lipo\nimh charger recommendations

damagegt

im looking for some recommendations for a lipo\nimh battery charger .it has to charge up to 8 cells and also have a balancer and discharger .price doesn't really matter .Any ideas?

Puding

imax b6

end of discussion

but on a serious not it is one of the best chargers and is great value for money, can charge all the types you want, complete control, great operating system very user friendly, would recommend it to family and friend, infact my father actually owns one

60-70usd on ebay about 80euros inside Europe

OzCam

Don't forget your flowerpot, no matter how good the charger is. And RTFM.

Puding

OzCam wrote: »

Don't forget your flowerpot, no matter how good the charger is. And RTFM.

personally use a baking try but what ever floats your boat

damagegt

really the imax b6? i was looking at it but then the more reviews i read the more people were saying that the balancing is very bad and the end voltage of charger is inaccurate.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=777717

but i seen this charger and1 have any experience with it
http://hobbycity.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=7523&Product_Name=Turnigy_Accucel-8_150W_7A_Balancer/Charger

Puding

never had a problem with the myself, the thread is interesting but a lot of theory that has very little impact on airsoft really, from experience with rc there a little bit more demanding on there battery in terms of what they want them to do, been using one for over a year with excellent results so can only go by that

also the charge you linked to i believe is almost the same as the imax b6 really just rebranded, it uses almost exacly the same operating system, from experience we found a lot of chargers using it

hoplite

Puding wrote: »

imax b6

end of discussion

but on a serious not it is one of the best chargers and is great value for money, can charge all the types you want, complete control, great operating system very user friendly, would recommend it to family and friend, infact my father actually owns one

60-70usd on ebay about 80euros inside Europe

+1 great charger

damagegt

ya i know the rc cars and planes have high demand on the battery's so you reckon the chargers would do fine for airsoft?no need to upgrade it for small inconsistencies .they seem very cheap that was the only thing that threw me off,there on ebay for as low as 20 euro.

Puding

the 20 euros imax b6 are normal the start of a best offer auction thing from experience, i would like to pay around 60-70usd on ebay for one, just check as well that the ones your buying included the ac power supply and you may need to make up some leads or adaptors depending on what batterys you need to charge

i can only talk from personal experience but for me it one of the best value for money chargers you can pick up for airsoft and will do everything you need without issue, between this and some of the 'airsoft chargers' on the market give me this anyday

damagegt

ok so ill give it a go and see how i get on.Thanks again.

Vents

Puding wrote: »

the 20 euros imax b6 are normal the start of a best offer auction thing from experience, i would like to pay around 60-70usd on ebay for one, just check as well that the ones your buying included the ac power supply and you may need to make up some leads or adaptors depending on what batterys you need to charge

i can only talk from personal experience but for me it one of the best value for money chargers you can pick up for airsoft and will do everything you need without issue, between this and some of the 'airsoft chargers' on the market give me this anyday

Agreed Puding. I must have been lucky with mine as I got it for €20 (without the ac, so I made one) Great little charger.

The only thing I would say is the the manual isn't the clearest for the lay man. get your head around the mem store and your sorted.

Airsofter101

i just bought the imax b6 nut dont know if it is coming with a power cabel:eek::eek::eek:

Puding

Airsofter101 wrote: »

i just bought the imax b6 nut dont know if it is coming with a power cabel:eek::eek::eek:

hi

when i came across this i remembered i had not replied to your pm sorry about that, just replied there, from the link you sent me it does not look like i comes with one, some suppliers add them but i could not see any mention of it at that site

Private Snafu

I use a Sigma II EQ charger myself, fantastic bit of kit! Even supports the new LiFe batteries...

Big_G

n/m. Didn't read previous posts.

Danin

TLP TL15 Fuzzy Logic Computer Control Charger

I have this charger and its pretty good not sure if it charges Lipo's though

Deesy

Danin wrote: »

TLP TL15 Fuzzy Logic Computer Control Charger

I have this charger and its pretty good not sure if it charges Lipo's though

nope. it charge only nimh, nicd batteries. do not use it for lipos!!!

http://shop.ehobbyasia.com/bb-battery/batteries/chargers-dischargers/tlp-tl15-fuzzy-logic-computer-control-charger.html

Head_Hunter

Puding wrote: »

imax b6

end of discussion

but on a serious not it is one of the best chargers and is great value for money, can charge all the types you want, complete control, great operating system very user friendly, would recommend it to family and friend, infact my father actually owns one

60-70usd on ebay about 80euros inside Europe

+1. I've had one of these for nearly 2 years now, charges NiMh, Nicd and Lipos:D.

Lemming

Picked myself up a Kong Power charger from Fire-Support, jsut waiting for delivery now so. I've heard very good noises about it and it has a rather useful feature list, compact size, ability to charge both NiMh and LiPo, and ability to handle both wall socket and 12v batteries

I'll let you all know how it goes (should have it sometime early next week), as I've a variety of NiMh & LiPo batteries to put it up against.