how reliable?

[tanker19]

How reliable are quick chargers. I found a quick charger at a hobby store that has a car cigarette lighter adapter that will charge my battery in 15-20 minutes. Are they pretty reliable? I was gonna buy a smart charger but why not spend the 10 extra bucks.

[Jose]

Check the battery thread.

[Bracket]

It's difficult to tell without a link to the actual charger... You want to get a charger where you can at least adjust the charge rate, and make sure it's a peak charger for NiCd/NiMH batteries.

Also, the battery thread might have some useful information.

[tanker19]

Sorry I couldn't link it. Its at Hobbytown and not available online (at least not that they say or I can find).
It's used for our type batteries (pretty much the same kind they use in remote control helicopters and airplanes

[Palafoxx]

I'll give you the same answer that Bracket did. It's really hard to tell you how good something is without a link to check it out.

Having come to this hobby from R/C airplanes and Helicopters, I can say that the LiPo batteries that I used in my electric helis, are nothing like the NiMH packs I use in my airsoft guns. I have a nice Triton charger that I used for my NiCd R/C battery packs, that I now use for charging my airsoft batteries. That charger is awesome and way overkill for simple NiMh packs.
The charger I used for balancing my helicopter LiPo packs uses totally different technology to adjust and monitor charge rate and peak detection.

I've recommended dozens of times, and I know others that disagree with me, but I recommend that you spend a few extra bucks and buy Intellect batteries. They charge better, and last longer than el cheapo packs of the same size/capacity.