I got a real charge out of how you electrified us with this very Smart new charger!!! Seriously, this technology is so good for our hobby and those just entering into it! Takes all the fear and trepidation out of charging Lipos, etc.
I am going to be honest, when Horizon first came out with these batteries I rolled my eyes because I just saw yet another battery connector attached to a gimmick. I have been in this hobby over 40 years, including several years working in a local hobby shop. Battery connectors have always been a hot topic as there have been many. Once I realized it was just a new version of the EC series connectors I started getting on board. The EC series connectors have been a very good choice for both capability in service and ease of use. The handling has been decent (plugging/unplugging) and soldering them is very easy. Now the evolution brings it to the IC series, and applied to the new Smart Technology they have developed I actually feel like they are worth their cost. I am actually very impressed so far, we will see how it progresses.
Thats awesome. I have the 150. I love it. Simple and charges all my batteries well. Still use my other one for a slow balance charge. Very cool man. 😎👍👍
Honestly, I think it's worth it just for auto storage discharge. I've been known to lose track of what day it is, so not having to remember to storage charge batteries is a huge boon.
I've got a couple rigs using the full smart system. Smart 2 in one reciever/ESC, Spectrum Radio showing battery data in real time, smart charger, battery. I've pretty much delegated it to my fun class cars, My drift car, an old RC10T, I started a drag car build and used it in that for a bit. It's not a bad system, good for beginner's wanting to focus on learning mechanics or whatnot and just want easy battery maintenance. My crawl stuff does work well on the Spectrum radio, although I do wish they could lower the price on their receivers. Looks like a decent small charger. Wish you had done a quick rundown on it charging non smart batteries, but I'm sure it's prolly the standard toggle, select, start. Thanks for the info have fun.
i really like my venom batteries. Its hard switching when something you use works so well for sooo long but this is a charger im really interested in trying. Love the videos my friend!
Thanks for the intro. Remember, for non smart batteries, you need to push the start button on the menu screen TWICE, not just the far right button. Even the manual omits this.
Very nice entry level charger,I have the older S155 with the single button and it works fine but the lcd display is a bonus for sure. Another educational vid 👌
Matt you have to check out it's big rother the dual charger! It is amazing! A little (lot) pricey but buy once, cry once! Keep up the great work sir. G2 no balance wire. Does it automatically.
I picked this charger out if was decide to get a couple electric planes.i liked your video on this and with the many features and the price I thought be a good item thanks
Seems nice for people in the SMART ecosystem. For everyone else, probably not a great value. I have a ISDT 608AC, which is the same price, does up to 6s, and can be powered from the included power supply OR a XT60 connector for field charging. I also prefer the jog dial over separate buttons.
Is this an early ! early release ???, I have just got into the Spektrum Smart stuff as not cheap to get into but needed now that everything I have is LiPo now and been looking for a good one, but also need a 4S & 6S also so hopefully they will bring out a more budget friendly one for the bigger batteries. Being new to LiPo I have killed a couple of new ones just by forgetting to unplug them on my UDR I just turned the ESC power switch off and forgot to unplug and went to use it and the batteries were dead flat and would not charge OUCH.
I love my smart chargers. I got the new G2 battery by accident and then ended up buying another charger for the G2. I see that that charger is G2 capable. Maybe you could explain a little on the G2. I have 2 of them in 3S and they have been working really good.
Welp, you answered my question...72 hours till it starts discharging. I, myself do not use the smart stuff but i just got a GROM as a Christmas present for someone who isnt as "aged" as i am in the hobby and figured the smart stuff was just great for the noobs.
Well its a nice "SMART" Feature that u dont have to push a Button to charge...But... i have to many Types of Lipos, because i fly Planes and Drones and drive Boats an Crawler so i have to be flexible and need "One Charger to rule them all" ;) So this one is not for me. Im using a small Fieldcharger with a bigger Powersupply from a PC. So i can charge on the Field and at Home. But u made a real cool Presentation of this Charger as always 👍
No, this charger definately has the ability to update the battery firmware. I suspect it would have been fine if something hadn't gone wrong with the update and it didn't finish properly (not sure why). Thanks for your response.
