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Originally Posted by Body Paint
You don't really need a fancy charger for charging Lipo, although a balancer is a very good idea.
A balancer will keep the packs in tip top condition and maintain ultimate performance for longer.
Trakpower V-balancer is very cost effective and does everything you need.
Likewise the Trakpower charger, very cost effective and does as much as you need it to. Only slight negative is that the charge amperage only increments in 0.5 amp steps but it's not really an issue.
I personally prefer to use a lipo only charger as there is no way of accidently charging your Lipos on Nimh settings, which would be very bad.
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craig if the trakpower balancer is used in line with a normal charger the balancer will terminate charge if the charger fails, hence why i allways recomend the balancer, its just an added saftey feature even on a lipo charger (please take this as pointing something out and not as negative!) i agree with your post
rob balancing is not essential but it (as has been said) keeps the cells in top condition, presume you still have nimh so to sell your lrp would prob leave you stuck with those cells then, try lipo, if you like then do the same a richard did. if you dont like them (doubtfull) then the balancer will sell on