It would be nice if all 4 ports had the xt30 plug as opposed to just the side ports. And like you said Nick, if you wanted to charge 4 xt30 batteries, they don’t include the balance lead extender. But besides that, seems nice.
Hey Nick, in one comment I mentioned that almost a deal breaker for me was the fact that you can only see 6 cells at once on the screen. Unlike Q4QC where at any point you can see voltage of all (16 in case of 4s) cells. It turns out that is not true :) And I didn't see anyone on RUclips mentioning that. By long pressing CH button you change the display to showing all 24 cells at once :) You can try it.
I have a few Toolkit RC's products and they all work just fine. I really like my charger it has 4 ports and just like most of their products it is very simple to control and use. But this charger, when you first held it up i immediately thought "Tesla CyberTruck" Ha!!! As i am typing this you said "CyberTruck..." kind of taking the steam out of my post! Anyway the overall wattage on this is quite impressive but there is one spec. on a charger that I think is one of the most important ones to pay attention to - the "Balance current" spec - and on this charger it is 800mah... that seems a bit low for such a powerful charger. My other chargers have balance currents about 2 times that. Balance current is the main value that determines how quickly batteries will charge when you have imbalanced cells. To be honest though even though this value is not as big as it could be I am often in favor of things that help my batteries last longer and stay healthier. Fast charging is a bit rough on batteries and it is one way to degrade the capacity and performance of a battery. Just know that this will not be the fastest charger for your batteries and if fast is important then keep looking. Plus this thing looks like a CyberTruck - Yuck! (Just one persons opinion) Cheers!
Now that's a beefy charger. Until just recently I've been using charg boards, I almost had 2 batteries go up and a friend did (they were home and all is good, but still), I don't use those anymore. Love the phone charger up top. Those XT30's are a nice touch, shame only the two sides have em, and I agree with the extension cables, be nice if some were included or an option at least. Thanks for the review!
2:05 in your example, they would level out eachother pretty quickly themselves. Maybe with different Ohm there could be some issues somehow only related to overcharging?
I don't think so, as with a series/parallel board the charger sees all the batteries as one battery, where when we charge normally without a series board the charger sees each individual cell.
@@NickBurnsFPV hm, but when you connect a 3.5V and a 3.7V onto the parallelboard, there will instantly flow current between each lipo, making them around 3.6V at the end. Just by having them parallel connected to each other - . maybe we can agree on that? that's why you can't put a 3.3V and a 4V parallel (- with - and + with + connected), the huge current between them on connecting, would burn out everything on the board. AFAIK.
hi could you post links to balance lead extension cables that you use in the description. I agree 100%, manufacturers need to include it in these expensive chargers boxes. thank you
Fantastic review, Nick! 😃 It definitely looks like a fantastic charger! About adapter leads, I absolutely agree! (Although I already have lots of them, some that I made myself! 😂) Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Does this have 4 XT30 ports or only two? I'm looking for a charger that has 4 XT30 ports as I have 8 850mAh 4S batteries with XT30 plugs. Do you know of any chargers like that? I haven't found any. Do people use some sort of XT60 to XT30 adapters?
Isn't ToolkitRC a company that made a batch of 4 channel chargers where multiple channels didn't work out of the box? I assume they have no QA whatsoever, which is a bit concerning when one of the possible outcomes is a house burning down..
@@NickBurnsFPV ruclips.net/video/-iGkWevLPMQ/видео.html for example is a RC shop owner opening several brand new chargers in a row and most of them being defective. Most hobby grade chargers would fail at some point, and there are horror stories on rcgroups about many models from many well known brands. But the whole batch being DOA is the next level :)
I would like someone to come out with a sequential charger. That way it could be less power and sure it would take longer but it still would be something I’d use.
I find that charging screen confusing. On my q4ac i see all cells on one screen. It is 4 cells per battery, yes. But i think this screen is big enough. It js very important for me to monitor all (16 in my case) cells at once. I dont wanna scroll every 2 mins to see other cells. Big deal from my point of view.
Hey Nick great review as always! As you have (or have had) both this and the HOTA F6+ which spec wise is a very similar charger, can you compare the two?
Like you said the specs are similar the Q6AC is much larger and does offer wireless cell phone charging. I think the software features are similar with the exception the Q6AC
I used to series charge 1s batteries, but haven't since the 1s multi chargers came out about 3 years ago. The one I like the most is the vifly whoopstor 2
Great video! I'm new, transitioning from DJI to the real world of FPV! Do you have links for those adapters? I was on a budget, and I got a charger with one channel; now looking into buying something better, and you made a good point about those adapters. You also did another review on another 4-channel hub. Which one would you get Q6AC or Hota F6+? Thank you very much, and happy holidays!
I like how the Q6AC operates and tend to use it first. The Hota has a nice small footprint so it does get used on the charging shelf just not first. I don't have a link for those adapters, I am sure they are out there somewhere, but not finding them on our fpv shops websites. Parallel charging boards are close but those are more expensive than we need.
