Ok thank you. Do you think this is a good first smart charger?
It's a good smart charger and my only knock is that my BC-700 heats up and suspends charging for 15 minutes or so, before resuming. It is designed to suspend charging when the temperature hits X (140*F?,) so the designers know this 'will' happen. And that's at a max rate of 700mA, so I can't imagine charging up at what 1800mA? Or even at 1A on your BC-1000 and the charger not suspending charge, since they're about the same size and use a similar case design.
If you can live with that, or if your charger charges without getting hot, then you're good to go.
I've told people for 4 years that I should have just bought 2 Maha C-9000s, but that's just me. My BC-700 is now at my GF's place and charges up the batteries for my SWM D40A, which gets used out on her balcony at night, so I haven't thrown my LaCrosse into the rubbish bin, by any means.
Chris