Charger and battery recommendations

[capin]

Hello All,

Newbie here but I do go back to the 80s with RC cars.

I've been doing some reading and asking about which car to buy and have decided on an Arrma Typhon 223s. I would buy an associated MT10 but they seem to be like Hens teeth right now but I do intend to buy one when I can. My use car is racing around the yard with my son (He has a Losi MiniT 2.0 Brushed - it's slow but plenty of car for a 2yo).

The research I have done points me towards 3shard case batteries with a high capacity and a high C rating. I am liking the Zeee batteries, I am thinking about buying a Zeee 3S Lipo Battery 5500mAh 11.1V 120C Hard Case RC Battery with EC5 Connector twin pack for about $67. The Arrma uses an ic5 connecter and the the MT10 uses a Deans connector, my intention is to desolder the deans connector off the MT10 and replace it with ic5 (maybe ec5) so I can share batteries between both cars without using adapters.

The one thing I am not sure on is chargers. I have looked at this thread ->

Post in thread 'What battery charger do you recommend?'

Aug 31, 2020

Hota's D6 & H6 Pro chargers
It seems like every couple of years I upgrade my chargers for whatever reasons. Most of the time it's because of wanting more power or a feature on the new generation of chargers out there. I didn't want to go all out, and spend the money on the iCharger that I have been eyeballing for years.

My past chargers were somewhat slow when it came to that constant voltage part of a balance charge when cells are aging at different rates. It would take, what seemed like, forever to balance charge some LiPo packs. That's when I started researching what makes the...

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and the Hota Ht6 Pro looks like the obvious choice.

Keeping in view the batteries and cars that I want, are the zee batteries and is the HT6 pro a good choice please?

 

[BustedAw11]

Stay away from zeee... terrible imo.
Cnhl or smc. Those are my go to.

My charger is an IMars 300.. love the thing.

 

[Littlemotor]

Hota D6 Pro, or Imars D300. Tough to beat either with what you’re looking for.

 

[picodroid]

I'm new to RC all around, but have heard plenty about batteries and charging requiring some know-how.
I've mostly got Arrma stuff, so use their S1100 G2 charger and the spectrum smart batteries. It's nice just plugging things in and letting them charge without any hassle.
The spectrum batteries also perform well. I don't have and premature LVC issues as some do with the 2 in 1 ESCs on the latest 223S cars.

 

[RustyUs]

Not knowing a person's needs/wants... a middle of the road AC/DC dual channel; 200~300w; 0.1~16A; 1~6S LiPo; balance current >1A; external discharging capable; internal resistance reading charger recommendation it shall be.

 

[capin]

Thanks everyone for the advice. I made my purchase and here is what I went for and what I paid.

 

[BustedAw11]

My only regret with d300 is not buying one sooner!

Good deal