SkyRC MC3000 Multi-Chemistry Charger

It's unfortunate, but we all knw of the type and quality of battery chargers we usually get when we buy that special item. But I have good news, the SkyRC MC3000 will solve all of your problems!! It's basically plug & play, it takes all the guess work out!!

Best charger around, its total programmability makes all the difference, and the bluetooth interface is very helpful.

Could be improved with better terminal contacts for some batteries (my Eneloop AAAs have to be "hanging in the air" to make full contact with the terminals, which is not great as them they don't make contact with the temperature sensor).

Also, it would be great if SkyRC officially documented its bluetooth protocol so other people could implement programs to talk to the charger; there are some folks who partially reverse-engineered and released opensource software to interface with the charger, and I modified one of these project for my own use, but some information is still lacking: https://github.com/kolinger/skyrc-mc3000

The Charger is great, but the program to run it is a bit iffy. And the documentation is not all that strong. It is a bit clumsy so have to load each program for each channel and not be able to save it. You must then store it to the charger. But if the chemistry of the battery changes, then you must reenter the program for that channel. It is fine if you are doing the same chemistry time after time for every battery. But I have Li Ion and NMH battteries, so I must change the program.
It has 4 channels and the programs for the channels can be a bit confusing. The window displaying does not expand, but I have overcome this with using the magnifying effect on the screen to fix it.
I took one star off from the review because of the software.
And it would be great if they had a cheat sheet what to set everything to for the different chemistries, but you have to look this up on the internet and make your own cheat sheet.
I have compared the results with the Xtar Dragon and they are pretty close to what they do, with the Xtar being more automatic. The capacity always almost seems to come out very close to each other. I must admit the other Xtars do not and do not charge as good as the Dragon. For instance, when I charge with their 8 slot or the Vp4, and then put them into the Dragon they show about 60 to 80% Charge and then charge up to the full capacity. I use the other two for just bringing the charge up so it does not take as long in the Dragon or the SkyRC.
This would be a 6 star review if they updated the software and put some capability to store programs that you could just recall from the software.

Took me a few days to get the hang of this charger. You really want to use the phone app. I recommend to anyone wanting to get into advanced battery charging. It’s pretty fun.

Hi, I already wrote a review that is published to your Website. Thanks again for thee GREAT service. It is always appreciated. Ken
You used KM to identify me on your Website.