GoolRC B6 Mini Multi-Functional Balance Charger/Discharger for LiPo Lilon Life NiCd NiMh Pb RC Battery

An absolute must-have for anyone with a variety of battery types, it even came with clips so you could hook up to, say, a car battery to use as a field charger, which is a surprising feature. As some have stated, it doesn't come with a wall power supply, but it's easy to find a plug that can be soldered onto an old laptop charger with voltage between 11 and 18. That's what I did and it works flawlessly, just make sure the polarity is right if you do (Negative goes on the outside). This unit is also great for discharging batteries for the purpose of finding capacity, which can let you know if a pack is on it's last leg. Better to find these things out at home than to discover a battery is ruined by losing control mid-run. Some have also claimed that the build quality is subpar, but I have seen no such thing. In fact, it seems to be very robust with good, tactile buttons.I would also recommend this over any typical NiMh/NiCd "smart" charger, as it allows you to monitor voltage, current, capacity, etc., and overall just do more with your batteries, even if you don't have LiPos. I had a Nixx smart charger once (admittedly, it was a bit el cheapo) and it worked maybe twice before giving out with no warning or explanation, taking my NiCd pack down with it. This GoolRC unit has its own error codes, and, while I haven't had to face any yet, they are all covered in the manual. As far as I have seen, this item is robust, useful, and convenient. I am glad to finally have a proper charger with a proper user interface, and maybe it's just my inner control freak talking, but I am ecstatic to finally be able to control and monitor voltage and current while charging.One thing worth noting is that this doesn't come with a Tamiya connector, so if you plan on using that kind of battery, make sure you have either a spare connector or you order an adapter from here on Amazon. Actually, just look at the bottom picture at the top of the product page, that shows all the wires. As long as the picture hasn't been changed, the leftmost cable is for input voltage, the middle one plugs into the unit via bullet connectors and ends in a Deans connector, and the others plug into the Deans connector cable for yet more connecting possibilities. Besides, if you plan on using this for RC, you've probably had enough experience already that you can figure these out yourself and I'm just preaching to the choir. But, be you an old-timer or a newbie, this is the ideal charger for the enthusiast on a budget.Anyway, I'll try to remember to update this review if anything happens, so if you're reading this and it's no longer 2017, assume that all is well. Or assume I've electrocuted myself. Your choice.

Good charger and price. The one wish I had for this charger is that I would like to have mounting options like mounting tabs or screw head slide mount holes on the underside like surge protectors have. Not a hit on the charger or it’s usefulness but it could be helpful the hard mount it to the field box or work bench.

I bought two of these to charge LiPo batteries for a Timber UMX. No problems so far, once I was able to connect them properly. Just to save others the time of waiting for connectors to arrive, here is what I needed (all available on Amazon):1. Male JST PH connector for battery. E-Flite batteries this small use a PH connector, which will not directly connect to the charger.2. Female JST XH connector. This is what does connect to the charger.3. Female Deans connector. This charger requires the charge leads (banana plug jacks) to be connected in addition to the JST connector. There is already a male Deans connector on the cable which comes with the charger.The output terminals and the outer pins on the JST connector are connected to the outer pins on the battery connector. The center pin from the JST connector goes straight to the center pin on the battery connector. Once you have all of that set up it works perfectly!

Awesome charger. Has the same features as ones that are twice as much. Seems like a solidly built charger. I use this for small 1s lipo batteries so haven't tried anything larger yet (220mAh). It works perfect for my use. The directions are easy to understand and I probably could have charged my batteries based on them but I always do more online research first one stuff like this. I really like the saved settings. I setup my charge, discharge, and storage and still have a couple saves left. There are two problems which is why it is at 4 stars. It does not take any 11v-18v DC charger. I have a lot of them in that range but none would fit (from computers and other electronics), they were all a little too wide to fit the hole. Which is weird, so I had to buy a DC cable to use. Also you can't go forward and back through the program/charging setup. You can only go back, so if you missed what you were doing you have to cycle through everything.

This is a cheap clone that is nowhere near as reliable now as good as the real IMAX B6.Voltages were close but off just enough to damage batteries. Cannot enter the calibration mode like the real charger has.While charging a 6s lipo battery, it started smoking. And before I could unplug it the lipo battery went up in flames. This was a name brand good quality lipo too. Damn near caused my house to burn down. Caused quite a bit of damage to my workbench and surrounding area, and a lot of smoke damage throughout my entire garage.An autopsy revieled one of the mosfets inside had shorted and burned through to the other side of the circuit board, causing a direct short between the main positive and negative leads going to the battery.While I had it apart, I checked to see what processor/MCU it uses. It has a very low resolution/sampling rate 8 bit MCU, where the real IMAX/ B6 chargers use an ATMega32. The balance circuit is, well, flat out dangerous with no safety features like the real one. There's a lot more issues, but that's the main concerns.Do not buy this charger. Not only is it a fake/clone, it's poorly designed, cheaply made, and simply put DANGEROUS.

Out of the box the charger was simple to use with many different types of batteries. The various adaptor cords were an added bonus. Good value for price.

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It could not charge the batteries using the correct voltage, it is a cheap chineese copy, I only found out once I began to research why the voltages were incorrect. It damaged my batteries by OVER charging them. I researched how to fix it and found that it should be able to be calibrated, I tried to do this but it would not go into calibration mode. Likely only the GENUINE charger can do this. NOT happy!