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Old 12-08-2007, 06:59 AM
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I feel for the guys having problems with this charger. I bought 1 and sold it. All together I had 2 solder posts unsolder, which I fixed to much better than new (they use very little seemingly weak solder,) and I always had the cell on the left get hotter before the others (unit power supply is on the left and gets hot.)

This charger is a great idea which was built with too many questionable design decisions. These defective design items cause all kinds of problems for the user, as this forum shows, listed below:
1) spring post solder joint under stress (should have never done this,)
2) battery layout opposite of every discharge tray on the market
3) temp sensors are inaccurate (should have been magnetic,)
4) still no lipo support after 2 years of promises
5) no temp sensor on external charging port
6) difficult to use in hot weather
7) $400 price isn't worth it for the unit's bad design

And, unresponsive support. Buyer beware.
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