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Originally Posted by moneybagsfor-rc
For some reason I don't like the idea of "give me a free lipo and I will test it for you" such as the bigsquid lipo battles. There is a bias to this that none of you are thinking of: Companies can test their packs and make sure they send you their best pack.
Now if you buy the battery pack normally (and in the case of Maxamps, use their 30 day money back thing) then the company will have no reason to assume you will test and publish pack performance and thus they are more likely to send you a regular pack.
When it comes down to something like batteries, you shouldn't tell the company to send you some free batteries for testing because they will just send you some super cracked out batteries.
A solution would be to buy the battery normally and then ask the company to buy your battery back after the test. But then the poorest performer probably won't pay you back.
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Not a bad idea...
I would suggest that any reviewer just find pics of the lipos online, using google pic search and then rate the packs on how nice the label is. Much simpler and cheaper, and would avoid any cost or need for free packs.
Best idea yet, you can all thank me later.