No charge for shipping? Did you get the package deal? I've always gotten my batteries in just 3 to 5 days from them and I've on the otherside of the USA. She gets them shipped immediately from my experience. Very fast.

When you get your batteries, I recommend monitoring your batteries closely on the first charge. Use a multi-meter or just some way of measuring the voltage and make sure none of the batteries go above about 3.7v per cell. And get them topped off with the 3.2v charger and then after that you can use the 12v charger by itself and just top them off every now and then. Maybe check them periodically to see how out of balance they are. If they are only about .05v or .1v out of balance, that's not a big deal. The usable range for lithium batteries is 2.5v - 4.2v. Don't want any cells going below 2.5v or over 4.2v. The single cell charger that I recommended takes them up to 3.65v so aim for about 3.65v on your cells. The black and decker usually takes them up to about 3.65v. I've seen cells go up to about 3.76v on mine but as long as you stay under 4.2v, it should be okay.

The celllog monitors are even cheaper now. Only $15. Damn. You don't really need one but if you want to buy an individual cell monitor, that's what I'd get. http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/s...dProduct=10952

The monitors still don't tell you your used AH, though. I like knowing how much AH I've used. These just tell individual voltages. It's up to you. You could either buy a watt meter or buy two of those celllog monitors and put them on each of your cells. It's about the same price. The celllog monitor would keep track of all your individual cell voltages and that's pretty good. Or you could go with a watt meter and only use 50 % of the battery. These cell log monitor's were about $40 when I bought my turnigy watt meter but if they were $15, I might have bought these instead. Of course, if you got the celllog monitor, you'd still need one of those adapters that nwmtnbkr suggested so that's an extra $10 so it might be a little more expensive to do that. about $50 total. The cellog monitor would be your BMS basically. It would do everything that a BMS would do. It would show you when any of your cells got to 2.5v or below. Most people stop their use when their cells get to about 3.0v , though.