 I've had everything from wall chargers, to a turbo35 and I can tell you with great certainty, the ICE is one sick charger. It does everything but fold my laundry, and it's so easy to use, I never even read the manual until the day after I had completely set up and used all the functions. Everything is controlled by 2 simple directional buttons and a "scroll and click" type wheel knob. Navigating the menus is very intuitive. The manual is very straight forward and informative. I recommend reading all 39 pages. It would be an invaluable referrence for someone less familiar with batteries and chargers. Speaking of the functions, it charges, discharges & cycles, ni-cads, ni-mh, lipoly, lithium ion. Charges nicad and nimh via linear, reverse pulse, impulse, and 4-step. Plus trickle charge for nicad, and a special top off mode for nimh. Charges lipoly with the preferred method (cc/cv). Optional temp sensor available. It lets you program the cut off temp and it terminates the charge when it reaches the preset. Enough battery data to make even the geekiest geek blush. Charge and discharge graphs, average discharge voltage, max mah, max temp, peak voltage, time, internal resistance, the whole she-bang. It does a lot of cool things that are just fun and convenient. Lets you name the charger, all 10 profiles, lets you control the fan manually, 10 selectable melodies, adjustable display contrast, gives you the input voltage from the power source. Adjustable peak sensitivity (voltage threshold), peak lockout, mah lockout, charge delay, adjustable delay between charge and discharge during cycling. Motor break-in, can also power a lathe. Bananna jacks on the output. Comes with alligators and tamiya plug, but you can make up a bunch of fun adaptors yourself to suit your individual needs. With any charger, it helps to have a good basic understanding about things like voltage threshold for example, and maybe that's an advantage that I did have that made this an easy transition for me, but even a complete novice could have success with this charger. It has an automatic mode, but the settings are conservative and you should not have any trouble learning to set up the profilies correctly yourself to get the best results. A backlight would have been a nice touch, but the adjustable contrast display is very easy to read even in low light conditions. The only other complaint anyone could have is the 10 amp max discharge rate, but I don't race and I actually prefer the more gentle rate for my needs. Anyone that needs 20-30 amps discharge would be better off investing in bulbs or other discharge device because it creates a lot of heat in an all-in-one unit. ICE has the ability to self diagnose problems and can display an array of error messages. Loaded with safety messages and warning screens. The manual will help you correct all but the deadliest that would require service. The quality far exceeded my expectations, you can tell Duratrax didn't make it, LOL. The 5 year warranty backed by duratrax is a nice bonus though because I've heard they do a good job of coming thru with their warranties. Considering the unit cost less than $110 shipped from Tower, you can easily afford to pick up a power supply. There are some bargains out there, but I wanted a power supply that was small, light, and powerful enough to run several chargers, and that was a bit more pricey. BTW, the ICE has bananna plugs on the output to go directly to your power supply, but also comes with a set of large alligator clips that fit over the plugs for use in the field, very smart. I'm extremely picky and I didn't believe the ICE could ever live up to all the hype, but it delivered the goods. - Input Voltage: 11-15V DC - # of cells: 1-10 nicad and nimh, 1-4 lipoly, li-ion - 100-9900 mah - 0.1-8.0 amp fast charge (1C for lipoly, li-ion) - Linear, reflex, impulse, 4-step - 0-25mv per cell threshold - 0-500ma selectable trickle - 0-1000mah nimh top off charge - 0.1-10.0 discharge - Discharge cutoff 0.1-1.1v per cell, 2.5-3.7 Li-ion, Li-Po - Temp probe range 50-132 farenheit - Cycle cool-off delay 1-30 minutes adjustable - 10 memories to set up charge profiles - 8x21 LCD - Charge graphs and discharge voltage curves - 1.0-8.0 volt slectable motor-run 1-180 minutes 10 amp/30 amp surge - Case size 5.5x1.8x5.9" - Weight 21 ounces |