Hey nick! This is an off topic question from fpv.. I watch your videos a lot and noticed your videos from years ago- you were overweight! But now u look leaner and better, what’s your workout routine? Would you mind sharing?
yes, It has varied over the years, but as far as weight loss I cut my calories down to 1000 for a few months. Mainly eating chicken and veggies, focus on proteins and overall volume to help feel full. My workouts are short and have to work in around my schedule of day job, family and kid activities...so I keep it short. Workouts are limited to 45 minutes from the time to start to change my clothes to workout to the end of the workout. I do strength train with dumbbells at home and walk on the treadmill. Today I continue to do the same workouts, which can range from 3x week to 6x week. I still focus the food on high proteins and overall volume, but the caloric intake is closer to 1700/day.
I don't do much printing even for myself. Its part of the hobby I haven't gotten into very much. Many printing services are available. I suggest searching thingiverse.com for a part your looking for.
What do you mean why would you want XT90? Well, so you can take advantage of 1000w instead of only 400w. Remember, not all of us use the little toy batteries. With our 6, 8 and 12S batteries 400w isnt even close.
Am I the only one who think putting wireless chargers on lipo chargers is gimmicky? We already have so many other devices with wireless charging, and I'm not gonna risk putting something with so much valuable data next to 4x charging 6S. Also give us some symmetry, not a toy car.
YES a power switch. 100% on board with the adaptor leads. Thanks for the show and tell
It would be nice if all 4 ports had the xt30 plug as opposed to just the side ports. And like you said Nick, if you wanted to charge 4 xt30 batteries, they don’t include the balance lead extender. But besides that, seems nice.
I am still using the same d6 duo pro's 3 years later 😊
I agree, purchased additional leads for my charger, because have to pull on battery leads to hard.
Hey Nick, in one comment I mentioned that almost a deal breaker for me was the fact that you can only see 6 cells at once on the screen. Unlike Q4QC where at any point you can see voltage of all (16 in case of 4s) cells. It turns out that is not true :) And I didn't see anyone on RUclips mentioning that. By long pressing CH button you change the display to showing all 24 cells at once :) You can try it.
If you hold down the scroll wheel on a hota it stops all tasks
Thanks to you, I purchased those extension leads before the charger arrived. Glad that I watched your review.
Nice. I wouldn’t probably use it without those extensions
I have a few Toolkit RC's products and they all work just fine. I really like my charger it has 4 ports and just like most of their products it is very simple to control and use. But this charger, when you first held it up i immediately thought "Tesla CyberTruck" Ha!!! As i am typing this you said "CyberTruck..." kind of taking the steam out of my post!
Anyway the overall wattage on this is quite impressive but there is one spec. on a charger that I think is one of the most important ones to pay attention to - the "Balance current" spec - and on this charger it is 800mah... that seems a bit low for such a powerful charger. My other chargers have balance currents about 2 times that. Balance current is the main value that determines how quickly batteries will charge when you have imbalanced cells.
To be honest though even though this value is not as big as it could be I am often in favor of things that help my batteries last longer and stay healthier. Fast charging is a bit rough on batteries and it is one way to degrade the capacity and performance of a battery. Just know that this will not be the fastest charger for your batteries and if fast is important then keep looking. Plus this thing looks like a CyberTruck - Yuck! (Just one persons opinion) Cheers!
Now that's a beefy charger. Until just recently I've been using charg boards, I almost had 2 batteries go up and a friend did (they were home and all is good, but still), I don't use those anymore. Love the phone charger up top. Those XT30's are a nice touch, shame only the two sides have em, and I agree with the extension cables, be nice if some were included or an option at least. Thanks for the review!
Finally I can charge 1s 300mah at 50c fully charged in 1minute 😅
That should be fun.
2:05 in your example, they would level out eachother pretty quickly themselves. Maybe with different Ohm there could be some issues somehow only related to overcharging?
I don't think so, as with a series/parallel board the charger sees all the batteries as one battery, where when we charge normally without a series board the charger sees each individual cell.
@@NickBurnsFPV hm, but when you connect a 3.5V and a 3.7V onto the parallelboard, there will instantly flow current between each lipo, making them around 3.6V at the end. Just by having them parallel connected to each other - . maybe we can agree on that?
that's why you can't put a 3.3V and a 4V parallel (- with - and + with + connected), the huge current between them on connecting, would burn out everything on the board. AFAIK.
connecting in series, thats another story, yes
Looking at the description the charger is only 250w 15amp possible when using DC input from a power supply. And 100w 5amp when using the AC input .
hi could you post links to balance lead extension cables that you use in the description. I agree 100%, manufacturers need to include it in these expensive chargers boxes. thank you
Sorry. I don't have a direct link to them. I used the ones that came with another charger.
Fantastic review, Nick! 😃
It definitely looks like a fantastic charger!
About adapter leads, I absolutely agree! (Although I already have lots of them, some that I made myself! 😂)
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I was just talking the other day about how I wish toolkitrc had a AC 4 port charger
Does this have 4 XT30 ports or only two? I'm looking for a charger that has 4 XT30 ports as I have 8 850mAh 4S batteries with XT30 plugs. Do you know of any chargers like that? I haven't found any. Do people use some sort of XT60 to XT30 adapters?
