Imax B6 Charger

[T. Smith]

I am looking at getting a new, cheap, but up to date charger, but seem to be walking through a bit of a minefield. The Imax B6 seems to be plastered all over Ebay at the moment and can be had for less than £30.00 with leads and mains adapter. It looks like it can do everything, charge, discharge, balance, NiCd, NiMH, LiFe, and LiPo - too good to be true at the price?

I don't run my cars much theses days, I still use my old Ripmax Pro Peak charger for NiCads, and all my sticks are NiCads of varying ages and milliamp ratings. If I get the B6, I might be tempted to go LiPo, but would like some honest opinions about the charger from anyone that has one, or anyone who can judge it by specs alone. Like I say, I'm not looking for an expensive unit due to limited use and the fact that I only have NiCads.

Any help appreciated. Thanks.

Edit: again, apologies for the oversized writing. The forum doesn't seem to want to play ball on that.

[smegs]

I would check from reviews on youtube. Im getting a http://www.hobbypartz.com/thac6smbachw.html . Thunder A6 whichs has videos and customer reviews.

Im ordering my lipo batteries from hobbyking. Got 2 batteries for $25.00 includes shipping.

[T. Smith]

Thanks Smegs. That looks the same as the B6, just with a different shell. I've noticed a lot of B6 clones when browsing. They all seem to have a similar screen, four buttons, inbuilt balance sockets, and the ability to do everything. But at the moment, the B6 wins on price.

[berman]

I had an Imax B6AC once and it blew up, I contacted the seller (who wouldn't have a bar of it) and then contacted SKYRC in China who make them, seems I was sold an older model that was prone to packing it in (lots of info on the internet about this) and neither the seller or company would reimburse me. But apparently the new ones are fine and loads of people use them and are having good runs with them. I personally wouldn't buy another soley becuase of the way I was treated by the seller and company, nothing to do with the new charger.

I have a 'clone' now. (only problems are the generic power cable packed up and the unit interferes with my TV). I have a feeling the circuit board is mass produced or the patents on-sold to all and sundry. like you say, all are very similar apart from the outer casing and layout. They are all four button twin line screens with the same programs with just the introduction names changed.

I would just say find one that's AC/DC, cheap and/or comes with a warranty of sorts.