Already ordered! Respect for telling people of other options man! It's not every day you see see someone promote their competitors items. Shows integrity
Yeah. They work, but they'll bite back if you do anything wrong. Mine has two 4S ports that are just dead, because the heat from me plugging my battery wrong (twice) desoldered a pin. Now I've got a two-port charger, and that's sufficient for me, I think.
Yours and the Lumenier are the best out there. Back when I bought my most recent parallel board, I went Lumenier, but your new one has the features of the Lumenier that I wanted and also does both XT30 and XT60. Great design.
Been using your strix board for a while. Highest quality board I've owned and I LOVE the fuses. Keep doing this please! Why does no other manufacturer do this??
Another similar para board in terms of features is the new HGLRC Thor one. Only has 4 outputs, but is more compact, and also has a discharge module so that you can get batteries down to the same voltage easier
I think you missed the real competition, the URUAV Blacklight B6pro. I think it was the first one I saw to have it all, poly fuses and automotive fuses with indicators plus XT30 and XT60. They cost pretty much the same but their are some slight differences in their feature sets: URUAV: The automotive fuses it comes with are transparent, super easy to check, if one has tripped. It has a beeper for when something has tripped. It also has a detachable XT60 connector to the charger. Yours: It has an integrated battery checker. It has designated daisy chaining. As for the daisy chaining you could do this on the uruav probably as well if you simply connect the second one to one of the outlets. However, I would rather go for a charger with multiple outlets and attach individual parallel boards to each of them, but that's probably personal preference. Also
Watched it but did not realize how huge this board is. Quality is top notch. Having XT30 and xt60 EPIC. Will have to order 3 more though $$$ for the Hota D6s
I love that the balance leads are off to the side instead of on top. It looks like it'll be easier for those batteries with shorter leads and it gets hard to cramp batteries together if you have them too close. Just ordered.
Heya, JB. I ordered two of these. I think I'll be ordering two more. I rather like them. :) Thanks for all your work. I wouldn't be flying right now if it weren't for your videos. I'd be at least another couple of weeks. :) I did get one of the Lumenier ones, but I have to admit, I haven't used it once yet with yours sitting next to it, but it's smaller. It'll be the one I carry with me into the field. Cheers, mate!
I had a cheapo parallel board Catch Fire a month ago. After that I immediately ordered two of your JB boards. Theres no comparison to the quality. It's nice to be able to charge and relax at the same time.
Have you ever seen a box cutter fly? Joshua! love you man. I've "learned something today" for months. Sooo much fun, is fpv, just strap me in and set me free. I aspire to be a freestyle Pilot (like you) and I wanna show someone the first quad I "built", call it the Crab. After experiencing FPV I'll never be the same person THANKS! Keep learning us J.B.
That's a much better design than the old one I used that scared me away from parallel charging. I probably would have stuck with it if I had that one. The board I used had the array of balance connectors, and over several years I had two incidents where I plugged a balance plug into the next sized connector. Because of the way the connectors on the board were aligned, it meant that it was offset by 1 pin and short circuited the cells. The first time melted one of the traces I needed for 4s charging off the board. The second mistake... Yeah I threw it away like I should have the first time.
I've been in fpv for 3 years and I'm still afraid of parallel charging. This one has me temped. Thanks for sharing. I like your products they hold up great. I've got like a 4-5 builds with JB Fc. Btw. Your the best.
I only have XT60 connectors on everything so I use the Toolkit RC M6D with the ISDT parallel board. The ISDT board is a heavy, well made piece of electronics. Solid case. Good design. Love it.
I had the pervious board and it worked great for 2 months. Then one day would always send a "abnormal battery connection" to the Q6 pro. I never got an answer back from Strix and ended up just buying a different board.
Really appreciate the authenticity and effort put into ALL your work. I have balance boards galore (other JBs even) and this one is well thought out and definitely my new favorite. Thanks again!
I own 2 of those boards, both had issues with on board battery "checker", after unscrewing lower plate turned out factory haven't cleaned flux residue from the board which I assume just corroded contact overtime, after re soldering everything related to such circuit and proper cleaning with IPA the board runs like new.
