Well, a buddy of mine (for those of you familiar, it's the same guy as is trying to sell me the JR Venture 30) recently (yesterday) ordered up a REX 600 and was getting himself all educated on Li-Po this morning. I'm sure by this phase we're all fairy aware that Lithium-Polymer is flammable and capable of starting some nasty fires that are a bugger to put out. Anyhow, he came across this site: http://www.utahflyers.org/ which contains some very interesting videos on these batteries catching fire. Here's my question(s):

How do you charge your batteries? Do you set them in an ammo box? Cynder block? Wood countertop? Just beneath your wife's origami collection and numerous dried out plants? I would love to get the opinion of everyone who reads this!

Secondly, have you or someone you know (a story you've confirmed) ever had a Li-Poly fire under normal circumstances, e.g. you were doing everything right (not charging too fast, over-discharging, random oops, etc.) and the bugger caught fire?

I think it would be good for us all to have a real-world reference for just how dangerous these batteries are or aren't.

On that note: I've never had any issues with normal use. I do have one battery where something is apparently wrong (one part is visibly goofy and I only get 4 minutes of flight time vs. my normal 15), but I think it must have been dropped or something...

Thanks, guys!
- Chaz