I bought the MRC Super Brain 989. It's an amazingly flexible charger that can handle NiCd, NiMH, LiPo and 12v gel cel. It can charge a single NiMH cell in a glow ignitor, or charge an 8S LiPo pack at up to 10A.

The auto-cycling is terrific for receiver and transmitter packs; you can program the charger to cycle the battery multiple times, and when completed it will give you the average discharge capacity for all of the cycles.

One reason I picked the Super Brain 989 over the Triton II/Triton JR is the 989 comes with a 10A AC power supply so you can use it on the bench or out at the field. The power supply is external and can stay home if you're going to run the charger off your field box battery or car battery.

For charging balanced LiPos, I simply add my GP Electrifly Equinox balancer to it. The Equinox can balance 2S to 5S LiPo cells and works well not only with my Electrifly batteries, but also with the balanced packs I bought from United Hobbies.

The problem with buying a charger with a built in balance jack is that not all battery manufacturers use the same interface for balance connectors. You're either going to have to use an external balancer anyway, or be prepared to buy a lot of chargers unless you want to stick to only one brand of battery.

There are lots of good chargers out there. The Accu Cycle Elite and Triton II/Triton Jr are all good choices. You'd have to add the Equinox balancer to any of those as well (or whatever balancer type would go with your particular batteries).

Good luck and good shopping!