JB: Besides the risk of mixing batteries of different cell counts on those balance plugs, I made a mistake my first time trying this board, and plugged in a 4S aligned all the way to the left instead of to the right. It of course plugs in neatly there on the five pins. (It was the only battery I plugged in for my first test, so no harm done). I'm parallel charging, and I fully accept all the risks associated (including this one), but thought I would point that out as another item to double-check before charging with a board like this with the 2S-6S balance support on one plug.
For micros, I prefer series charge adapters, especially in the field. You can charge two 3s packs in series and don't have the safety issues of parallel charging. On Ali there are super cheap ones that work great and charge only using the balance plugs (which is totally fine for
Gosh, JB, I'm pretty sure that was at least PG-13, and maybe even R in some parts of the world. Well played! Just got 2 of the new board in from RMRC yesterday. Really awesome stuff! I'm very impressed by the build quality as well as the features. Could you do a video on how to use the pass-through capability and some considerations to think about when deciding whether to use it, e.g. safety? efficiency? Calculations needed and any other considerations in terms of setup and monitoring. Thanks so much for working on this product; it gives a lot of us some confidence in the purchase knowing that you were involved in it.
VERY happy with the build quality, loving it! One thing of minor note is that mine came with black balance plugs, and some black foam edging to protect the two boards from getting anything in between them - looks even sexier that this preview/review unit ..Already modded it with some TI screws LOL
I just had a lipo fire with your 4s board. Has to of been my fault. I'm confident I accidentally grabbed a charged and one discharged battery 5,000 mah and set my charger for 10 amps walked away. 30 mins later smoke alarms. It was in an ammo can next to a concrete wall under metal ductwork. All is good except the mess fro the dry chem fire extinguisher I used. I'm getting the new board and and a co2 extinguisher. Stay safe boys. Don't get lazy. Check every battery before putting it on the charger.
It would be a new product but I've always thought a small addition to a parallel board create an amazing product: If each channel went through an actual current limiter (maybe not just a polyfuse). You could plug in packs as you fly and the voltage would equalise so you could just plug the charger in without worrying about equalising them. If one of the channels had a field pack on you could either charge them most of the way or storage charge them depending on the charge in the field pack. You could literally solve battery management in one product. All you'd need would be a bunch of current limiting circuitry and maybe a pot to set max current.
@@JoshuaBardwell not if the limiters were on the channels, it would just limit the per pack/cell current. fewer ports would make that economically reasonable.
Have a look at the uruav blacklight b6pro, it has all the same features, and in my opinion is very nicely made and protected with acrylics and metal for 30€. No cell checker, but I find yours cumbersome anyway and rather use one that shows all cells at once instead of in sequence
I like the combination of xt30 and xt60. Useful and helps cut down on the number of boards. Unfortunately, i just bought some strix xt30 boards late last year
Hi JB. I'm pleased with the board but one thing i wish is that the balance plug was pointed up just like the power plugs. Is it possible to modify them to make them point up?
Your board looks good! I just am not a big fan of parallel charging: I don't want to think about matching voltages every time i charge cells, "Oh no, I only flew half of that pack, now I can't charge it with the others!" or "yeah, those are all 2s batteries but one has lower capacity so it will go boom if I charge it together with the higher capacity ones". Gladly I only fly up to 4S right now and the ToolkitRC M4Q is a perfect fit for me - charging 4 cells at once is okay and it can discharge them (very slowly) to storage voltage too. I don't think parallel boards should be a necessity any more at least for the regular hobbyist who does not need 40 batteries charged up at once. Just instead of a micro 4x4s charger like the M4Q is, produce a 6x6s charger that is larger (or lacks the DC in) still can discharge to storage voltage, has a bit better plug layout (XT-plugs are next to balance plugs, but balance cables are usually shorter so the balance lead tends to unplug) and 99% of people would be happy.
