Field Chargers..
 

Hey everyone,
I am wantintg to get a field charger. I want to spend under 50 bucks but if needed will go to 60, and i also would like to be able to plug in 2 batteries at a time. This will be for reciever and transmitter packs, but mainly reciever. I like the hobbico DC peak. Any opinions? Also, suggest some more for me.
-chad

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The Hobbico Quick Charger MKII has gotten a lot of good reviews. I have one but haven't had a chance to try it out yet. It is about $45.

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I have had a H9 Double Vision Field Charger for about 3 years now. You can charge Rx, Tx and glow driver all at the same time and I think it is slightly over $50. Atleast that is what I paid. Hobbico makes a charger also that will do two batteries at once also.

http://www.slopeflyer.com/artman/pub..._charger.shtml

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that is sounding real nice... I will have to save up

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I second that, I've got one mounted on my field box and it has served me well for years.

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The H9 i didn't see before i posted. Does it plug into a 12V or the wall?

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all field chargers run off of 12 V. The H9 is no exception.

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i think i like2 this one
http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXL311&P=0

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Chad,
That's an ok charger, but it is very limited. Here are the tech notes from Tower Hobbies
As it says, it's only for NiCad packs and won't charge NiMH's or LiPo batteries. That might not matter to you right now, but before too long you're going to want to start getting better battery performance and better batteries and this charger won't charge them

[link]http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXCTZ5&P=[/link]
This might be a better choice for you. It's a little more expensive but the extra would be well worth it in the long run.
This unit can charge all 3 types of batteries.

I'm not trying to say that you can't get the first unit. But I've seen a lot of people in your situation where they buy something like that to save a few bucks, and then regret it when it can't do what they want it to down the road. Then it end up costing more when the have to buy another one to do what the first one can't. With the way you're going in this hobby you're going to want better batteries so you can fly longer. It's not going to take you very long to outgrow the standard NiCad packs that come with your radios.

Hope this helps

Ken

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ken,
Thanks i will switch to that one.

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RCKen is correct and the 2nd tower charger is much better than the first tower charger, except you can't charge a glow driver on either which is important to me, but the double vision can't do Li-polys. So it is a trade off. I have a Triton also which is an awesome product that I use for my Li-poly's, Li-ion, NiCd, NiMH and Lead acid batteries. You will more than like have more than one charger eventually as most pilots do, so I would still say have something that would be able to charge a glow driver eventually. I like to be self sufficient and have most things at the field myself that I need as far as charging.

Good luck Chad with the decision.

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I have been using the MKII for a year now on LiPos and NiMh extensively and like it very much. BTW I bought it under the recomendation of the guy who owns NoBs batteries. He didn't sell it, just recomended it when I asked him the same question.;)

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Personally this is the one I use. It does all types of batts plus has a ten batt memory. It has peak charge, discharge and cycle options and is fully configurable. It does take a little getting used to but it is sweet. Oh yea it will do both 12V and 120V. You do have to purchase the charging cables seperately.

The only problem for me with it is that I like it so much that I want to use it on all my planes but I can only to 1 gas powered plane at a time of 2 glow powered planes. Now if it could only to 5 batts at a time. [X(][X(]

It is expensive but works well

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...&I=LXEYD4&P=ML

The one Ken suggested is the baby brother to the one I list and every bit as good. :D