It has 4 XT60 ports
Isn't ToolkitRC a company that made a batch of 4 channel chargers where multiple channels didn't work out of the box? I assume they have no QA whatsoever, which is a bit concerning when one of the possible outcomes is a house burning down..
I don't recall that. I have four toolkitrc multi chargers, they have all worked for me on micro batteries.
@@NickBurnsFPV ruclips.net/video/-iGkWevLPMQ/видео.html for example is a RC shop owner opening several brand new chargers in a row and most of them being defective. Most hobby grade chargers would fail at some point, and there are horror stories on rcgroups about many models from many well known brands. But the whole batch being DOA is the next level :)
I would like someone to come out with a sequential charger. That way it could be less power and sure it would take longer but it still would be something I’d use.
Or maybe a sequential mode 🤔
I find that charging screen confusing. On my q4ac i see all cells on one screen. It is 4 cells per battery, yes. But i think this screen is big enough. It js very important for me to monitor all (16 in my case) cells at once. I dont wanna scroll every 2 mins to see other cells. Big deal from my point of view.
Ah nick. I have suspected you might be from there.
I used to like blue, but in November no blue
Hey Nick great review as always! As you have (or have had) both this and the HOTA F6+ which spec wise is a very similar charger, can you compare the two?
Like you said the specs are similar the Q6AC is much larger and does offer wireless cell phone charging. I think the software features are similar with the exception the Q6AC
do you not series / parallel charge your 1s for whoops? how do you prepare all your batteries? thanks for your reviews !
I used to series charge 1s batteries, but haven't since the 1s multi chargers came out about 3 years ago. The one I like the most is the vifly whoopstor 2
Great video! I'm new, transitioning from DJI to the real world of FPV! Do you have links for those adapters? I was on a budget, and I got a charger with one channel; now looking into buying something better, and you made a good point about those adapters. You also did another review on another 4-channel hub. Which one would you get Q6AC or Hota F6+? Thank you very much, and happy holidays!
I like how the Q6AC operates and tend to use it first. The Hota has a nice small footprint so it does get used on the charging shelf just not first. I don't have a link for those adapters, I am sure they are out there somewhere, but not finding them on our fpv shops websites. Parallel charging boards are close but those are more expensive than we need.
@@NickBurnsFPVThank you, Nick! Very much appreciate it!
@@YonnBurgos Sure, my pleasure.
Hey nick! This is an off topic question from fpv..
I watch your videos a lot and noticed your videos from years ago- you were overweight!
But now u look leaner and better, what’s your workout routine? Would you mind sharing?
yes, It has varied over the years, but as far as weight loss I cut my calories down to 1000 for a few months. Mainly eating chicken and veggies, focus on proteins and overall volume to help feel full. My workouts are short and have to work in around my schedule of day job, family and kid activities...so I keep it short. Workouts are limited to 45 minutes from the time to start to change my clothes to workout to the end of the workout. I do strength train with dumbbells at home and walk on the treadmill. Today I continue to do the same workouts, which can range from 3x week to 6x week. I still focus the food on high proteins and overall volume, but the caloric intake is closer to 1700/day.
@@NickBurnsFPV seeing ur transformation inspired me. im starting to gain weight and i needed a motivation to start 😅. Thanks for sharing nick!
Been a lot of content recently about the dangers of parallel charging. Has there ever been a charger that had 6 separate channels to charge?
I haven't see a 6 port charger, there might be one but 4 is more common.
Hi Nick,
Do you know where I can get a 19mm camera mount for a Pavo25? I can pay you if you could 3D print me one
I don't do much printing even for myself. Its part of the hobby I haven't gotten into very much. Many printing services are available. I suggest searching thingiverse.com for a part your looking for.
@@NickBurnsFPV ok thanks Nick
I don't understand chargers without switches, hook mine to a surge protector, with switches.
I have a similar setup, but I don't always need to power up all chargers and the switch on the surge protector isn't all that accessible.
@@NickBurnsFPV
I purchased a 4-switch surge protector, a switch for each charger, so I only turn on the charger I need at the time.
@@NickBurnsFPV
Thought I would share, I am 66 years old and just entering the hobbies, my wife thinks I am crazy, but is very supportive. 😀
How is it holding up after 6 months? I'm thinking of buying one
Still using mine on the regular. I mainly only charge micro batteries thought, 650mah or less, from 1-4s.
@@NickBurnsFPV That's good enough for me. Just ordered it 😊
Am i missing something but What's the point of having 15amps per channel?
Always this parallel board hate 🤣
more like caution for me. Not worth the risk
What do you mean why would you want XT90? Well, so you can take advantage of 1000w instead of only 400w. Remember, not all of us use the little toy batteries. With our 6, 8 and 12S batteries 400w isnt even close.
Am I the only one who think putting wireless chargers on lipo chargers is gimmicky? We already have so many other devices with wireless charging, and I'm not gonna risk putting something with so much valuable data next to 4x charging 6S. Also give us some symmetry, not a toy car.
yea, I have only tested the wireless charging. Never use it regularly.
You can charge your transmitter on it
@@nelsonsoper1 what transmitter has wireless charging?