I have the paragGuard Pro and love it but compared to the Strix board…. I’d say the Strix is the better of them! Daisy Chain feature is nice!! If I had any batts with XT-30s, I’d be all over it!
Still got the 4S version, I'm glad to see that the ports are a bit more staggered on this one. That was one of my only complaints with the old one, I've broken so many fingernails trying to unplug the dang XT60s in that middle row heh. The separate voltage checker is also a great idea, makes way more sense. You can just ignore it and use your own, until you realize you left it in the car and then you always have a backup.
What I learned today . . . Regret, bought xt-30 and 6s xt-60 JB boards a couple months ago . . . Joy, bought two of these . . . and the fact that Josh is a little freaky deaky.
If you had mixed the 4s and 6s on ONLY the balance ports, nothing would have happened. The fuse should blow if you hook up the XT60s. The design is safe.
JB spending too much time alone I think😂 great intro!😂😂
He seems so 😂😂😂
😆
Already ordered! Respect for telling people of other options man! It's not every day you see see someone promote their competitors items. Shows integrity
I respect the man a lot. He does his best to be unbiased, he just wants to educate the quad community as best he can. All for free. Big props.
sucks u cant ordert hese to canaada im so bummed out
@@codyfournellcsrf5164 wdym? I live in canada and ordered no problem
@@StunnyFPV wouldn't let me so I had to order two separate boards off banggood
@@codyfournellcsrf5164 damn that's really weird... i didn't have an issue. maybe you had a vpn on? just spitballing
Timing was perfect, was on the market for a new parallel charge board.
JB’s last few videos have made me feel different things for FPV.
Has to be ONE OF THE BEST intros yet!!! I wonder how much grief he will get at Rampage for this.. 🤣🤣😂😘😘
This board is amazing! The color-changing poly fuses are super genius
I bought one of those 10$ parallel charging boards off ebay and almost burned my house down several times. It’s probably time for an upgrade 😂
The part where you said "several times" is troublesome. Haha
You know what they say: 'almost' doesn't count
@@zeroblade6599 shoulda coulda woulda, but i didn’t do that
Yeah. They work, but they'll bite back if you do anything wrong. Mine has two 4S ports that are just dead, because the heat from me plugging my battery wrong (twice) desoldered a pin. Now I've got a two-port charger, and that's sufficient for me, I think.
@huhhman Bet you felt big saying that 😉
Yours and the Lumenier are the best out there. Back when I bought my most recent parallel board, I went Lumenier, but your new one has the features of the Lumenier that I wanted and also does both XT30 and XT60. Great design.
sucks they dont ship to canada tho :(
Been using your strix board for a while. Highest quality board I've owned and I LOVE the fuses. Keep doing this please! Why does no other manufacturer do this??
Your ability to make some information so entertaining is amazing hahaha loved the intro
Another similar para board in terms of features is the new HGLRC Thor one. Only has 4 outputs, but is more compact, and also has a discharge module so that you can get batteries down to the same voltage easier
How do you think HGLRC Thor one compares to JB's board?
I think you missed the real competition, the URUAV Blacklight B6pro. I think it was the first one I saw to have it all, poly fuses and automotive fuses with indicators plus XT30 and XT60.
They cost pretty much the same but their are some slight differences in their feature sets:
URUAV:
The automotive fuses it comes with are transparent, super easy to check, if one has tripped.
It has a beeper for when something has tripped.
It also has a detachable XT60 connector to the charger.
Yours:
It has an integrated battery checker.
It has designated daisy chaining.
As for the daisy chaining you could do this on the uruav probably as well if you simply connect the second one to one of the outlets. However, I would rather go for a charger with multiple outlets and attach individual parallel boards to each of them, but that's probably personal preference. Also
JB looking like he about to eat the board in the thumbnail 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Ok, haven't even watched the whole video yet....that was the best opening by far!
I have been following you since you started man you have come a long way> WAY TO GO
Watched it but did not realize how huge this board is. Quality is top notch. Having XT30 and xt60 EPIC. Will have to order 3 more though $$$ for the Hota D6s
I plugged in a 4s and 6s on your jb board on video accidentally. The fuse saved it!