@@scalebuildersguild Most kind of you. I don't expect that Spektrum will acknowledge this but hopefully by broadcasting this situation it will prevent others from using that feature on their Smart Charger. When you think of it, why the need to update the G2 battery when in fact that is the latest iteration of this battery.
Crap, well I guess I'll have to get a bunch more connector's as I'm not gonna get a charge out of dean's with this charger. I like it and I may just pick one up
Can i control he charge rate ? or it's automatically adjusted when i connect the battery by itself?, i just don't like to charge the battery on 5C rate
I just hate that the charger won’t show volts or do a storage charge. I have to guess when I think it’s 1/2 done and go check. I’m usually wrong or forget
Smart batteries are designed to go into storage mode on their own if not used in 72 hours, hence why that feature is omitted from the charger. At least, that's my guess.
I like the charger but I cannot figure out how to tell how many cells are in it and all that that you're talking about it doesn't say nothing like that I have to 5200 Zeee 80c 11.1v 57.72wh whatever that means yeah it's about all it really says on it high performance lithium polymer battery 5200mah but it doesn't fully charge it only I can go outside and not even be done with my cigarette yet and the battery is dead so what am I doing wrong.?
I had bene using this s155 charger with Spektrum Smart Lipos just fine and all of a sudden it started giving me the error "No balance lead detected" on some batteries. Slowly it started giving me this error on ALL batteries, even the Spektrum G2 series where there is no balance lead to plug in. Any ideas what could cause this? Thank you in advance!
Anything as feature rich that you would recommend if we have no and don’t intend on running smart batteries but want something user friendly so it’s easy for my 11 y/o and can charge two 1s-4s batteries at a time?
@@scalebuildersguild get that, usually we only charge the batteries while we are working on the cars. She knows better then the wife why you don’t walk away from a battery plugged into the charger! She’s been building RC cars with me for going on 4 years now. But some of these chargers I’ve come across are hard for me to figure out and I’ve been around RC’s since the 80’s. Just need to upgrade from out single battery 2s & 3s LiPo charger without complicating use. Plus considering 4s with these comp rigs we’re now building. So either way will need another battery charger.
I just got this charger. What if you don’t want a full charge and only want to put it in storage? I’m that function is not available when I plug in a smart battery.
@@scalebuildersguild thanks, I have it too but I can't click on the smart Batterie settings to configurate the batteries. I tried all smart batteries I have.
@@scalebuildersguild True...and, what would make it 'better' would be if they offered (either included, or for "separate purchase") an EC3 (or EC5) charging 'octopus', which would allow people with other battery types to charge those "other types" without having to purchase separate 'adapters' for each battery type. It's easy to find an 'octopus' that plugs into an XT60 (being the "dominant" connector type)...but, I haven't seen any with EC3/EC5.
So me not having to hit some buttons for 30 seconds is some kind of great thing? Charging batts are easily understandable for newer folks in any million youtube videos.
Seems like a good price, until you realize it has a 4S and 5a limit, and doesnt do Discharge or Storage Charge functions. This is a charger you will have to replace/upgrade from your first year in the hobby.
@@snoriverrc3842 The Spektrum SMART batteries have a built-in Storage charge function, which is completely programmable from this charger. I don't have a single battery over 4S, and while I'm certainly not everyone, I don't know many people that have standalone 6S or 8S batteries.
This charger destroyed one of my new 2200 LiPo batteries by allowing the battery to be updated, which immediately turned the software backwards. Now it won't auto start; won't show individual battery cell voltages and won't charge up with an auto stop at the end of the cycle. Whatever happened, the charger now asks for a balance lead connection like the older batteries and without that will only charge up with no data about how each cell is doing. So this new charger virtually destroyed this G2 battery by loading old software on the newer technology battery. That is NOT good technology whatever else it can do. And tech support is absolutely no help..... So that's what's not to like....bummer
I got a real charge out of how you electrified us with this very Smart new charger!!! Seriously, this technology is so good for our hobby and those just entering into it! Takes all the fear and trepidation out of charging Lipos, etc.
