I've heard the horror stories as well. Call me crazy, stupid or dumb take your choice. I've been charging my Lipos in my helicopter in the house by my 52" HDTV for over a year now and have had not one issue. I guess key is, if you buy and use subpar lipos and chargers be very careful. I only buy and use quality lipo batteries, charger and a balancer (Thunder Power).

It's one of those things you get exactly what you pay for and a little more (Headaches and repair costs). You make a $500+ investment and skim on the batteries. That's just not sound thinking, when the batteries actually powers everything in the $500+ investment.

Go figure. My 12 cents worth.