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Whats the point of advertising a battery as being waterproof if they damn well know the whole thing cant be submerged because the connectors will short out, regardless of how much silicon they slap allover the actual cells? Its a pointless feature to try and advertise, just like the 150C/ 75C rating since the wires will never support that much current draw.

RCCA will never publish ( truthful ) lipo comparison results, nor will any other MA sponsored magazine or website- it's bad for business if MA packs are shown to not perform as well as they are advertised to. Common sense there.

Just like has been said a hundred times before, there needs to be some form of independent body ( like ROAR, only better ) that sets the standards for testing and rating of lipos and how that info should be displayed on the pack to let users make an informed choice; you could have a rep from all the major lipo companies give there input as to what constitutes the continuous and burst C ratings ( X voltage under Y load @ Z temp for ?? seconds ) in order that all companies adhere to the same rating system. Very simple concept, unlikely to ever happen. Until then word of mouth and user feedback will continue to determine which brands are good and which arent/ are overpriced; that may mean taking a leap fo faith sometimes to try something new, but its how the hobby, how any hobby has always been...