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Originally Posted by glassdoctor
Guys the weighted packs are for racing... especially offroad. Everyone running lipo packs is adding lead to the car to make up for the weight that is lost by tossing the nickel packs. It's about setup and handling, and to some degree it's to meet min legal weight.
If you think it's stupid, you don't understand the application.
The reason it's good to have the pack pre-weighted is that you don't have to add anything, lead under or on top of the pack, etc.... like you do with any other lipo.
Seems quite a stretch to use their "leaded" option as another thing to bash them with. I think it's $10 for the lead??? At any rate, you don't pay for it unless you want it.
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I understand the intended application. And if you happen to have a vehicle that is perfectly balanced using a nimh pack and any reduction in weight at all will put your vehicle under the minimum required weight for it's class then this is obviously the battery for you. However if it was me that had an opportunity to redistribute (or even shed) some weight in my vehicle where it likely was not practical if possible at all I would not feel it was to big a hassle to deal with. Thats just me though.
If I was just stirring up shit I could understand the bashing comment but do you really feel that charging $40 for what cannot be $10 worth of lead at the very most is acceptable? I feel that is beyond any reasonable profit margin that would be reasonably expected, especially from a pack that has no current application in sanctioned racing.
If I had intended to bash anyone I certainly would have made it a point to at least have done a proper job of it. Geez you don't like their 35c rating...does that mean that you are bashing them also? Or is it only ok to express your dislikes of a product that your willing to pay for anyways?
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