My recommendation is to buy a decent charger that will also see you good for the future. In my opinion 5A chargers are the low end of the range, 10A mid range and 15A - 20A are top of the range. It is also good to use a 12v power supply as some of the new high current chargers will drain a leisure battery in no time at all. As battery capacities increase you will need higher current just to be able to charge them in one hour at their minimum charge rate of 1C. Many years ago (2001 I think) I bought a high end charger the Schulze Chameleon ISL6-330 and until last year it was fine but now I need to be able to charge at higher rates so I have gone for a Hyperion DUO3 0615i and can charge two packs (up to 6S Lipo in series) at the same time at up to 15A. I hope will last as long as my Schulze charger has.
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