Super Brain 989 Thoughts and Opinions

[neweuser]

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.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by neweuser

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.

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.

[MetalMan]

Originally Posted by BrianG

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.

I've read elsewhere that Hyperion is working on some new chargers that will work with the LBA10's communication port and will charge at higher cells counts. I couldn't tell you anything else, as to my knowledge those details haven't been disclosed.