whats the best budget lipo charger out now that will be able to handle everything?

[k9popo]

Multiplex"thumbsup"...I have ran mine for 2 years now and absolutely love it...

http://www.rcplanet.com/Multiplex_MULTICHARGER_LN_5014_LIPO_p/mpum92531.htm

and if you want IMO the best balancer get this:

http://www.commonsenserc.com/product_info.php?cPath=88&products_id=549

Its cheap and gives you the readout of your cells...Together with this:

http://www.commonsenserc.com/product_info.php?cPath=88&products_id=213

And you can balance any battery on the market"thumbsup" for just over $100

 

[squatch71]

Nother vote for the Onyx 230 and balancer...

 

[syber70]

I have seen many locals run a whole season of racing without ever balancing. Some have checked them just to see how out of balance they really are.... it was a very small amount, if any!!

Insane.... all the people dropping hard earned money on stuff they don't need? That is insane!

I have never used super cheap(ebay) lipos either...?

I'll have to say this: I was charging my Lipo's on my Onyx 230 without a balancer for a long time, because I didn't have the balancer.

Bought the Balancer, it has a way to balance the batteries without even being connected to the charger, but when I plugged it into my unbalanced Lipo's, there was very little balancing to do.

Not sure why, maybe it's the good packs vs. the bad packs, or a decent charger, or what, but both my packs were already in balance.

This is my own personal experience though, and now that I have the balancer, I balance them every time, also because of the warnings I've read.

 

[THAT1GUY]

I have the iCharger 106B+ and its a great charger.