Hota F6+ Charger // 500W // Goodbye Q200
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- čas přidán 1. 06. 2024
- Time has come to move to a modern day primary charger. Its powerful at the cost of speed.
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Have a pair of the older Hota D6+ dual output with metal case. Has the same touch interface, is now the only thing I want to use. Love theses chargers and am happy Hota has new chargers with the same controls. Keep up the positive fun attitude Nick.
I have a Q200 since May 2017 and still working great!
I have this charger but the one thing I really hope they provide a firmware update for... When you select an option like current, battery type, etc... The selection is shown by only putting a thin red line around it. When outside at the field, it is very hard to see that so I can't really tell what is selected. I am hoping they change it to have inverted colors or something to make it easier to see what is selected. Besides that one gripe, I really like the charger. High wattage on AC and 4 batteries charged at once. Really nice charger.
I sent Hota a feature request to make the selection easier to see at the field and the company responded that they will forward it onto the engineers/developer teams. Maybe something will come out of that. Still a great charger regardless, but better visibility of the selection for field use will certainly enhance it's usefulness for me.
At one time iSDT was my favorite charger brand, but I've been hooked on Hota and Hobbymate for the past couple years. Thanks for the review Nick! ❤
I have the Q200 for many years. Since a few months channel 1 is struggling charging up to 100%. Appart from this it is working like a charm ;)
If you've got any sort of issues with your charger I would recommend getting rid of it. There's no telling what failing charger might do and that could include overcharging a battery and blowing it up.
I've been using a HiTec X4AC Pro [basically a red Q200] since 2018. Still hanging in there. I use it every day, and it gets heavy use. Since I charge my packs at 0.5 A, it doesn't get too much stress.
Proud owner of the D6Pro. If it ever goes on me I would gladly replace it with another one either the same, maybe this one. I like that the D6Pro has a cell phone charger up top. Great chargers, like the features. Thanks for the video, always very informative. Happy Flying!
Been using the D6+ for a number of years. Nice gear.
I just ordered the hota f6+ aswell.
The reason it has the xt90 is because of the 1000watt you can give it by pluggin in a bigger AC or lipo. The xt 60 is not made for longer period of the power that strong running trough it. So thats why they used the xt90 :) for safety.
Interesting, on my HOTA DC6 Pro, the second channel defaults to channel 1 settings on initial power up configuration I have noticed. Great review as always! I do agree the navigation needs some tweaking.
Nice review Nick, im currently looking for a new charger to replace an old single channel charger, the F6 you have looks
good
Great video Nick. Thank You. By the way on hota chargers if you keep pressing the ok for 2 seconds that stops all the channels charging at the same time. Works kind of like a stop all funcion.
good tip thank you
Thanks, Nick!
I've been running the F6 for almost two years, since it came out, and it's incredible. It also doubles as my bench top power supply for testing componentsand binding rx's. The continuous charging feature is sweet, though you can update any Hota with a firmware update. I love it so much that I just picked up this AC version and I've been using it for the past week. It's great, although I wish they had kept the scroll wheel. And it's not a huge fan of the touch capacitive buttons. Yes it absolutely is an xt90, just so happens I actually have some adapter so I can use it with my xt60 batteries.
Great video as always Nick! Have a great week!! 😎👊🏻
Agreed, I got my F6 around 9 months ago and it's awesome, 4 channels is so good. I've used the power supply option for powering micro battery chargers and will find more uses I'm sure.
Did you upgrade to the latest 1.0.4 firmware ? And would you know if they are any release notes from Hota ? Thanks in advance
@@MishMoves I made a bunch of different leads. Xt60 female to xt60 female for powering up my powering up my 5-inch quads, xt60 to xt30 for my smaller quads, and xt60 to alligator clips, and xt60 to test clips. That way I can power up a brand new components before I put a soldering iron to them to make sure they work, I can power up receivers and go through the binding process before putting it on the quad and then having the VTX get hot during the process. Also nice for testing out LEDs before you put them on to make sure that they're all in working order. Also really nice for just powering up your quad for firmware updates or troubleshooting, without having to pull out and charge up a lipo. 🙂
@@sharkiedoo I've updated my F6's to the latest firmware, to enable Continuous Charging Mode. The New F6+ already has the continuous charging mode enabled.
