I have also needed to replace my charger. Original Pulsar started overcooking my cells even on a 3mV delta peak. Pretty good for 5 years old tho.
For value for money, I got a Duratrax ICE (Stay away from the Checkpoint version, although better specced it goes poof when discharger is used according to many users at RCtech).
I have set profiles for part charging my cells for storage, which I think is quite handy. Also motor run in. It has a 10 amp discharger, but I like it a lot more than many as it gives you a resistance measurement as well. Although it won't give you a truer race time estimate (like a 30amp discharger), you can use the discharger/cycler to compare your packs in terms of voltage, runtime and resistance.
I also have the temp sensor on the way, which you need for Lipo. I can't comment for lipo, but I know it will do 1C (so 4.4A on a 4400mah Lipo I believe), and then switches to constant voltage charging at a certain point.
Only negatives are no backlight (if you race in the dark lol), and when the power is unplugged it just switches off and resets.
Good value at $120 USD or thereabouts.
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