MRC superbrain 989

[saleens7]

is the mrc superbrain 989 a good reliable charger? does it compare to the triton 2? i just saw a review on it and although its expensive compared to other chargers, it comes with its own power source..i didnt know this, i thought it was that much for just the charger.....this will save me a lot of cash and it will handle up to 24 cells....is it worth getting or should i stick with the triton?

[SweetZ28]

I have a 977 and a 959 both are very good chargers the 989 is supposibly a very good charger.

[part time]

i had 4 superbrain chargers the 959 and the 969 and i had problems with both models. every thing from falsepeaking to the charger getting so hot that they burned up. i have now used the same astro flight 110d for 2+ years with zero problems.

[saleens7]

hmm....i guess i should stick with the titan than....i would have gotten the astroflight, but i need a charger that can charger lipo's too....

[SweetZ28]

How could it false peak? Do you set the mv setting correctly for your battery.... if you got older batteries or new ones the MV setting will have to be set differently... also when your packs start to get old they do false peak and there for you will need to use a higher MV setting

[part time]

i tried every peak threshhold settings on the 969 and it would still false peak half the time. after tower hobbies sent me a new one i sold it and bought the astro flight. the same batts with the astro never falsed peaked. also saleens there is an adapter that cost about 40 bucks to allow u to carge lipo with any peak charger.

[hammertime]

guys at my lhs say they have a lot of problems with the super brain...... also they told me if im using lipos and nimh use 2 different chargers.... they say its better to acctually have a lipo charger not one that does both.....dont know if its true but thats what i know from them

[SweetZ28]

989 review

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/announcement.asp?id=263

[Steven Vaccaro]

I sell a bunch of 977's its a great nimh charger for the money. I dont see another charger that charges 2 packs out there, that does it as well. I would not charge lipo with it. Not because it cant but because I rather see a lipo charged with a charger thats built specifically to charge lipo.

[saleens7]

i read the review...it seems that he only used it for 6 cells....id be using 24....i guess ill just go with the triton....

[hammertime]

yea thats what i thought

[Jeepers]

I used a brain 977 for about a year now I have had ZERO problems with it no false peaks at all and no over heating problems, I have used it to charge my heli copter lipoly batteries and a couple of lipos for my boats no problems, i used it at my race today charged 12 packs today in six hours of racing, still in one piece!!:)

[saleens7]

too late, i already got the triton....oh well....ive been hearing more bad than good about these chargers in this thread, so i just went with the triton

[SweetZ28]

Hey Part Time i was wondering what types of batteries you charged up with your MRC's? what brand how much MAH?