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Old 05-23-2009 | 01:53 PM
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Old 05-23-2009 | 03:10 PM
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Competitive with other similar chargers out there. Only 80watts output power so you will not be able to use full 10a charge rates for higher cell count lipos, will still get the job done, just will take longer. This is an improvement over a 50watt charger, but still way short of something like a Hyperion 0610iNet charger that is 250watts for $150 ($20 more), but the significance of this depends on what lipos you're actually using.

If charging quality lipos, the “feedback charge/balancing” is not that big of a deal.
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Old 05-23-2009 | 07:59 PM
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Competitive with other similar chargers out there. Only 80watts output power so you will not be able to use full 10a charge rates for higher cell count lipos, will still get the job done, just will take longer. This is an improvement over a 50watt charger, but still way short of something like a Hyperion 0610iNet charger that is 250watts for $150 ($20 more), but the significance of this depends on what lipos you're actually using.

If charging quality lipos, the “feedback charge/balancing” is not that big of a deal.
+1 for me, I bought mine back in Janurary, & I LOVE it, does everything I need & does it very well. I'd reccomend it to anyone....
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Old 05-23-2009 | 08:26 PM
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IMO, its a great lil charger. I really enjoy mine. Easy to use, and gets the job done. The only drawback like Duster_360 said is the 80w power output. But if your charging lower cell lipos, its fine. Im thinking about possibly running two 610c's off one power supply, to charge my 2s lipos at once. Right now it takes about 2 hours to do both packs individually (charging at 1C).
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Old 05-24-2009 | 09:56 AM
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I have one. It was my first lipo charger. It does everything it is suppose to do. I find it every easy to navigate through. It was sort of a local impulse buy because someone had it. After, I started doing my own research and picked up a Thunder T6. This charger is half the price of my 610c. Needless to say, I don't even use my 610c anymore. I use it as second charger though when I need more packs charged faster.

I have low end chargers and batteries and I have better than average end batteries and chargers. I don't have the current top of the line batteries and chargers. But from what I have and seen, there is no difference. In my application of 2s on road 17.5 racing, this cheap stuff works just as great as the better stuff.

IMO pass on this charger. You can spend a little more money to get a lot better charger or you can spend half the money and get a charger that does everything this one does.

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Old 05-24-2009 | 03:12 PM
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I like the higher amp rating on the ThunderPower charger. My other consideration is the CheckPoint one
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Old 05-24-2009 | 04:28 PM
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Its good, it has a personality though, and when you figure it out, it has a lot of different features. I like it, but at the same time it occasionally annoys me. Would I buy another, hmm, if there was another charger that does all the same at a close price, probably not
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