Best Battery Chargers 2016

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We've been very happy with our Autometer BusPro 660 chargers and I would highly recommend them.

I spent days straight extensively researching chargers from every vendor in every industry sector and market and that's what I came up with as a best fit for our application.

I wanted something either 5 or 6 amp that was at least a 3-station multi-bank, had no user controls or buttons whatsoever, and had good red-green status lights. There are not too many chargers that meet all those requirements.

We also have a DualPro RS3 that we're happy with, but it's an epoxy-potted brick so if and when anything goes bad, it's off to the scrap heap.

On the Autometer, the voltage of the batteries coming off it seems a but less than other chargers, but this doesn't seem to affect our performance, and is probably a good thing for the longevity of the batteries.

If you order direct from AutoMeter, be sure to tell them you're a FIRST Robotics team. I'm not aware of any discount, but it would be good for them to know about our application for their products.