"be careful, if you're a youth" - that delivery was absolutely on-point LOL. Excellent video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I am going to be honest, when Horizon first came out with these batteries I rolled my eyes because I just saw yet another battery connector attached to a gimmick. I have been in this hobby over 40 years, including several years working in a local hobby shop. Battery connectors have always been a hot topic as there have been many. Once I realized it was just a new version of the EC series connectors I started getting on board. The EC series connectors have been a very good choice for both capability in service and ease of use. The handling has been decent (plugging/unplugging) and soldering them is very easy. Now the evolution brings it to the IC series, and applied to the new Smart Technology they have developed I actually feel like they are worth their cost. I am actually very impressed so far, we will see how it progresses.
Thats awesome.
I have the 150.
I love it.
Simple and charges all my batteries well.
Still use my other one for a slow balance charge.
Very cool man.
😎👍👍
Awesome little charger might be my next battery and charger I look into
I got.
Mine for indoors use only charge small batteries.
Works pretty nice
Nice!
Great video, very informative, thanks! Great charger. Love the size, tech, smart feature. I will be buying because of this video.
Honestly, I think it's worth it just for auto storage discharge. I've been known to lose track of what day it is, so not having to remember to storage charge batteries is a huge boon.
I've got a couple rigs using the full smart system.
Smart 2 in one reciever/ESC, Spectrum Radio showing battery data in real time, smart charger, battery.
I've pretty much delegated it to my fun class cars, My drift car, an old RC10T, I started a drag car build and used it in that for a bit.
It's not a bad system, good for beginner's wanting to focus on learning mechanics or whatnot and just want easy battery maintenance.
My crawl stuff does work well on the Spectrum radio, although I do wish they could lower the price on their receivers.
Looks like a decent small charger. Wish you had done a quick rundown on it charging non smart batteries, but I'm sure it's prolly the standard toggle, select, start.
Thanks for the info have fun.
Good info Matt. And always enjoy the comedy. Keep it going.
i really like my venom batteries. Its hard switching when something you use works so well for sooo long but this is a charger im really interested in trying. Love the videos my friend!
I’m still rockin’ a Hyperion charger I bought probably 15 years ago
Your videos are always good , seems like you have fun doing them
Glad you like them!
Thanks for the intro. Remember, for non smart batteries, you need to push the start button on the menu screen TWICE, not just the far right button. Even the manual omits this.
Love my G2 charger and batteries. Definitely took all the confusion out of charging.
I think is a great system and am highly considering making the switch! Thanks for the review!
I got the 1st gen smart battery for my smt10, I like it. I think the whole smart technology concept from spektrum is a great idea 🤘
Thanks for the review. I'm buying one this weekend.
Wow...that intro joke was really...really GOOD!
Thanks!
I just got this charger and its great for the money. Great vid.
Great to hear, thanks for watching!
I’d definitely go for these, we have stayed away from lipo’s because of the complexity of storage charging and balance leads etc
Very nice entry level charger,I have the older S155 with the single button and it works fine but the lcd display is a bonus for sure. Another educational vid 👌
Nice 👍
Matt you have to check out it's big rother the dual charger! It is amazing! A little (lot) pricey but buy once, cry once! Keep up the great work sir. G2 no balance wire. Does it automatically.
To answer your question at the end, I definitely prefer the "Smart" batteries over the others that I have
Ordered! Nice review💥👊
I picked this charger out if was decide to get a couple electric planes.i liked your video on this and with the many features and the price I thought be a good item thanks
Thanks for watching!
Would be pretty handy, and as you mentioned "fool proof"
Seems nice for people in the SMART ecosystem. For everyone else, probably not a great value. I have a ISDT 608AC, which is the same price, does up to 6s, and can be powered from the included power supply OR a XT60 connector for field charging. I also prefer the jog dial over separate buttons.
I have 2. Love them
Neat little charger!
Nice! I need one of those! And not a bad price either!👌😎👍
I have spektrum S1100 smart charger an the xbc100 checker an ther definitely awsome
Need one for small batteries. Burnt up an Atlas 6x6 on my kitchen counter a couple weeks ago. Wife nearly kicked me out
Is this an early ! early release ???, I have just got into the Spektrum Smart stuff as not cheap to get into but needed now that everything I have is LiPo now and been looking for a good one, but also need a 4S & 6S also so hopefully they will bring out a more budget friendly one for the bigger batteries.
