Pros and Cons

[jhautz]

Originally Posted by GorillaMaxx360

is this true guys because that would take for ever to charge two lipos.

Yes its true. The 977 is a great charger for smaller packs, but it does top out at 2.5amps on a 3s lipo and 3 Amps on a 2s. Not exactly ideal for an 8000mah battery.

IMO the 989 is a much better chioce. Make yourself a y harness and charge your packs in series up to 4s or 5s or 6s in series. It even still has a limit of 7.1amps on 4s and 5.7amps on 5s.

You need to start getting into a much higher end charger to charge faster on large pack configuration like that though. The 989 is a great do it all charger. It will charge any battery you have (except a123).

I also really like the Extrema charger ($190-$200). But you need a separate power supply for the that. But it will do 5s at 7.5A if you have a 25A power supply or car battery to hook it up to.

Check out Brians Charger tool. It show you what you can expect from a charger. http://scriptasylum.com/rc_speed/_charger.html