Yes Matt, I have read the manual. Several times. I downloaded it from the MRC site a while ago so I could decide which charger I wanted. This gave me plenty of time to study it. Much more time than someone just glancing at it in a hobby shop. If you think about how these batteries are used, as power for motors rather than receivers, you would realize that MOST of they time they will be in a discharged state before they are recharged.

The problem of a lack of information given by hobby shops to people who are new to lipos is not a problem with the charger, it's a problem with the hobby shop. It seems you have misplaced blame.

This may not have been the original topic of this thread. Someone suggested that an advantage the 969 has over the 959 is that it would charge lithium. That was a good addition because it helps people think about what they might do in the future. You jumped in and contradicted that statement. Now you've got yourself all worked up because people disagree with you.