ISDT 608PD USB-C Charger with a SmartPhone app - Supplied by RadioMaster
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- čas přidán 2. 01. 2024
- On test today we have another little USB-C based charger (although it can run on DC as well) the extra thing this has though, is its own smartphone app so you can monitor and start/stop it remotely.
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In today’s electronic world of miniaturization and unbelievable multifunction capable displays, it’s beyond me and those I know that a charger would not offer the option of a storage charge and a discharge to 50% storage level. Just today and yesterday as well, I had several batteries I needed to discharge back to storage level and several I needed to bring up to storage level. Factually in the field or at home It is something you truly use on every outing.
Chargers are dreadful at bringing a charged battery back to storage voltage, they struggle to disapate the heat. I have a FD200 from ISDT and that makes bringing such batteries down to storage voltage a doddle. It is quite noisy though as the fans blow the air over the heat sinks.
If you would storage a lipo on that charger would take hrs and hrs . Everyone should be using a separate discharger for that. Also the heat from discharging a lipo would destroy the charger
If a charger tries to discharge at a higher rate than it can dissipate the heat, then it's a pretty crap charger isn't it. Storage charge is also for bringing lipos back up to 3.8v per cell as well as discharging, and this charger does neither.
@@CurryKitten Hopefully the device has the ability to update firmware. Stupid for them to not have a storage charging option.
Wow. A Multistar 5.2 4S. That must be worth a fortune. They were amazing batteries 5 or 6 years ago, I have not yet found a comparable replacement. Really great video CK, keep up the great work. Dont stop.
I still have 4 of them from years ago :)
Totally agree, B6neo is totally a better option due to the 608PD lack of storage charge/discharge! Hugely dissapointed with ISDT! And thank you for pointing it out, you are the only reviewer I found that puts it clearly.
For me, it's an important function. It needs to be pointed out
Storage charged is an essential function. After a day of flying, i would go home and storage charged all my packs before keeping them away. ISDT has added some non-essential function but left out the most important and essential storage function. Such a deal breaker.
If this decision is due to cost, trying to keep the price competitive, I would rather they remove the app function as its actually more inconvenience to take your phone to connect to charger than to simply pressing the buttons on the charger directly. It cost money to put an app on playstore too.
Lastly, the PD must have a separate input and output and having a USB A output would be useful at times too.
Hope a v2 addresses all this, or perhaps Skyrc can come out with one too with an upgraded fan supplier of course.
I can tell you know not much about chargers. As small as the charger is , it would take hrs and hrs to discharge a lipo. Discharging lipos generate a lot of heat . That charger wouldn't be able to handle it and fry it. Best to use a dedicated lipo discharger
@@Mikeylikesit1968 no one(at my flying) use chargers to discharge batteries. We use it to charge batteries back to storage voltage before keeping it. We usually have more than 10 packs way below 3.8v after flying, so storage charged is essential to our chargers. I personally do not like parallel charging, so i have more than 10chargers to do the job fast
@ocelee7794 I never storage charge my lipos, after a flight is storage charge for me. People are brainwashed thinking they need to do that .
@@Mikeylikesit1968 Its a choice. You simply choose to sacrifice to fully utilize the battery's capacity and flight time by using it only till the storage voltage, thereby not using your charger's storage function. There is an old man(at my flying field) who also dont storage charged his lipos and he keeps buying new lipos way faster than us who does. Its his choice too
What i like is you can setup a preset for each lipo you use , so you have to keep changing the battery type or cell count
Agreed - I like a preset. We all tend to have a size of battery for a certain quad, so nice to be able to flick between them
Fantastic review, Wayne! Thanks!!! 😊
But yeah, I guess ISDT is kinda drunk and in needing to go home. 😬
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Cheers MC - yes, perhaps they are relying on their reputation, which won't be worth much if they keep leaving out useful things
Nice compact charger! Really handy for charging in the field with a large baterry as suply power😊👍
I made the same mistake :-(. Just assumed a modern charger would storage charge. It’s a shame as the charger itself is good,and the app is quite good. They could have done so much more with the app as well - keep logs for each battery for example.
Yes - I had just assumed it as well. That's the second time I've been caught out by ISDT
Only way to log batteries is with the airgo dongle you plug on the balance wire. You would preferably want a independent storage charger .
Go out to fly with 20 batteries...
Come home with everything broken and 10 charged batteries...
My friend, been there, and while throwing them on my chargers would eventually get the job done, ended up buying lots of "LED Discharger Plugs" with XT60 and XT30 ports, plus plenty of 1S variants for the Whoops.
ISDT has been killing it in the charger market, love the aesthetic. Compared to my ToolKitRC chargers, the big standout for me is the legibility of the screens.