Hi Nick, Great video and review of the HOTA F6 charger. If I didn't have a 4ch charger, I would like to take a closer look. Having RC Cars and plane's I have my favorite charger. Thanks again for the video and information about this charger
still using q200 since idk probably 2017... and i use extension wires for connection between charger and battery. when I see something wrong with battery voltage - I'm swapping those wire harness and all good after that. i think problem is in connection, after some time being used pins worn out like at ph2.0 whoop connectors
Hey Nick, I'm still using one of your older recommendations, the Toolkitrc M4Q xt30 4-channel 5amp 1s-4s. It's perfect for micros. It will even do my li-on packs for goggles (with a xt60 to 30 adapter). Thanks for the reviews. ps the M4Q has the select all option, which I love. And it will do different cell batteries and different battery types at once.
Excellent review, Nick! Thanks a bunch! 😃
I believe there's another Hota charger with physical buttons... But I think it's only dual port, so it wouldn't work. 😕
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
I ordered that charger after your reveiw. I notice that it storage discharge at 0,5A. It's fast enought for 550mAh a battery but quite poor for larger batteries. My S6 pro only consumes 0,3A witch is wource.
Great review ordered
I understand that this charger is basically designed for fpv lipos with the xt60 connectors and all. But would this be a good charger to use on larger rc car batteries?
95% of the time I’m charging 4s batteries with capacities of 8500 to 11000mah and xt90’s.
Would this work if I made xt60 to xt90 adapters?
Most chargers have a 10amp limit for charging and only 2amp for discharging.
Making the process painfully slow, especially with larger batteries.
Any advice or tips would be welcome.
Yeah go for it, just make adapters. I charge QS8 6s lipos with xt60 adapters. That's a adapter with a 300amp connector on one end and a 60amp connector on the other. Xt60 Is used on chargers because it's the most common plug, and connector strength is irrelevant when charging.
For instance, even your 11000mah batteries at 3c (3x recommend charge speed) would only be an output of 33 amps. That's barely even half of the rated current an xt60 can take.
I love the scroll wheel on my UP8 that selection for the amp setting was grueling. That touchscreen is a bust. Plus I got a full manual and it was beautiful.
Speaking of the Vifly V3, have you heard about people having any issues with the plugs? On mine the ph2.0 are fine, but the bt2.0 are so loose that batteries won't stay connected. As in no friction at all. I ordered another hoping i just got a lemon, but are they using problematic generic plugs possibly?
Still running my old ISDT Q6 pro for charging the bigger batteries.
I haven't heard of that sort of issue on the v3. I think we can spread out the connection to make it have some contact, would need a small screw driver of a knife to do that.
My Hota F6 (without +) have a XT60 Connector on the back.
It has a Wheel + Hardwarebuttons, but also the slow interface and several tiny little bugs.
My Hota P6 has only two Channels, the same Interface and Buttons, but it's a lot faster without bugs.
I like both, the F6 for the 4 Channels, the P6 for the compact size for Field-Charging.
I would love a HOTA - I'm on an old (2016) Turnigy and my choice is either a digital video micro quad or a new charger and I think it's going to be an HD micro for now. Yes, I hate my charger setup but I can live with it. I'm sold but - at the same time - no sale this time!
I just purchased the Hota F6+ and I'm trying to work through the menu and features. The one feature that has me stumped is the discharge amperage to storage. When I place a fully charged 4s, 2200 MAh pack on the charger and set the discharge amperage to 2.2 (I normally discharge at the same rate as I charge, 1C), the highest discharge rate I can achieve is .2 to .3 amps. Am I doing something wrong, missing something? Your incite would be appreciated. Peter.
I really don't have a solution or a reasoning for those symptoms. Seems like either the battery discharge rate is limited or there is something not functioning properly on the charger.
OMG NO!!! Is the Q200 discontinued? I LOVE mine, and was planning to buy another one if ever mine needed replacing…😢
i just got the Hota F6 + AC500. I see the "Sync Charge" aka Combine charging option but it does NOT let me select this option. Got any idea why so? Thanks in advance brother.
Looks like new firmware is out on the hota website....wonder if they added the select all ??
Hey nick! Id love to get into the soorts again. Flew for a couple of years before moving on. I was wondering what the best price/quality transmitter and google is of this moment! I found eachine ev100 and the tunrnigy evolution, but curious about your opinions!
The ev100s and evolution are pretty dated. I think the evolution was flysky, these days we use a lot of elrs rx protocol. All sort of radio and receiver options and integrated with AIO. Radiomaster is pretty much dominating the radio market, I use the radiomaster zorro, its about $130, but they have another coming out soon sub $100. Goggles are tougher, The cheapest I would go are the ev800d, next would likely be something like the eachine ev200, like your 100 but better analog reception, better larger displays and fov.