I love that the balance leads are off to the side instead of on top.
It looks like it'll be easier for those batteries with shorter leads and it gets hard to cramp batteries together if you have them too close.
Just ordered.
I love it when you make yourself laugh in your intro :)
i love that we are all out in the world wearing the same t shirts
Heya, JB. I ordered two of these. I think I'll be ordering two more. I rather like them. :) Thanks for all your work. I wouldn't be flying right now if it weren't for your videos. I'd be at least another couple of weeks. :) I did get one of the Lumenier ones, but I have to admit, I haven't used it once yet with yours sitting next to it, but it's smaller. It'll be the one I carry with me into the field. Cheers, mate!
Yep, loosing it. So funny, good to smile once in a while in this world we are living it😳 great video, I did “ learn something today”
Usually I send a pm via Facebook then I found all the info I was looking for watching all your videos on these. Thanks for leaving them all up.
after i plug in wrong , and the ballancer of the battery burn ,i buy this and it work nice 👍👍👍👍
I had a cheapo parallel board Catch Fire a month ago. After that I immediately ordered two of your JB boards. Theres no comparison to the quality. It's nice to be able to charge and relax at the same time.
Oh man you nailed that intro, im in tears laughing here ....
That is your best intro ever!!! Loved it, so funny!!!
The first 50 seconds of the video made me have to get one now, that was funny.😂
YOUR INTRO IS GOLD
Ohhh I learned something today for sure. Bardwell is a bit of a freak!
LOL... hilarious. Look forward to picking this up as an upgrade to the previous JB charge boards.
Your a trip!!! Lol Love Watching you bro. Never seen nobody make love to their charge board!!! Lol
Have you ever seen a box cutter fly? Joshua! love you man. I've "learned something today" for months.
Sooo much fun, is fpv,
just strap me in and set me free.
I aspire to be a freestyle Pilot (like you) and I wanna show someone the first quad I "built", call it the Crab. After experiencing FPV I'll never be the same person THANKS! Keep learning us J.B.
I like 5s...
had used a xt30 2-6s board and your 6s xt60 board with the balance charger 2-6 adaptors..
Will be buying this ASAP....
That intro was worth the price of admission.
Yes @joshuaBArdwell we will learn something today.... you LOVE all kinds of batteries!
A little too much maybe?
That's a much better design than the old one I used that scared me away from parallel charging. I probably would have stuck with it if I had that one. The board I used had the array of balance connectors, and over several years I had two incidents where I plugged a balance plug into the next sized connector. Because of the way the connectors on the board were aligned, it meant that it was offset by 1 pin and short circuited the cells. The first time melted one of the traces I needed for 4s charging off the board. The second mistake... Yeah I threw it away like I should have the first time.
I've been in fpv for 3 years and I'm still afraid of parallel charging. This one has me temped. Thanks for sharing. I like your products they hold up great. I've got like a 4-5 builds with JB Fc. Btw. Your the best.
Ordered mine from readymadeRC last week... Should actually arrive today 😁
i was about to buy the old board but im glad i waited this is exactly what im looking for
Great review. Well thought out parallel board. Really appreciate the attention to safety. Happy flying 🤓
I only have XT60 connectors on everything so I use the Toolkit RC M6D with the ISDT parallel board. The ISDT board is a heavy, well made piece of electronics. Solid case. Good design. Love it.
Great balance board Joshua Bardwell, thanks for hooking me up with my first white claw 🍻 at Rotor Riot Rampage 🤘
I had the pervious board and it worked great for 2 months. Then one day would always send a "abnormal battery connection" to the Q6 pro. I never got an answer back from Strix and ended up just buying a different board.
This usually means the polyfuses have reached the end of their usable life.
Got this a couple of months ago. Works great, feels safe. Now I just need a more powerful charger for my 6s.
Love the video BTW. 😁
Really appreciate the authenticity and effort put into ALL your work. I have balance boards galore (other JBs even) and this one is well thought out and definitely my new favorite. Thanks again!
