Zanflare C2 Battery Charger

Final Update (2024):Its December 2024 as I'm updating this. I purchased this in April 2019 and I still charge at *at least* one set of batteries every day with this charger. Earlier this year the upper and lower started to separate near the bottom of the charger (spring-stress). Just a tiny bit of Gorilla Glue, a clamp, and 8 hours overnight worked a treat - this thing is still charging all my 18650s and 26650s. I would say I have certainly got my money's worth out of this charger. Its really unfortunate, but it looks like they quit making this charger some time ago.1 Year+ Update:Still working great.Original Review:I've only had this for a few days, but I've already run a ton of charging cycles on several batteries (26650s and 18650s). I've only been charging @ 500 mA as I'm not sure if its safe to charge my batteries at 1 amp or not, but 500 mA seems 'fast enough'. At this level neither the charger nor the batteries seem to produce any heat.I bought a Nitecore charger a while back that got really hot after a couple of minutes, smelled like an electrical fire and actually produced smoke. That scared the crap outta me and I returned it. That kind of put me off buying any new charger - especially one from an unknown manufacturer. But, this one has been great so far. This is definitely a keeper.I'm pretty good about updating my reviews, so if anything fails or if I change my mind over the next 12 months, I'll post it here.

Neat little charger. It automatically recognizes NiMH vs Li ion and charges accordingly. It tells you battery capacity and voltage in an LCD display. You can choose between three different charge rates.

Use this primarily to charge 18650 battery cells with a folding solar panel. There are 3 different charging options (300, 500 and 1000mA). One thing I noticed was that it could not charge batteries at 1A even when just one was plugged in. The max I saw was about .56A (at the USB cable) so don't expect it to put out full power. The other modes appear to put out the stated amount of power.The front panel is pretty easy to navigate with each slot having a single button to change around. It has a mAh counter that can give you an idea of how much it charged a particular cell. Would be nice if it had a refresh cycle so it would completely discharge and then charge it fully.Pros:- Small portable USB powered battery charger- 3 settings for charging amount- Capacity indicator- 2 slots that can fit the wider lithium ion batteries- Can use charged batteries to power a 5V/2A output USB portCons:- Doesn't output full 1A charging- Fairly cheap construction

I own a couple of different chargers for my batteries.However, i personally like this one because of its ability to work off of usb.This is a huge plus for when i need to charge the batteries but dont have access to an outlet. Instead i can connect it to my big rechargable battery i keep in my bag, and easily charge this sucker up.Not to mention that in a pinch, it itself can also be used an external battery and charge other devices.Its very versatile and works as advertised. I like it.

Super impressed with this charger. I didn't realize it was also a power bank when I purchased it. It charges batteries quickly, has three settings for charging current and will plug into my car adapter or my home adapter.The power bank will charge other devices or power anything usb. I've tested up to running a raspberry pi with Wi-Fi on. No problems or low power indications on two 18650 batteries.Totally worth the money and would recommend. I'll be looking into getting a 4 site charger in the future.

Shocked at how light and how well this works.I switched all my flashlights and other stuff to 18650 a while back and had some dumb charger with only a red/green LED.Got this to put in my truck due to the simple usb charging. Like it so much it never made it to the truck. Back for 2 more for other car and the house.

Worked at first but then only one side would charge and the other acted like the battery was faulty, threw 2 away before I realized if you used the one side it would charge?? Went to the product support page and it doesn’t exist!! So this is a piece of junk DO NOT BUY! I’m curious as to how these Chinese trashy products make it onto Amazon without product reviewers noticing that it’s a faulty product or maybe they just send Amazon a good product and sell the trash to the customer base? Thanks for letting me waste the $10!!

Bought this in July, it's now October. Batteries get swapped out about once per day and I had this in the center console of my car. This worked great until yesterday when the charging port now needs to be slightly tilted to charge and the vibration from driving causes it to slip out of position when it stops charging again.It's probably fine as a desktop 18650 charger, but not very durable as a mobile charger.