{"id":12717,"date":"2016-01-01T13:13:06","date_gmt":"2016-01-01T18:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ammorc.com\/?p=12717"},"modified":"2016-12-10T20:26:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-11T01:26:52","slug":"traxxas-id-charger-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/2016\/01\/01\/traxxas-id-charger-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Charging Solved!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the lingering frustration&#8217;s for power-driver&#8217;s is the need to wait on batteries to charge. \u00a0With\u00a0nitro&#8217;s, you might let the engine cool a little between fill-ups and go again in a matter of a few minutes; you could easily put 3 or 4 tanks of fuel through a nitro before a battery charges in an electric.<\/p>\n<p>Batteries are to r\/c today what nitro was to r\/c a few years ago; it&#8217;s an essential part of the hobby as every major manufacturer offers NiMH or LiPo powered vehicles. \u00a0And just as it&#8217;s important\u00a0to understand handling, care and precautions of nitro, so too is it important with r\/c batteries.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, it&#8217;s not always been as simple as plugging in your cell phone or laptop computer, but\u00a0Traxxas aims to shrink the learning curve with the EZ-Peak iD Charger and batteries. \u00a0Exclusive to the Traxxas High-Current Connector, this charger allows basic plug-n-play action and more advanced user features. \u00a0And if you opt for the EZ-Peak Dual, you can keep up with the nitro guy&#8217;s drive-time by always having a pack charged.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ammorc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-01-at-12.42.27-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12762\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ammorc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-01-at-12.42.27-PM-1024x482.png?resize=669%2C315\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"bullets_ul\">\n<li>100-Watt output<\/li>\n<li>Recognizes Traxxas iD batteries to automatically program and optimize charger settings<\/li>\n<li>Charge a NiMH and LiPo at the same time<\/li>\n<li>Charge progress indicator<\/li>\n<li>Optimized for faster LiPo balance charging<\/li>\n<li>One button LiPo storage charge protects your battery investment<\/li>\n<li>Advanced high-resolution peak detection delivers a perfect charge<\/li>\n<li>Easy to use interface<\/li>\n<li>Audible alerts<\/li>\n<li>Built-in cooling fan<\/li>\n<li>Advanced Mode for full manual control of charger settings<\/li>\n<li>Legacy support for all Traxxas High-Current Connectors<\/li>\n<li>Built-in balance ports for conventional LiPo batteries<\/li>\n<li>Charges 5-8-cell NiMH batteries<\/li>\n<li>Charges 2S and 3S LiPo batteries<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A while back, Traxxas introduced iD (Auto Battery\u00a0Identification), which got rid of the balance boards completely. I&#8217;ve been using the EZ-Peak Plus and EZ-Peak Dual charger&#8217;s for nearly a year as I have several Traxxas battery packs.<\/p>\n<p>When used with Traxxas ID batteries and their\u00a0integrated balance leads, the EZ-Peak Plus charger automatically detects the battery type and\u00a0only requires one button to charge; the EZ-Peak Plus\u00a0handles everything. \u00a0And if you have more than one battery, you can double up simultaneously with the EZ-Peak Dual charger.<\/p>\n<p>Traxxas also didn&#8217;t forget about the older technology and allows those with the balance connector the option of charging those batteries too; there is a hidden access port.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ammorc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-01-at-12.55.43-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12763\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ammorc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-01-at-12.55.43-PM-1024x829.png?resize=669%2C542\" alt=\"\" width=\"669\" height=\"542\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ammorc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-01-at-1.06.17-PM.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12764\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ammorc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-01-01-at-1.06.17-PM-534x1024.png?resize=534%2C1024\" alt=\"\" width=\"534\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The bottom line is the EZ-Peak Plus and Dual charger&#8217;s are super simple to use, yet\u00a0have advanced functionality should you choose. \u00a0If you&#8217;re\u00a0driving Traxxas, you should have this charger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the lingering frustration&#8217;s for power-driver&#8217;s is the need to wait on batteries to charge. \u00a0With\u00a0nitro&#8217;s, you might let the engine cool a little between fill-ups and go again in a matter of a few minutes; you could easily put 3 or 4 tanks of fuel through a nitro before a battery charges in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[42,43,44,45,46,47,48,18],"class_list":["post-12717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rc","tag-batteries","tag-battery","tag-charger","tag-ez-peak","tag-id","tag-lipo","tag-nimh","tag-traxxas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/driverc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Screen-Shot-2016-12-10-at-8.26.15-PM.png?fit=1056%2C912&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8c9yY-3j7","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12717","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12717"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12717\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13772,"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12717\/revisions\/13772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/driverc.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}