Anyone know to setup F6 for Nickel-metal battery to charge and discharge cycle automatically . I have a few old MH battery which i want bring back its capacity
Good day. I bought the same charger. Do you have a clicking sound in ac mode? the click disappears when the load is connected.
I don't. At least none I can hear.
Had a HOTA F6 and it burned during discharging. LiPo was OK. Just some smoke on balance plug.
My Hota F6+ do not reach more than 500w with external power supply. I beleve this is a problem. Can you test yours with huge external power supply to? Thanks
which port on the back is being tested?
Does it have a temperature indicator? Seems odd the fan would come on while charging 4 2S packs at 1 Amp each.
It does have temp on screen, and fan is temp controlled. Mine will be no fan for a while, then ramp on for 30 secs, then off again for a while.
@@Fly_High_FPV Does it kick in at a certain temp and what does it take to get it to that point? Thanks!
@TommyTester it's automatic on off based in the internal temp of the charger
I do prefer old school buttons myself.I've had my 1battery at a time charger for. years still works fine, but sometimes feel the need to charge more than one at a time.
I also prefer normal buttons. Why does everything need to have stupid touch screen buttons? For anything but my phone, real buttons are so much easier to use.
I hope this newer Hota F6+ lasts you a long time. I owned a bunch of the original Hota F6, used it at the field and at home. One channel would eventually burn out and stop working. Most of my charging was for 6s packs at about 2A. Never anything even close to the limit of the charger
I went though 4. All burned out within a couple months.
Hota did replace 1 for me but i had yo pay to ship back to China.
a few months of use before a failure isn't good. I would fully expect more from hota.
hi nick quick comment about the q200, it is still available and sold at my LHS. I also have a q200 from about 6 years ago though!
ah, interesting. i kept find it "out of stock" or "discontinued"
@@NickBurnsFPV you are right most likely some left over stock.
Got a question about the tiny hawk, I have the original and I personally think it still performs very well. Based on the tinyhawk 3, and the ez pilot, what frame should I put the tinyhawk in? I realized sticking to the original when it comes to replacements in this hobby is a nightmare because things come to the market and eventually it gets replaced by something else making previous drone or versions obsolete or no longer made.
off the top of my head I don't have any good suggestions. The tinyhawk line has several mounting requirements that aren't typically met with off the shelf frames.
@NickBurnsFPV oh my bad I ment between the tinyhawk frames. I went with the tinyhawk s for the the w8der spokes, the ez pilot has Thicke ones so if I break these spokes im going to ez pilot frame
@@odyss160 I do expect the tinyhawk line to continue to evolve...as all our quad stuff does. The frames nearly always get more durable as they change thickness and small design changes to increase the opportunities to crash without damage.
When connecting a battery to charger or balance board , connect the xt connector first, then the balance connector. Just saying....
I wish the face of the charger was angled so it’s easier to see like the S6
I'm assuming the XT90 is because an XT60 simply wouldn't be able to handle the current that This thing can draw from an external power supply. All of their smaller ones use XT60s.
Whats your ideal indoor analog build?
I think I would still go with the mobula7, but I also have been investigating the meteor65 pro builds, but the small battery tray is a limiting factor.
@@NickBurnsFPV I ended up just cutting a slit in the bottom of battery tray, can fit my 450s in there that way
Oof, that interface looks terrible. Physical buttons are a must! And the dual channel Hota chargers have a single physical button to toggle between channels rather than waste time navigating menus. Even with 4 channels, that single button would be better. The other thing that drives me crazy about these is that they don't remember the settings for each channel. If I start a 4S battery on channel 1 and then plug a 6S battery into channel 2, the settings start out with the 4S from channel 1 instead of whatever I last did on channel 2. And then when I go back to charge another 4S battery on channel 1, it starts with the 6S settings from channel 2. It would be way better if I could just do all my 4S batteries on channel 1 and all the 6S batteries on channel 2 without having to constantly change the settings as I alternate between them.
I get "This coupon only applies to partial categories." when trying the coupon code.
that is an odd message. I will have to check on that.
There isn’t any temperature sensors. So I will be sticking with my Q200
What's the advantage of temperature sensors, and how often has it saved your ass? I've never had one on a charger and I've never thought to need one..🤔
Hello 😊
I got the F6+ it came with nothing only a power cable. The display is very dark. The manual is a pain in the ass. It start always with chanel 1 even only in chanel 3 is a batterie. Never would suggest it.