Got one today, with suprizes in the package! Thanks!
Your (now old) 6S XT60 board is doing such a great job! I use it all the time, no problems with it =)
I learned a lot more than I wanted to today in the first 58 seconds!!! Lolololol!! Awesome intro JB!!
I just bought this board! Amazing! Really recommend!
I own 2 of those boards, both had issues with on board battery "checker", after unscrewing lower plate turned out factory haven't cleaned flux residue from the board which I assume just corroded contact overtime, after re soldering everything related to such circuit and proper cleaning with IPA the board runs like new.
Thanks Bardwell. I just ordered one. Many thanks for all the help you give us.
I was literally just looking at parallel charging boards. Great timing!!
Bruh, your intro made me blush...
Something’s happening!!!
JB: Besides the risk of mixing batteries of different cell counts on those balance plugs, I made a mistake my first time trying this board, and plugged in a 4S aligned all the way to the left instead of to the right. It of course plugs in neatly there on the five pins. (It was the only battery I plugged in for my first test, so no harm done).
I'm parallel charging, and I fully accept all the risks associated (including this one), but thought I would point that out as another item to double-check before charging with a board like this with the 2S-6S balance support on one plug.
The polyfuses should protect against this mistake but yeah that's why I resisted making this type of board for a while.
just got my jb strix its a beast i love it
For micros, I prefer series charge adapters, especially in the field. You can charge two 3s packs in series and don't have the safety issues of parallel charging.
On Ali there are super cheap ones that work great and charge only using the balance plugs (which is totally fine for
Finally replaced my cheap balance boards with these thanks
Finally... I heard the term micro quad. Nice 👍 glad to see not everything is a toothpick lol
OMG thanks GOD for those balance port positions, take my money
had my $15 parallel board for 5 years never had an issue :) but ive always been careful
Gosh, JB, I'm pretty sure that was at least PG-13, and maybe even R in some parts of the world. Well played! Just got 2 of the new board in from RMRC yesterday. Really awesome stuff! I'm very impressed by the build quality as well as the features. Could you do a video on how to use the pass-through capability and some considerations to think about when deciding whether to use it, e.g. safety? efficiency? Calculations needed and any other considerations in terms of setup and monitoring. Thanks so much for working on this product; it gives a lot of us some confidence in the purchase knowing that you were involved in it.
I know what I'm gonna learn today!!! You got issues, JB!!! Nay, make that subscriptions!
Hahaha your funny and made me laugh so hard I spit my coffee. I learned something this morning. Thanks, Sincerely, Pops Fitch
VERY happy with the build quality, loving it!
One thing of minor note is that mine came with black balance plugs, and some black foam edging to protect the two boards from getting anything in between them - looks even sexier that this preview/review unit
..Already modded it with some TI screws LOL
I just had a lipo fire with your 4s board. Has to of been my fault. I'm confident I accidentally grabbed a charged and one discharged battery 5,000 mah and set my charger for 10 amps walked away. 30 mins later smoke alarms. It was in an ammo can next to a concrete wall under metal ductwork. All is good except the mess fro the dry chem fire extinguisher I used. I'm getting the new board and and a co2 extinguisher. Stay safe boys. Don't get lazy. Check every battery before putting it on the charger.
he has finally gotten lipo sicknesses. lol. good stufff hope you are well
It would be a new product but I've always thought a small addition to a parallel board create an amazing product:
If each channel went through an actual current limiter (maybe not just a polyfuse). You could plug in packs as you fly and the voltage would equalise so you could just plug the charger in without worrying about equalising them.
If one of the channels had a field pack on you could either charge them most of the way or storage charge them depending on the charge in the field pack.
You could literally solve battery management in one product. All you'd need would be a bunch of current limiting circuitry and maybe a pot to set max current.
The problem is the same current limiter that protects from dangerous current flow would also interfere with charging
@@JoshuaBardwell not if the limiters were on the channels, it would just limit the per pack/cell current. fewer ports would make that economically reasonable.
