Going to buy the MCPX-BL

[tomatwalden]

I'm kinda lost which charger we're talking about now! I thought Shane was looking at the B6 !?! Which shows normal power terminals in the pics ?

[5hane]

I'm kinda lost which charger we're talking about now! I thought Shane was looking at the B6 !?! Which shows normal power terminals in the pics ?

Hi Tom. A second link posted took me to an available imax charger: here: http://goo.gl/ZA3uWn
BTW is something going on with the RC Hero site because I've been unable to view a single shared link or even get to the homepage?

[Peteski]

Careful you don't buy a fake one. Not saying those particular linked ebay ones are fake, but they might be. Lots of fake "branded" lipo chargers around, so do a bit of checking before buying anything off ebay, especially if the price looks amazing.

[james_2k]

I'm kinda lost which charger we're talking about now! I thought Shane was looking at the B6 !?! Which shows normal power terminals in the pics ?

It has the normal connector, but it comes with various leads, one of which is a jst.

Careful you don't buy a fake one. Not saying those particular linked ebay ones are fake, but they might be. Lots of fake "branded" lipo chargers around, so do a bit of checking before buying anything off ebay, especially if the price looks amazing.

i bought the cheapest one on eBay. Fake or not, worked great.

[5hane]

Careful you don't buy a fake one. Not saying those particular linked ebay ones are fake, but they might be. Lots of fake "branded" lipo chargers around, so do a bit of checking before buying anything off ebay, especially if the price looks amazing.

I literally don't know what to do now. So much helpful advice from friendly enthusiasts. I was almost on the verge but now what?
I feel kinda bad having asked for so much advise but still not taken the plunge.

[Peteski]

Yeah, fake stuff from China often does work fine, but often doesn't too. For the sake of literally a few quid I'd want a genuine one, especially a lipo charger. Then there's fake ac adaptors which have been known to kill on the odd occasion. Not trying to scaremonger, just pointing out that you don't always know what you're getting from ebay.

[james_2k]

Buy from someone who has sold a lot of the item and check their feedback. As I said, I bought the cheapest available ( used a power supply from an old pc) and it worked great.

how many people are running a kbar on this forum, loads. And that's basically a fake vbar. So many 'clones' (fakes with a different name) work fine. Same as yep escs.

But as I said, check feedback.

[Peteski]

I literally don't know what to do now. So much helpful advice from friendly enthusiasts. I was almost on the verge but now what?
I feel kinda bad having asked for so much advise but still not taken the plunge.

Just buy a branded charger from a reputable UK dealer. Plenty of discussion threads on here if you look in the relevant sub-forums.

[5hane]

What if go for the slightly more expensive one, here: hyh http://goo.gl/itE6DW ?
I will assume that's not a fake

In the item description it says:

"Free adapter Traxxas, Deans, EC3, Tamiya.Please state choice in 'message to seller' box. With an XT-60 connector as standard. Balance leads are JST-XH."

I don't know what all that means but though I'd mention it as you were talking about jst or something earlier.

[james_2k]

It's practically the same charger. Personally I'd get the cheaper one.

Jst-xh is the balance connector. The one I listed comes with a jst (rcy I think?) connector which will connect to the parallel cables I linked for your 1s batts.

jst rcy

[Peteski]

How about this:-
IMAX B6-AC Charger/Discharger 1-6 Cells (GENUINE) with UK plug (UK Warehouse)

The above is the genuine article, but they even sell a "fake" version too if you really want to penny pinch. There's a 6 page thread about the pros and cons of the fake version here.

IMAX B6 vs fake IMAX B6 - RC Groups

Make your own mind up, but how much is your time worth reading about it!

[5hane]

How about this:-
IMAX B6-AC Charger/Discharger 1-6 Cells (GENUINE) with UK plug (UK Warehouse)

The above is the genuine article, but they even sell a "fake" version too if you really want to penny pinch. There's a 6 page thread about the pros and cons of the fake version here.

IMAX B6 vs fake IMAX B6 - RC Groups

Make your own mind up, but how much is your time worth reading about it!

Thanks. I am sure you guys are sick of my quest by now so I will buy this one and be done with it.

At the risk of being a complete pain, please can ask if I still need the 2 differant parallel cables linked here earlier as well, so that I can charge the MSRX and MCPX batteries with this unit? There was some discussion about which would be the correct parallel cable for the 1s lipo's.

[james_2k]

Yes. And the one linked is out of stock.

about which charger, Well I've said what I think I'm not going to keep repeating myself. I'm just talking from personal experience of the product.

[5hane]

That's fine for the mSRX, but the mCPX/BL takes 2S batteries, so ideally you want something that can scale to at least 3S (assuming 450 sized isn't far off for you)

EDIT : Checkout post 16 at the top of page 2 of this thread ... http://www.rcheliaddict.co.uk/beginn...charger-2.html

I totally missed your edit here. That looks a bargain!

[james_2k]

Second hand version of the charger with integrated ac adapter.

MHSH36 | IMAX B6AC CHARGER (SECOND HAND)

they also have have a cheap mcpx Bl if you haven't bought it yet!

http://www.modelhelicopters.co.uk/se...d-item-40.html