all you need is a charger that charges 1-2 lipo cells from .1a- like 6a charge rate. what he said is fine, it does more than you need for only 55$, alot of people use the duratrax ice charger, but you need a separate power supply. you dont really need a balancer if you buy quality cells. if you buy from epic/trinity,smc,orion,thunder power, ect you dont really need a balancer because the cells rarely come out of balance, like my orion cells get balanced like every 2 months. most people just borrow mine because instead of spending 30-40$ on something theyre going to use very litte, it makes sense just to use mine. if you have access to another, its nice.