[jhautz]

I have had the 989 for a bout 2 weeks now. Got it at my LHS. I have actually been waiting for this to come out.

So far so good. I can charge my 3s+2s(5s) 8000mah packs no problem at 8A using a series Y adapter. Its simple to use and pretty dummy proof. You dont even need the instructions (but I recomend reading and understanding anyway). Basically you select battery type(lipo,NiCD,NiMH,LeadAcid), battery capacity(mah), Cell count, Charge Rate(A) and hit start. Super simple. I tryed setting it for the wrong cell count just to see if it was smart enough and it gave me an out of voltage error and told me to check the cell count.

I gotta say, so far I really like it. Huge improvement from the 977 I was using.

It comes with a nice compact 10A powers supply that seems to work great, but I have been useing it on my bench power supply or a car battery in the field.

So far the most user friendlt charger I have tryed that can charge just about any battery.