order to more easily view its information without the minor restriction of its 4.3-inch screen. As with many EBL chargers, it can use mains power or a 12v accessory point (the cable is an optional purchase) on a vehicle and it can therefore be considered portable. However, where the previous model connected directly to the mains via a figure-8 power cable, this upgrade uses a large laptop-style PSU. The body is also slightly larger, despite losing the internal PSU components of the older model, but the additional components required for its new display and functions may demand more space.
This is considered an update on and upgrade to the previous EBL charger in that it will accept a greater variety of high power battery types, specifically those recently introduced that either did not exist or were of very limited availability or application when that was purchased about 4-5 years ago.
I’ve not had a charger like this and was very surprised with it.
Very easy to use. Plug in pop in the batteries and let the charger do whats needed. You can charge or discharge what ever you need.
The screen is very informative and tells you whats going on. Very nice to see all that info on screen.
Everything you need to know about your battery it tells you.
I’m very impressed. Only thing is I’m not sure on the price as I haven’t got anything to compare it with. It does look awesome and does a great job of charging and tells you a bucket load of information about the batteries so I suppose the price is good for that.
I’m giving it top marks as it’s an awesome bit of kit to have and use when recharging batteries.
It gets 5-5 for a quality product. I’ve also added a short video of it working ion action.