Really whether I was going to install balancer taps was going to be dependant on the charger. If I go with a low C rated charger I wouldn't use taps as the emoli cells seem to balance themselves out well at low charge rates.

I like the TP-1010C, but its kinda high price for me ($260/$300 with balancer) for a charger that only charges lipo and lion. Since I race mod 10th scale and 10th scale rally as well I would like a charger that could do both lipo/lion and nicd/nimh. I sold my CE turbo 35 last year after I stopped racing but now that I'm getting back into it I'd like a charger with some of the nicer features like the turbo 35 that could also charge 5 cell lipo at a decent rate if one exists. I just havn't been in the market for a charger in a long time and don't really have too much time to do the research about what is around.

If I could find a competition level charger that could do both nicd/nimh and lipo/lion I would be willing to pay more than $200 as thats what I got for my used turbo 35 alone. I just don't know whats out there.

Thanks,
Pat