Ok, trivia. How many people have seen the movie Pulp Fiction? If you have, I’m sure you remember the part where Jules and Vincent (played by Samuel L Jackson and John Travolta, respectively) visit the young kids looking for a briefcase. Upon opening the briefcase, a bright yellow light shines out and illuminates the surroundings, including Vincent. Whatever is in the case is mesmorizing enough that Jules has to yell to get Vincent’s attention.
Ok, so why the Pulp Fiction reference? Because I felt like Vincent the first time I opened the cool little Racer’s Edge case (unfortunately without the bright yellow light). Nestled in the compact, padded carrying case is RE’s red and black baby, the SureCharge 2010. This charger features a bright backlit display with adjustable brightness, built in balancer with 5 different ports, AC/DC inputs and one of Racer’s Edge ‘Squid’ Ultimate Charging Adapters, all tucked away in a nice red aluminum case. The SureCharge 2010 also includes a temperature sensor that, in conjunction with the internal temperature cutoff (which is also adjustable), keeps a close eye on the heat build-up in your cells.
Setup is pretty straightforward. Plug it in and rotate the dial to set your battery type, volts, and charge rate. Press and hold the black rotate dial and the charger does a quick battery check followed by its start sequence. During the charging process it displays the time, charge rate, and volts. Rotate the black dial (while the battery is charging) and you can check the system temperature and battery balance, both excellent features to include to monitor your batteries health.
I did have a small gripe with the included Squid Charging Adapter. While the Squid features plugs for Traxxas, Deans, Tamiya, glow igniter and Jst two and three pin, it doesn’t include any leads with bullet connectors (there are two additional ‘empty’ leads that allow you to put whatever plug you want). This, of course, was an issue since all the batteries I had the day of the test required bullet connectors. This isn’t a bad thing, just be prepared to wire up some bullets before heading down to the track.
Overall, the charger is fantastic, and its 1-6 cell LiPo limit is among the highest in its class. It is loaded with all the features you need to safely charge and monitor your batteries, and comes in the dialed black case. Now I have to figure out how to wire up that bright yellow light!
The Facts
• Battery Type NiCd, NiMh, LiPo, Pb, Li-ion, LiFe
• Cell Count 1-14 NiCd, NiMh, 1-6 Lithium, Up to 12v Pb
• Balancer Built-in
• Charge Rate 0.1 to 8.0A
• Charge Capacity 1-9900mAH
• LCD Display Backlit
• AC Power Supply Internal
Links
Racer’s Edge
www.Racers-edge.com (866) 855-5566
Hi,
I have this charger as well. Like you, I had the same Pulp Fiction moment. However, something strange is going on now. My charger won’t charge passed 3000mah. I run 5000mah packs and to charge em, I have to do 2 cycles because the first cycle stops at exactly 3000mah regardless of what pack I’m charging (I charge at 1c so 5amps, not sure if this matters.. but thought I’d mention it). Is this a setting I overlooked perhaps? Seems odd that it’s so precise to be something wrong with the packs themselves.
Any ideas?
Thanks!!!
~Mike A.
Hey Michael.
I’m not 100%, but I think there are 2 setting in the charger that let you set your charge rate either by battery mAh or actual charging amps. So, if you have it set for battery mAh (and you have told the charger you have 3000mAh battery), it will only charge to 3000mAh. If you ‘bypass’ this setting and tell it you want to charge at 6amps (or whatever), it should take a full charge using a 6amp mode.
I had this same issue with another charger and had the settings wrong. Disregarding the ‘standard’ charging method (1A per every 1000mAh), I started charging my packs at 6 or 7 amps and they started taking a full charge again.
Hope this helps.
Tony