I am dealing with the same questions on which charger. I have a Hobbico field charger now and it is great but I would like to buy a charger that cycles. I was looking at
http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...idProduct=6408 and read some good things about it in the chargers forums. It is ~$130 shipped. Seems pretty good as it covers pretty much all batteries including A123's and 1-6 cell lipo's. It is AC/DC input and includes balancer also which is usually another $20-30 for others. Anyone with experience with it?