Best charger to get

[Bigmaxx]

What the best charger to get that will charge two 4s lipos at the same time? If posible show links to them, thanks

 

[Greywolf74]

The best charger would probably be a Powerlabs 6. My second choice would probably be an iCharger306b and my third choice would probably be an icharger 206b

 

[usv568]

Agree with greywolf!

 

[trax de max]

I'd go with different chargers but same companies.
I'd go with PL8 over the PL6 only because of the larger discharge capability.
next i'd go with i charger 4010 for awesomeness, or 306b for price.
thirdly the thunder power tp820cd.
I wouldn't be disappointed with any of these chargers. But i do have the PL8

 

[Bigmaxx]

Are they easy to use, or easy to figure out ?

 

[trax de max]

Don't know about the i charger or thunder power but the powerlab i just connect to laptop and evrything is done with that, I haven't pressed a single button on the charger and had it maybe close to 6 months. This is the usb cable click
And the software i use for the pl8, You can download this and try it to see if it's any good. If you make mistakes it tells you on the error page and links you to correct it.
this takes you to download page.

 

[Greywolf74]

The PL8 is great too, the only reason I said PL6 and the reason I bought a PL6 over the PL8 was because I dont have anything that takes more than a 6S lipo and the PL8 is more expensive than the 6. Either way the Powerlab chargers are pretty much the creme de la creme of lipo chargers.

 

[trax de max]

There was one other benefit of why i chose the powerlab over the TP820CD, (they was my choices at first), There is a support forum on various sites for the powerlab. I couldn't find the TP forum.

 

[Bigmaxx]

So I have a $150 to spend on a charger , what's the best I can get for that?

 

[trax de max]

for the price I'd go with i charger. 206B,which is 300W about $125 or with a little extra $ the 306B 1000W $159. The 306B has more to offer, which is noticable when charging to speed things up. i.e. current drain for balancing is higher, has more power for parallel charging. But for charging multiple same cell lipos you'll need a para board maybe about $30. Scratch that found this authorised dealer. click
Also if your looking at price per Watt the 306B is much less expensive.

 

[tmaxxfreek]

This is what i started using when i stepped into 1/8 buggy. a bit out of your 150 range but it has a built in power supply, so you carry around one component instead of charger and power supply.
http://www.dynamiterc.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=DYN4300

 

[Greywolf74]

yeah thats something to consider to when buying most chargers you're also gonn ahave to buy a DC power supply to power them as well. Id probably look at buying an icharger 206b and just pick up a cheap 500W PSU from newegg and mod it to run your charger. Heres a video on how to mod a PSU to power lipo chargers should you choose to go that route.

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgmKNr_1myw"]ATX PSU to DC Power for lipo chargers - YouTube[/ame]

 

[trax de max]

you can also get creative and make a mobile charging station. Using a plastic tool box.
I was going to sell my old ac/dc charger but decided to keep it and just use it for all other batteries for it's ease of use in the house.

 

[Greywolf74]

you can also get creative and make a mobile charging station. Using a plastic tool box.
I was going to sell my old ac/dc charger but decided to keep it and just use it for all other batteries for it's ease of use in the house.

Good point on the mobile station.

I did the same thing with my Dynamite Ultra Passport. I just keep it around to charge NiXX packs mostly although I can still charge a lipo on it too....it just doesn't storage charge.

 

[trax de max]

I been ripping out the battery holders in old toys to charge the Nihms.
and still be handy for the lipo's if needed. It's good to have a back up.
power supplies in bottom.

charger on top tray.

Still need to do some more work on it. Finish off the inlet and exhaust fans between the charger and power supplies area.
Try and put charger lower down as i don't need to see the screen, keep the MPA board on top for easy access.
But this is very handy for carrying about. If your getting something with power supplies this is worth the $10 for a tool box. and keeps it all safe.

 

[Greywolf74]

plus you can take advantage of the regenerative discharge feature in the Powerlabs chargers too! Not really a big deal at home but at the track it will be nice.

 

[trax de max]

I think the I chargers do that also. It seems to be a good trick to have in a charger.

 

[Bigmaxx]

Anyone use dynamite passport ultra power? $135 charges 7a up to 8s

 

[trax de max]

Theres a few that uses it and says it does the job fine, But i haven't used it.
No need too really.The only thing thats going to change the pl8 for me is another pl8 for expansion mode where you join them together.

 

[Bigmaxx]

How many does that let you charge?