Being new to LiPo I have killed a couple of new ones just by forgetting to unplug them on my UDR I just turned the ESC power switch off and forgot to unplug and went to use it and the batteries were dead flat and would not charge OUCH.
I love my smart chargers. I got the new G2 battery by accident and then ended up buying another charger for the G2. I see that that charger is G2 capable. Maybe you could explain a little on the G2. I have 2 of them in 3S and they have been working really good.
G2 adds the balance port to the actual connection for power, other than that, not sure what other differences they've added!
What info does it display if you're not charging a "smart battery"?
Good question Jerry, haven't tried that yet!
Welp, you answered my question...72 hours till it starts discharging. I, myself do not use the smart stuff but i just got a GROM as a Christmas present for someone who isnt as "aged" as i am in the hobby and figured the smart stuff was just great for the noobs.
Glad I could help!
Well its a nice "SMART" Feature that u dont have to push a Button to charge...But... i have to many Types of Lipos, because i fly Planes and Drones and drive Boats an Crawler so i have to be flexible and need "One Charger to rule them all" ;) So this one is not for me. Im using a small Fieldcharger with a bigger Powersupply from a PC. So i can charge on the Field and at Home. But u made a real cool Presentation of this Charger as always 👍
I grabbed a Spektrum smart charger when I got my Capra, however I didn’t realize it was a dc charger so now I need a power supply 😂
No, this charger definately has the ability to update the battery firmware. I suspect it would have been fine if something hadn't gone wrong with the update and it didn't finish properly (not sure why). Thanks for your response.
Well that's news to me! I'll speak to my contacts and see if I can't escalate this for you. Cheers!
@@scalebuildersguild Most kind of you. I don't expect that Spektrum will acknowledge this but hopefully by broadcasting this situation it will prevent others from using that feature on their Smart Charger. When you think of it, why the need to update the G2 battery when in fact that is the latest iteration of this battery.
just got this charger with the 3s 5000 50c smart g2 to go with the arrma infraction 3s
Enjoy and thanks for watching!
Crap, well I guess I'll have to get a bunch more connector's as I'm not gonna get a charge out of dean's with this charger. I like it and I may just pick one up
Can i control he charge rate ? or it's automatically adjusted when i connect the battery by itself?, i just don't like to charge the battery on 5C rate
Try charging a G2 smart battery without a balance wire
I just hate that the charger won’t show volts or do a storage charge. I have to guess when I think it’s 1/2 done and go check. I’m usually wrong or forget
Smart batteries are designed to go into storage mode on their own if not used in 72 hours, hence why that feature is omitted from the charger. At least, that's my guess.
Don’t be sorry matt I love a dad jokes
I like the charger but I cannot figure out how to tell how many cells are in it and all that that you're talking about it doesn't say nothing like that I have to 5200 Zeee 80c 11.1v 57.72wh whatever that means yeah it's about all it really says on it high performance lithium polymer battery 5200mah but it doesn't fully charge it only I can go outside and not even be done with my cigarette yet and the battery is dead so what am I doing wrong.?
I'm having a balance lead issues
I had bene using this s155 charger with Spektrum Smart Lipos just fine and all of a sudden it started giving me the error "No balance lead detected" on some batteries. Slowly it started giving me this error on ALL batteries, even the Spektrum G2 series where there is no balance lead to plug in. Any ideas what could cause this? Thank you in advance!
I suggest you reach out to Horizon support, there might be something wrong with your charger!
Anything as feature rich that you would recommend if we have no and don’t intend on running smart batteries but want something user friendly so it’s easy for my 11 y/o and can charge two 1s-4s batteries at a time?
I wouldn’t recommend LiPo’s for an 11 year old at all, honestly.
@@scalebuildersguild get that, usually we only charge the batteries while we are working on the cars. She knows better then the wife why you don’t walk away from a battery plugged into the charger! She’s been building RC cars with me for going on 4 years now. But some of these chargers I’ve come across are hard for me to figure out and I’ve been around RC’s since the 80’s. Just need to upgrade from out single battery 2s & 3s LiPo charger without complicating use. Plus considering 4s with these comp rigs we’re now building. So either way will need another battery charger.
