Hi, I am getting back into RC after a 15 year hiatus and would like to see if anyone can explain what are the most important aspects to look for in a charger. I have one 2S 5300 maH 70C lipo battery and plan to do some racing.

I was looking for an ac/dc charger, hopefully less than 100 but flexible on the price. I noticed that many chargers are DC and require power supply. Is there a big advantage to these? AC/DC seems more convenient. But do you need a charger with a power supply to do a discharge? If there are more advantages to DC perhaps I will go that route but looking for insight from other more experienced people.

I saw these two, they are cheaper but I figure I can upgrade later when I get more into it and just get something simple for now that gets me to the track

The ones I was looking at was the Reedy 423-S and the Turnigy Reaktor 300W 20A AC/DC synchronous balance charger

Thanks for any comments.