tIANci,

I haven't used Rino batteries. I have used Turnigy and been less than happy with them. My favorites are Zippy Flightmax for cheap batteries and Thunder Power for high quality batteries. Though, to be honest, I haven't seen much of a difference. If you are bloating batteries one of a couple of things could be happening. You may be drawing more current than they can handle. You could be running them too far down or you could have a cell that isn't balanced with the others. Other than that, maybe try a higher C rating in the same brand.

I don't think you need 2 chargers... at least not in the beginning. I have a new FMA Powerlab 8 (... that I haven't yet used) that can charge both packs at once and at very high current rates. You can have your batteries charged in 15 minutes or less if your batteries are up to that.

Is choosing electric power or glow a personal choice? Of course it is. But these days you see more and more people making the personal choice to go electric. They aren't doing that for no reason. Not so many years ago these very same people laughed at electric powered planes. Something must have happened to change their minds.<br type="_moz"/>