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Originally Posted by Electric Dave
I don't understand the obsession with graphs. Do you drive graphs? Do you race graphs against everyone else to make the A-Main? Graphs are useless. All that matters is the performance at the loads we put on the packs in this hobby. I believe these packs will more than satisfy the needs of my ESC and motor in my 1/8th scale vehicles.
If a graph gets posted showing the pack handling a 150c load for 1 second, that won't mean a single thing to me. Nor will seeing a graph showing a 75c load for an entire discharge. Seeing my truggy sail to a checkered flag victory in a 12 minute main, clearing the triple every time, that means something to me. Oh, wait, that's what my current MaxAmps 6500 pack did for me just Saturday.
These guys are innovative and enterprising. They make good products and they market them well. On top of all that, they are out there in the hobby. You can see them at RCX, they have a phone number on their web site and now they are even here on this forum. If you are not a fan, so be it but live and let live...
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If you paid $300 for a 75c lipo and it only performed as a ~30c lipo, you'd be upset wouldnt you, whether you won the race or not? You could have spent 1/3 of the money on a true 25-30c lipo and still won the race = value for money & getting what you paid for, thats the thing we're talking about here. You can win races with batts that are much cheaper and hold true to their ratings, there is no need for exaggerated claims of discharge capability since it only misleads & impresses the unknowing ( over head is nice but few 1/8 applications require more than about a 40-50c lipo, Nick case not withstanding
). If MA werent so obsessed with crazy-high ratings & advertising everywhere possible, their prices could come down & their warrenty could be improved ( actually replace a bad pack, not offer a discount on a new one.. ) whilst still maintaining a healthy profit margin- word of mouth is a powerful marketing & advertising tool, but it is currently working against MA, too many bad feelings from disappointed owners and too many people fed up with the extortionate prices; if they could justify charging more than the real premium brands then fair enough, but at present I see only a poor graph and false ratings listed on their site...
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