Big B

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I would plan more like 3-5 weeks , seems like towers release and in stock dates are always a month or so off

AdrianM

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I have 2 Ice chargers they are awesome. I only wish they had the back light.

I charge my 6 cell sedan, 4 cell 1/12th, TX, Airplane RX, Heli Lipo's and even my cell phone once in a while with them.

squarehead

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It's officially in stock and shipping from Tower Hobbies!

http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXPYT8&P=7





Whooo hooo! Finally!

wyd

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ApexSpeed did you get your new charger yet? I have 2 on order from my shop. Actually one is already in and I have a 2nd one coming in this week.

Joel Lagace

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RED its the new Purple!

I think its the best looking small charger on the market... is that a feature??

ICE,APS,MUCHMORE.... this one looks the best..

squarehead

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Mine was shipped Thursday, so it should be here tomorrow. I can't wait. The reduction in the size and amount of all of the crap I need to carry to the track is going DOWN!




doug

wyd

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Yeah that is one thing for sure............they are a nice small size.

squarehead

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The new charger came in today, and it's pretty. Essentially the ICE in Checkpoint colors. I'll have more time to play with it after work tonight, but it is nice.



Now I need to figure out something to stack two of these over my power supply.

wyd

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Cool. One of mine is in and the other will be here Thursday. If they do what they are advertised at they will be one awesome little do it all charger. Look forward to getting mine one tommorrow.

RCMits

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i'll presume it'll have the same "small" annoyances the ICE had (wheel dial spins too fast or is not as -accurate-) but with more features and a "lit" screen.

nice.... they need to give longer charge cords, the stock ones are a bit short for my liking.

hehe... nothing a foot of wire and plug ends can't handle.

wyd

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Picked up one of my new chargers today. Had enough time to at least hook it up to a power supply. Wow it was nice having the back lighting. Very nice charger for the money. Will be trying it out tonight when I get home to run my lathe and try out a few other things.

squarehead

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It's very nice, and very easy to use.

The backlight is nice, and yes, the dial isn't tremendously accurate, but at half the price of a GFX, I'll take two. The provided leads are really short, just like the ICE. Everything else is very similar, right down to the packaging and instructions.

I do like the NiMh cycle feature, on top of all of the other user-friendly features. That will make taking care of my remaining 4200 packs much less aggravation.

Nice and small footprint like the ICE and the added capabilities of this charger will make it my mainstay charger for a long time.




Good deal.

hierog

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if they made it in blue, i'd be all over it!

RCMits

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rattle can it!! ;-) or get someone to re-anodize, and get someone to make a new faceplate... it CAN be done! ;-)

Nexus Racing

I've been playing with this charger a little tonight...pretty nice. As far as I can tell, there are these differences from the ICE (other than color):

-Capable of charging Lipo @ 2C without lying about the capacity - allows you to set the charging rate and capacity separately up to 2C (nice feature if you have Orion LiPo )
-10A max charging rate instead of 8A
-20A and 30A pulse discharge feature
-up to 20A constant motor break-in (instead of up to 10A)
-4 step break-in for motors
-lower peak sensitivity
-backlight

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think any of these features were on the ICE. Seems like a nice upgrade.