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Dagger Thrasher
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02.17.2009, 06:47 AM

As a word of warning, I'd suggest staying away from the cheapo, generic chargers on HobbyCity...basically anything that isn't Bantam there. A lot of those come out of the same factory, and many are poorly-made rip-offs of other chargers. I bought a cheap charger from there about 2 years ago (not knowing any better), and one day, whilst on a normal charge, it let out a puff of smoke and died.
Two of my friends also bought "Imax" B6 chargers from there more recently. On one of them, the charge output leads actually came unsoldered internally and shorted out ...and other cases of the same kind of thing happening have been reported. Luckily he was "only" charging NiMH, and was able to disconnect the pack before anything too bad happened. Most of them also use inferior-quality components - like resistors - so they usually don't balance very accurately, either.

Don't get me wrong, HobbyCity is great for many things, but I'd suggest steering clear of their re-branded chargers. Maybe they've improved quality since, but there's a reason why they're so cheap. It's not worth taking the risk with a LiPo IMO. Sorry Unsullied_Spy, I'm not trying to rain on your parade...

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