Lipos & chargers soon to be purchased – advice please!

[DomRC]

I’m shopping for a suitable lipo and charger to restart my club racing career….the batteries will be for a 2wd buggy (TBC which one!) and 7.5t motor. Searching through the threads it looks like a couple of stick packs between 3200 and 3800 and 25C upwards should be about right.. or could I get away with just one 5000mah and top it up?

As for chargers, I need a 12v/240v with balancer, but don’t want to fork out for a BC6… others from lrp, sigma etc seem to fit the bill, but why are they so much cheaper than the BC6 (just over half price?). Is it charging speed? If so what’s the difference time wise?

Cheers