Purple Efest getting hot in charger

[SALTLIFE]

Put 2 brand new out of box in my charger (trustfire) and the light stays red for hours and they get extremely hot. My MNKEs get left overnight by accident sometimes and never get hot. Any ideas or is the normal

[Tam]

Where did you buy them from?

[Proetus]

Does your trustfire have auto shutoff once batteries are full? I do not trust chargers that do not have built in circuitry for safe battery charging. Especially auto shutoff once the batteries have reached full charge.

[SALTLIFE]

Must have been a one time weird thing as they both took a charge now without a hitch. Maybe it's time for a new charger

[joejoevapekins]

Get a nitecore or a xtr. That's the ones I use

[Conneazoo]

Plus 1 on the Nitecore charger.

I have the i4 and it's rockin'!

[Joshuab3687]

I use the efest luc v4 charger with no probs at all

[Proetus]

I got both Efest Luc and nitecore

[mvince201]

Nitecore FTW

[Earthling789]

I don't have any MODs that use 18650 batteries (yet), but I do have a couple of 18650 flashlights. I'll chime-in that the NiteCore charger is top-notch and has circuitry to "read" the battery and optimize the charge. Once it is charged, the unit moves to "trickle/float-mode" to maintain charge and prevent damage/overcharge.

[trickydick666]

I've been having that issue too, but also with a sony vtc 3