Whats your fav balance-charger

[pyroM!KE]

What is your favorite balance charger that has JXT taps? 2s-6s at least 5a rate..

[JimClark]

Hyperion DUO

[egneg]

Hyperion DUO

:iagree:

[SweetAccord]

Hyperion is an excellent choice. At the time I chose the Bantam E-Station BC6DC as everyone copies them and their charging menu/logic. They also have 10 memory profiles which is very handy! Also, 5 years running and not one issue.

http://bantamtek.com/00_eng/02_pro/sub01.asp?code=read&idx=10&pwd=&re_level=0&re_step=0&board=product_eng01&page=1&keyword=&keyfield=&keypart1=&keypart2=&p_name=BC610

They are hard to find and have been updated to a new model.

[HOTWATER]

Hyperion Duo II....

[Chilli]

:iagree:

[HOTWATER]

Two of these would be great to have for racing!!

[ksm2001]

I've been using the icharger 106b+ for the past few years now, very accurate. Would like to get the 208B when I complete my next build that will use 2p 6S but the new Hyperion Super Duo3 looks very inviting also hmmmm.

Ken

[pyroM!KE]

I've been using the icharger 106b+ for the past few years now, very accurate. Would like to get the 208B when I complete my next build that will use 2p 6S but the new Hyperion Super Duo3 looks very inviting also hmmmm.

Ken

Yeah this was the charger I was using untill yesturday..Ive had it for 3 years..Plugged it in to my heavy duty 12v battery and it went poof kinda loud and instantly caught on fire!! There wasnt any warning signs..It was a good charger..Not gonna go that rout this time..
Do the Hyperion chargers have the JXT balance taps?

[HOTWATER]

Polyquest (PQ) taps are used on Enermax, E-tec, Extreme Power, Fliton, Hyperion, Impulse, MaxAmps, Pache, Poly RC, Polyquest, True RC and Xcite battery packs.

Thunder Power (TP) taps are used on Apex, Danlions, EVO, Flight Power, Kong Power, MPX, Outrage, Tark Power, Thunder Power and Vislero battery packs.

Align JST XH (AL) taps are used on 3E Models, ABF, Air Thunder, Align, Common Sense RC V2, DN Power, Dualsky, Dynam, E-flight, Electric Power, Electrifly, Energy EC, Esky, E-Watts, Exceed RC Fusion, Fully Max, GE Power, Grayson Power, Hextronix, HI Model, Hobby City, Hobby Loong, Hurricane Flight Systems, Imax, LOSI, Mega Power, Mystery, PowerSource, Protec, Rhino, Tenergy (rev polarity), Tower Hobbies, Trinity, Turborix, Vampower (new), Venom and WOW RC, X-Caliber and Zippy battery packs.

Kokam JST XE taps are used on Apogee (but you need to remove lock), Core, Graupner, Kokam, New / Neu Motors, Orion Avionics and Vampower (old) battery packs.

...you can get connectors for just about anything to fit the Hyperion chargers....

Danny, not sure if you have something like this posted in the Battery section...if not, you may want to sticky this info for everyone...
Thanks!
-Kent

[millzee]

I've bought the Hitec X4 and have found it to be pretty good. It can balance charge 4x 2-6s lipo's at a time up to 6000mAh. It is only 50w per channel so it takes about 130 minutes to fully charge a 6s 5000mAh but I recon this is not too bad when you average it out when charging 4 batteries. It's 12 volt but you can get a good cheap power supply from HK for less than 40 bucks.
http://www.overdriverc.com/proddetail.php?prod=HRC44151-Hitec-X4-Four-Channel-Multicharger&cat=49
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=9205

[MORIDE]

I have 2 of these and no problems so far! Cheap AC/DC and easy to use.

http://www.hobbypartz.com/skychb6chdup.html

[Himalaya]

PowerLab8(after being replaced by FMA) and Hyperion 0720

[raptor347]

Hyperion Duo. Going on 5 years. I have 3 of them. Would love to have the latest version, but can't really justify it. The old ones still work great.

[jcald2000]

FMA PL 8, amazing charger!!

[pyroM!KE]

Guys I got me a new charger today...I went in wanting the Hyperion duo3..Instead I got the Team Orion Twin Spec charger..Its like 2 chargers in 1..It has 15 memory programming for each pack, 20a charge rate for each pack,10a discharge rate on each pack, and I got it from my LHS for 190$ !!!!!!!!! Seems this is a better deal than the Hyperion...

I must say..Im very impressed with it so far...:thumbup1:

[Himalaya]

Guys I got me a new charger today...I went in wanting the Hyperion duo3..Instead I got the Team Orion Twin Spec charger..Its like 2 chargers in 1..It has 15 memory programming for each pack, 20a charge rate for each pack,10a discharge rate on each pack, and I got it from my LHS for 190$ !!!!!!!!! Seems this is a better deal than the Hyperion...

I must say..Im very impressed with it so far...:thumbup1:

Congrats and what's its max power? 20A into two 6S packs like the SDUO?

[pyroM!KE]

Congrats and what's its max power? 20A into two 6S packs like the SDUO?

20a into each pack...20 on one side and 20 on the other..I like having the discharge feature..In case something happens and I charge all my packs I can discharge them down to storage volts..A 10a disch rate at that! Normally their 240$ but I know the owner and I got it for 190$..For real..I like it..Its a nice and heavy charger too..That makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside..