That sounds good. I'm sending the Hyperion back. :( the good news is, i'll be gettign the 989. i hope this helps my issues!

Too bad the lipo has got a 1.25C charge/discharge maxximum.

I hear you on the discharge limit for lipo, but I don't really use that feature. (Thats what my truck is for.:005: )

On the 1.25c lipo charge limit, I don't really plan on pushing my packs harder than that in the charger anyway. Lipos are expensive. No reason to shorten the life by charging at a higher than recomended rate. Under an hour for a fully charged 8000mah 5s pack is good for me. I am used to a 3A (MRC977) limit and 2.5 hour charge times.

I use mostly 8000mah packs, so the 10A becomes the limit for me anyway.

Like any product, there are thing that you wish you could change. But, all in all.... This is pretty decent for the $$$. I paid $169 and it comes with a power supply. The big wish that I have is that it MRC had a balancer that could communicate with the 989 like the TP1010 does.

Oh yea... One more cool thing I didn't know when I bought it. It comes with a temp probe and you can program a battery temp cut off as well. Most others that have temp sensing capability have it as an additional cost.

Yeah, the discharging isn't a concern indeed.

Indeed, the 8000's are already taking the maxx of the charger.

I,ve reserved a Schulze charger with 6s Evo20 and two V-Balance systems( claimed to be the most advanced balancer in the market).

The Hyperion EOS 7i comes with that feature and the probe. But it's only for Nimh packs.

Well, couldn't you cheat and just "say" the lipo pack you are hooking up is a higher capacity? Then, 1.25C would be a higher value...

Captain: That balancer looks an awful lot like the LBA6/10. The color and case is different, but the LEDs and switch look like they are in the same spot. The LBA10 can do 6s, 10A, and can network to another LBA10 for up to 12s balancing.

that was what i thinking later too Brian.

My charger can also be set to the capacity of the cells.

I wish i would have gotten the LBA10, but at the time, i didn't see it on the site :(, my lba6 does the job though.

can't have it all, you know..

Actually, I ordered the LBA6 (not from Maxamps), but they turned out to be out of stock so I got the LBA10 instead. I thought that was pretty sweet. Kinda makes me think Hyperion will be coming out with a 6s charger soon if not already. There's nothing wrong with the LBA6 - they're basically the same thing except for the current, the networking ability for up to 12s packs, and a feedback cable to tell the charger what each cells' voltage is. Well, I won't ever be going beyong 5s that I can see so the networking thing is useless to me, and the 7i doesn't have that feedback input so it's not doing any good for me either. So, really, the only advantage is the 10A capability, but I can only use that on discharge (using a load, not the charger) since the charger is limited to 7A. That said, the LBA6 is prefectly fine, especially once you do that high current mod.

Well you can rene. It just takes alot of money. :D
I may see about getting me one of these. It seems to be pretty good.

Well, there is alot in common between the V-Balance and the Hyperion LBA6.
I've just noticed that lately.

They have the same ratings?

I'm thinking that using that networking feature might be a really handy feature for us dual pack monster truck guys. Could you network 2 LBA10s and just plug one into the 3s pack and the other into the 2 s pack. That would allow you to be able to safely charge in series without having to make a hokey looking adapter for the series to the deans plugs and the adapter to the balancing taps. Now you could easily charge/balance any 2s+2s or 2s+3s or 3s+3s pack configuration and not worry that you didn't hook it up right.

Hmmm. Now you guys got me thinking.

I'm sure that would work. They are just trying to make it as safe as they can. There is always a way to get around the system.