Recommend A Charger For Under £50

[Percymon]

I had an Ansmann ACX1 charger on order, but cancelled it when a supplier sent me 5000mah stick packs over the 3800 I'd ordered ( the acx1 being limited to 3800mah)

So looking round the options seem to be

Ansmann vbase deluxe

IMAX B6 (£80 retailers, £40 max on eBay)

Turnigy accucel6 - similar to IMAX but with cooling fan.

All I need initially is a fast mains charger to cope with stick packs from 1800 to 5000mah.

I've read some concerns over accuracy of the IMAX, should I stay clear ?

I'm probably not going to bother with lipos as most of our use will be garden or playing fields.

[tamiya monkey]

I have had an imax b6 and now have a b8, bought both from ebay and really cheaply and can say ive never had any issues with them, although you will need to make sure you get a psu, these look ok for what they cost if your sticking with nimh/nicad's, ac and dc input so you can use at home or in the car clicky upto 5amp charge rate so would suite your new packs, i have one of there psu's and find it a great unit, or go for a b6 or b8 off ebay and get one of these, much better than the tiny little 5amp psu that comes with the b6/b8 sometimes. try searching for Titan B6 on ebay, can be had for less than £20 and would do everything you need for some time, the price of b8's has gone up almost double from when i last bought mine.

[Percymon]

Thanks for the titan suggestion - Hong Kong supply only by the looks of it, with elivery typically 2 weeks and the potential for import duty and taxes. Will avoid that one i think.

I'd rather not have a multitude of boxes, and whilst the modelsport power supply is no doubt great quality i'm in danger of my garage looking like a science lab !

I can get the Turnigy Accucel6 with a 'laptop' style power pack supplied within the UK, but i might just go the safe route of the Ansmann xbase from GoldStarStockists since its on offer at £42

[igbandy]

http://www.tantronics.co.uk/acatalog/Overl...Discharger.html

overlander rc6s, I use one and its a fine charger.

[tamiya monkey]

Ive never been charged import tax or customs charges from hong kong or china, america for sure, and i dont find waiting a week or so bad compaired to the savings being made, you can spend that extra cash on something for your car

[Percymon]

Thanks for the recommendations.

Looked at the imax B6 from a uk supplier and a power adaptor from HK - all told about £35 assuming no taxes. Found a Imax B6 AC with direct mains connection too, but HK supply only.

In the end bottled it and went with the safe UK supply option of the Ansmann xbase @ £42 - small single unit, mains connection and easy enough for me and the youngster to use (for NiMH), and i should have it within a week even allowing for the snow.

[94eg!]

Thunder AC6 AC/DC 100-240v 5amp balance charger. It comes with lots of stuff and only cost $55(us). Buy it at Hobbypartz.com. Mine's been working great for about a year now. Can't beat that deal.

http://www.hobbypartz.com/thac6smbachw.html

[SpZero]

Ive never been charged import tax or customs charges from hong kong or china, america for sure, and i dont find waiting a week or so bad compaired to the savings being made, you can spend that extra cash on something for your car

I think there's something in that like the will start a war if we cripple there economy by charging import fee's,

[Percymon]

xBase deluxe arrived yesterday, tried it out this morning with old nicad 1400 and a new NiMH 5000 stick pack. Amazed how small it is in the flesh and extremely easy to use, no even looked at the manual lol!

Highly recommended