I would definately go with the RC10 or a losi xxxt over a rustler cause like he said, rustler is a toy. If you don't want to breakthe piggy bank, use a Duratraxx Intellipeak charger. Hobby town will have one for about 60 bucks that is AC/DC and has agood peak detection. I use one for my receiver and transmitter packs and it works great. A good battery would be the peak performance maxx pack. it is a 2400 pack pair, they are not matched batteries but for the pair it is only 39.99 from tower and hobby town will be close to that. And I have only shopped from hobby town once but their prices are very reasonable. They can't compete with my LHS but he is a racer that sells parts to us basically so that is why. Hope this helps.