If you don't mind I would like to give some good advice on a battery charger.
No matter what your budget, no matter what types of batteries that you initially buy, save your money until you can afford a good, high quality battery charger that can charge both lipo and nimh battery packs.
Intentionally I will not mention brands as to stay non bias in the post.
No matter what your intentions are today, eventually you will do one or the other. - You will get into rc, like the rest of us, and will eventually buy another truck, car, buggy ect... and there is a very good chance that you will eventually run something electric and in that electric buggy, truck, car, you will want a lipo battery.
Or secondly - you may eventually want to get out of rc (hopefully not) and you will sell your gear for something else.
By buying a crappy charger for today, you will either have to replace it when you decide to try electric or something else, and or when you try to resell it it will be difficult as many don't want to buy a used, crappy or cheap charger.
If you buy a very good battery charger it will last you numerous years, its versatility will allow you to charge high mah lipo batteries, and if and when you decide to sell it, you will be able to get back a good chunk of your money.
Good battery chargers are a good investment in the hobby.
Buy a cheap one, and replace it down the road, will cost you more money than just buying a higher quality battery charger once, to start with.
Just my .02 from personal experience.
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I agree 110% with what OG RC 10T said. I ended up making that exact mistake (buying a cheap charger) only to have to sell it and buy a better one only a couple months later. I found this in the market place that would work for you...
Getting a decent charger can be confusing like mister e meats example , another is the Venom Pro charger/Losi Pro charger that is the same as the Turnigy 6s chargers . http://www.venom-group.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=VEN-0657
there are many factors too consider when choosing a charger , how many batteries do you want to charge at once , how big are the batteries you will be using , how many different kinds of batteries are you using ?
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Getting a decent charger can be confusing like mister e meats example , another is the Venom Pro charger/Losi Pro charger that is the same as the Turnigy 6s chargers . http://www.venom-group.com/itemdesc.asp?ic=VEN-0657
there are many factors too consider when choosing a charger , how many batteries do you want to charge at once , how big are the batteries you will be using , how many different kinds of batteries are you using ?
I intentionally did not post any examples for the exact reason that you posted yours.
Your looking two far into it.
As I stated before,
No matter what your budget, no matter what types of batteries that you initially buy, save your money until you can afford a good, high quality battery charger that can charge both lipo and nimh battery packs.
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Original RC 10T. Bl eRevo, Tekin RX8.
Welcome to the world of R/C. There are several things to consider when buying a new vehicle. I'm going to assume, you'll use this to bash around the yard, and terroize the dog. There are many truck that can serve this purpose. You'll want something that is easily maintainable, and has a slew of parts, and maybe even some aftermarket parts. The HPI Savage is a really good base. You can litterally ebay search Savage, and get thousands of results. So parts are as infinate as your bank account. You can purchase this truck in the Savage X configuration for around $350 new. Used, I've seen them for $150 (still looking good too.) IMO I would look for something that looks good, runs well, and easy to tune and setup. If the Savage isn't for you, then there's tons of other trucks. I would stay away from the "No Name" brand of truck, as the parts availability may not be in existence in a few years. Stuck with the major guys,...HPI, Associated, Traxxas,...Also stay away from the buggy conversion style trucks. These were the first attempts in creating the R/C Monstor truck, and there have been MAJOR updats since then. (TVP chassis...) Have fun!!
I used to own a old ofna monster pirate and that was the "buggy conversion" type of monster truck he is talking about. It ran like a friggin champ and I think the only things I ever broke was spur gears. Had the flat chassis and was really easy to work on.
Im still going to lean towards the LST. Any of the different variations are awesome. They are really easy to work on, and are extremely tough. Their stock motors are also very easy to tune and hold there tunes pretty nicely. I never much liked working on the savage with its TVP style chassis. I have shakey hands and cramped spaces are tough for me.
I had a nitro truck for my first monster and will never go back now that I have brushless.
I agree. My brushless LST will never be replaced by nitro. Im only on 4s and its plenty fun. Step up to my 6s pack and Ill spank whatever nitro you wanna toss my way.
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