RE: Balancer question
I'm not familiar with all the choices of chargers and balancers out there, I've only been flying about 6 months and since I don't use LiPo right now I'm not sure if this charger/cycler/balancer would do what you need, but I bought the TP-610C charger a little bit back and so far I have absolutely no complaint. It comes with the balance board that has pretty much all the plugs on it that I think anyone would need, can do Nimh/Nicd/Lipo and A123 batteries and can charge at a rate up to 10 Amps. The owner of my LHS has this charger in his shop and recommended it to me. Some have said it's a little pricey, but at $129 and change, it does everything I've needed it to do without any hiccups.
Hope this is of some help and good luck.
Paul