What about the battery packs that dont have balance plug? How do you put it in storage mode?
If it's a smart battery, it automatically goes to storage mode after 72 hours.
@@scalebuildersguild and, if its a dumb battery..?
I just got this charger. What if you don’t want a full charge and only want to put it in storage? I’m that function is not available when I plug in a smart battery.
A Smart battery will automatically revert to storage mode in 72 hours.
Gotcha. So just charge it and then it’ll store itself.
I'm a newbie. How do I know when its in storage mode ( the battery)
Smart batteries automatically revert to storage voltage after 72 hours of non-use.
@@scalebuildersguild yep. So do I keep it on the charger until next summer when I'm ready to use again or do I take it off?
Am I supposed to leave it on the charger until I'm ready to use it in like a few months over the winter?
Do not leave any battery attached to the charger when not in use. Store them in a fireproof container at storage voltage.
@@scalebuildersguild got it thanks 👍🏿
I bought it but I just have a charge option but not a discharge or store option to get my battery to 3.8v
What can I do?
Here’s the manual for you: www.horizonhobby.com/on/demandware.static/-/Sites-horizon-master/default/dw45c4316e/Manuals/SPMXC2050-Manual-EN.pdf
@@scalebuildersguild thanks, I have it too but I can't click on the smart Batterie settings to configurate the batteries. I tried all smart batteries I have.
I'm considered as an old school glow flyer
I like to avoid explosions!
How do I get it off quick charge?
Not sure what you mean. I suggest you read the manual?
Best I know, ALL of the 2nd-Gen Spektrum Smart chargers have both '3' & '5' ports. The S1200, S1400, and S2200 ALL have both ports.
Should have been that way from the start!
@@scalebuildersguild True...and, what would make it 'better' would be if they offered (either included, or for "separate purchase") an EC3 (or EC5) charging 'octopus', which would allow people with other battery types to charge those "other types" without having to purchase separate 'adapters' for each battery type. It's easy to find an 'octopus' that plugs into an XT60 (being the "dominant" connector type)...but, I haven't seen any with EC3/EC5.
So me not having to hit some buttons for 30 seconds is some kind of great thing? Charging batts are easily understandable for newer folks in any million youtube videos.
Makes it easier for you to not make a mistake in hitting some buttons!
I wish it was only $50, its double that at my hobby shop...lol
Wish spektrum made a 850 mahbatteries
Here for the Puns.
Oh the puns 😂
Yeah just bought 2 3 cell batteries and a charger. Don't confuse me. Please.
Seems like a good price, until you realize it has a 4S and 5a limit, and doesnt do Discharge or Storage Charge functions. This is a charger you will have to replace/upgrade from your first year in the hobby.
Not if you use smart batteries! Thanks for watching!
@@scalebuildersguild not if you use smart batteries what?
@@snoriverrc3842 The Spektrum SMART batteries have a built-in Storage charge function, which is completely programmable from this charger. I don't have a single battery over 4S, and while I'm certainly not everyone, I don't know many people that have standalone 6S or 8S batteries.
Welp just got back from the store and took it out of the box discovered it can't charge my 6s. Didn't even think to ask ):
Ah nuts!
@@scalebuildersguild yea kinda bummed. Is it possible to just strap 2 3s together to get the same power output as a 6s?
This charger destroyed one of my new 2200 LiPo batteries by allowing the battery to be updated, which immediately turned the software backwards. Now it won't auto start; won't show individual battery cell voltages and won't charge up with an auto stop at the end of the cycle. Whatever happened, the charger now asks for a balance lead connection like the older batteries and without that will only charge up with no data about how each cell is doing. So this new charger virtually destroyed this G2 battery by loading old software on the newer technology battery. That is NOT good technology whatever else it can do. And tech support is absolutely no help.....
So that's what's not to like....bummer
I don't know that a charger has the ability to change a battery's firmware. Perhaps there's something wrong with the battery?
If it's a smart battery, why does it have a balance wire connector? I thought spektrum smart batteries don't need those?🤔🤔
The original ones had balance wires, the new ones do not.
@@scalebuildersguild oh, ok