Better is a matter of perspective. For those of us with wives, girlfriends, and/or kids that go the Hitec is awesome. "You use the two on the left for your packs, let me do everything else on the right side." Just makes things simpler. My other half would never be able to manage more than one pack with the FMA, she's comfortable with the Hitec. I dragged $$$ chargers and power supplies back and forth to and from the track since the days of the original Turbocharger, and really the Hitec does just about everything I need now in one unit - my old power supply cost almost as much new as this charger, and that's long since been sold. Being the most capable or most technical option doesn't always make something the best option.

Yes, there are more expensive units out there... and chargers with more features... this is a bang for the buck situation, for us at least. I do still have a "better" Hyperion charger sitting here as a bench charger, which has been sitting untouched since I bought the Hitec.

The only disclaimer I have is that we ONLY run 2s lipo packs (and one 3s tx pack,) which is right in this chargers wheelhouse. If I ever ran higher cell count packs, I'd possibly go another route.