That's awesome, if I had my first quad I would pick 1 up asap.. Good Job Josh. PS it looks dope 👊💯
Oh JB, I think I wanna electrify myself with your new board!!
Have a look at the uruav blacklight b6pro, it has all the same features, and in my opinion is very nicely made and protected with acrylics and metal for 30€.
No cell checker, but I find yours cumbersome anyway and rather use one that shows all cells at once instead of in sequence
The insanity is slowly growing...i like it!
Got excited, Tried to order this and RMRC only posts to the UK if value is over $200, let’s hope Uk resellers stock these soon 🤞🏻
I like the combination of xt30 and xt60. Useful and helps cut down on the number of boards. Unfortunately, i just bought some strix xt30 boards late last year
Hi JB. I'm pleased with the board but one thing i wish is that the balance plug was pointed up just like the power plugs. Is it possible to modify them to make them point up?
Thank you for all the great and honest videos!!!
Your board looks good! I just am not a big fan of parallel charging: I don't want to think about matching voltages every time i charge cells, "Oh no, I only flew half of that pack, now I can't charge it with the others!" or "yeah, those are all 2s batteries but one has lower capacity so it will go boom if I charge it together with the higher capacity ones". Gladly I only fly up to 4S right now and the ToolkitRC M4Q is a perfect fit for me - charging 4 cells at once is okay and it can discharge them (very slowly) to storage voltage too. I don't think parallel boards should be a necessity any more at least for the regular hobbyist who does not need 40 batteries charged up at once. Just instead of a micro 4x4s charger like the M4Q is, produce a 6x6s charger that is larger (or lacks the DC in) still can discharge to storage voltage, has a bit better plug layout (XT-plugs are next to balance plugs, but balance cables are usually shorter so the balance lead tends to unplug) and 99% of people would be happy.
Still on the 4s version afterc3 years of use'n'abuse it's solid stuff! Go for it! 🤘👌❤️
Congrats Josh! Love my JB Strix balance boards.....just ordered two.....though I'll still have to use an XT60-XT90 adapter😎
Thanks Joshua I learnt a whole lot today.
In response to your opening comments..... I wish i was that lucky! 😂🤣😂
I'm a great fan of your videos! You're the best
I have the paragGuard Pro and love it but compared to the Strix board…. I’d say the Strix is the better of them! Daisy Chain feature is nice!! If I had any batts with XT-30s, I’d be all over it!
I learnt the hard way about not leaving batteries plugged into parralell board for a few days. Rip 3 x 4s lipo's...
Still got the 4S version, I'm glad to see that the ports are a bit more staggered on this one. That was one of my only complaints with the old one, I've broken so many fingernails trying to unplug the dang XT60s in that middle row heh. The separate voltage checker is also a great idea, makes way more sense. You can just ignore it and use your own, until you realize you left it in the car and then you always have a backup.
Good board, have it, the balance sockets should be vertical imo.
Dude. I haven't even watched the video yet but that into..... 😂😂😂😂
that’s really nice. I don’t need one cuz i already have about 10 of those damn things, but that looks nicer than all of mine.
Could you do a review of the T-Motor ft5
What I learned today . . . Regret, bought xt-30 and 6s xt-60 JB boards a couple months ago . . . Joy, bought two of these . . . and the fact that Josh is a little freaky deaky.
Perfect timing, I just ordered 2. Thank you Sir!
Sick puppy intro, have your fun.
OMG that intro killed me! 🤣
Joshua I expect a hard liquor with your name on it! From the JB liquor cabinet! A nice whiskey perhaps 😂😂
Played it well, man! Great intro.
me:
using $5 parallel charging board
me:
surprised how cool and feature-full it can be
That beginning wasn't awkward, like...at all. lol
If you had mixed the 4s and 6s on ONLY the balance ports, nothing would have happened. The fuse should blow if you hook up the XT60s. The design is safe.
Correct. But obviously you're going to plug in the XT60 next.
What power supply would you recommend to pair with this product.