I bought this as I first started getting more serious about the RC hobby and have no regrets. With parallel charge cables it's handled 1S, 2S and now 3S batteries as I've increased the variety and size of batteries I use. It's charge options cover a wide range of batteries and types of charging and once you figure out the menu's it's very straight forward to use. This is a great first charger if you're looking for one. I use and old Thinkpad T40/T42 power supply and it works very well.