A buddy told me about a new charger he bought thats supposed to be better than the Triton. The model is an Hyperion EOS 5i AC/DC. You can check it out here. Any comments?!? http://www.zebrahobby.ca/cgi-bin/cp-...chargerLithium[8D]

There are a couple of chargers that have more features than the TritionII and Triton.

For example, any one that comes complete to work from DC and AC like that one you mention.

You ought to take a look at the Accu-Cycle Elite while you're looking at chargers. It will do two different batteries at once. And the readout screen shows them both. And it'll work all those batteries in your list (most today will). And it's only $20 more from Tower than the one you mention.

When I come home from flying, I plug my TX AND the airplane into the Accu-Cycle Elite and go to supper. After supper, both are at full charge and are on trickle charge. I can leave 'em or not. The readouts for the two batteries give me an excellent check of how those 2 batteries are doing. I remember how much I used the TX and how long I flew the plane and right away have an idea of how things are working inside those batteries. I've found two RX batteries in the last year that were in need of help. One was trashed, the other responded to cycling a couple of times. It still was put into a less expensive airplane.

It's not hard to find better chargers.

There are definitely lots of choices out there. [8D]

So you look for the most value for the least money. When there isn't one that has both, you look ofr the most features you can afford.

For $135, it's hard to beat the Accu-Cycle Elite's ability to do everything, everywhere, and do it on two at once.

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXEYD4&P=ML

And it depends on what you want out of the charger as well.
The Accu-Cyle Elite as Da Rock points out is without a doubt a great charger for us Nitro guys that have Nicad or NiMH battery packs. It does fall a bit short in the Lipo catagory.
I do have an Accu-Cycle myself and use it regularly but I also have an E-Station charger that balance charges up to 5 cell lipo (Accu-cycle will not balance charge, it requires a seperate balancer) along with that it will charge NiCad, NiMH and my gell cell field box battery.
Its drawbacks are it will only charge one battery at a time and runs only on DC. I use a power supply at home. It does make a great field charger.
http://www.bantam301.20m.com/BC-5.htm
OH PS; as for Hyperion. I am not familiar with thier chargers but have used thier LiteStorm lipo batteries and am very happy with them.

OK, I am biased because I sell Hyperion, but I do like the EOS5i AC/DC charger. It is what I use and I like it because I don't need a power supply and it is very easy to use. We also carry the Bantam BC6, which also has the AC/DC feature, but has an integrated balancer. It is more expensive than the Hyperion, but with Hyperion you still need the balancer, so they are very close in price considering that fact.

Chris

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