I had some of those simple discharger plugs, but they would take days to put a lipo into storage charge. yours any better?
@@CurryKitten About a full day - _ELO_ style, bathing the room in a very unsoothing light haha
If only its possible for them to add a storage/discharge function that allows you to plug the lipo via the balance and charge lead...and discharge it by charging a device via the USB C output. The lipo can be monitored to stop at 3.86v (or something that you can set via the app) when its charging the USB C device. Even their Batt Checker Batt GO BG-8S can do that.
That is what I had been waiting for after all the complaints about skyrc b6 faulty units where 1 guy has now 5 and 4 are not working .
I like this one a lot - if it would last.
Yeah - I saw that video, but I've not really seen anyone else having the same issues. Perhaps a bad batch? I can only speak for the one I have which has been spot on
The bummer on that SkyRC charger is that I believe they have a high failure rate. My mate's one failed. Maybe they've fixed it by now?
I have problems with my 6S LiPo. When i connect the Balancer it show me only 4 cells. The 2., 3.,4. and 5. And this four with false V-data -.-
what is the minimum amperage available?
Can you update the firmware of the charger via the app to get the latest software on the device ?
The first channel that mentions the missing storage charge feature!
I get they can not do an update that adds the feature cause it will miss the load.
Hats off !
Yes
I'm a bit new to all this but couldn't you just create a preset with 3.8v max charge thereby stopping at the storage charge limit?
Sadly, the max charge doesn't go down that far (IIRC it only goes to 4v) If it did, it would be a little better, but doesn't fix the issue of coming home with fully charge batteries that you want to put into storage
i got this charger and im really hoping a firmware update will solve this essential feature "storage charge option".
I'm not sure if it's possible, usually to discharge, a charger uses a large(ish) resistor turn the electricity into heat. If it lacks one of these, then there's probably not much hope
@@CurryKittenagree, but at least storage charge! That I am sure they can do!
you maybe right on this one, ill just have to put a beeper at 3.8 if i need to discharge to storage @@CurryKitten
Batteries with bad balance leads are not trash. It can be perfectly safe, and it certainly isn't difficult, to remove the wrap above the tinned cells, and remake the balance lead. Seems rather wasteful to throw away good lithium because of a tiny wire.
Sure, just keep the fire extinguisher near you. And that IF the other cells aren't really dead.
@@MCsCreations If you need a fire extinguisher handy you've already done something wrong. Firstly, an extinguisher will not put out lithium. Second, if you are doing this around other easily flammable objects you've done a no-no. Thirdly if the cells were just dead you would get 0.0v from the charger, not an empty cell. This battery is 100% fine, and its balance lead has a small break. Happens all the time!
Opening up 7 or 8 year old lipos on the off chance the the cell might not be dead isn't really something I'm super interested in and looking at the voltage from the xt60 it would reflect that at least one of the cells has gone
@@MCsCreations boo hoo , maybe you need a new hobby
@@CurryKitten Now those are some good reasons to trash it. I didn't catch the xt60 showing a bad cell based on the total voltage, and I certainly didn't know it was 8 years old, lol! I thought I had some old lithium!
Hey did you and all the other nearly identical channels get together for this ISDT 608p?
It's as if you all decided to make the same video.
Its as if you all intentionally do not care about adding anything besides another video to your channel......
Well it's not like there's a "reviewers group chat" in Whatsapp we all use to decide what product to look at next. In the case of many companies when they have a new product that they've made, or are looking to promote something, they will approach multiple people - so you can end up getting lots of reviews on the same item. While it can seemingly fill up your feed with the same thing, at least you have access to different opinions from different channels
@@CurryKitten Hey thank you for the explanation. That explains why there was a massive wave.
If you go and look at what the wave produced. You will see a very singular color to it.
50% fail rate on skyrc chargers! CZcams it!!!!!!!!
1 persons experience does not make a trend. Aside from one person having terrible luck (really bad batch) I haven't seen anything beyond the normal ratio of failures you'd expect from any product. If there's more evidence since, then I'll re-evaluate it, but my charger has been perfect.
Why in the world would you charge a single battery at 5a? That's if you have a balance board and want to charge multiple batteries. Never charge a single battery at 5a. Smh
"Never charge a single battery at 5a" But the battery I was charging was 5200mAh, so by charging at 5A I was charging at less than 1C. Exactly what ampage would you charge a 5200mAh battery on?
Personally I dont see any use for the app at all. Basically just an excuse not to keep close watch while charging.
I can check it from my desk so don't have to move the 6ft or so to look at the screen, but I'd have preferred a storage charging mode over an app