Whatever happened to maxamps cut throat pricing?

[traxxasrevony]

i will most likely allways buy maxamps packs, just for the warrenty they offer.

[sikeston34m]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you ever actually tried to get MA to make good on their warranty? You have to beg, plead, and promise to get them to do anything! Esspecially if dealling with Jason. I did eventually get my packs replaced but the new packs aren't covered. According to them their packs weren't strong enough for my setup! Apparently I was drawing more than 120amps continous or peaks of more than 240 with my E-Revo geared for 36MPH! Buy quality cells for less! If a Neu pack gives you problems I'd be very surprised for one but at least it would be something worth sending to Linc and saving!

Dude! That's ONE POWER HUNGRY Revo you have there!

[Hydrodancer]

Lincpimp Please empty your mailbox.
I got dibs on the FP

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you ever actually tried to get MA to make good on their warranty? You have to beg, plead, and promise to get them to do anything! Esspecially if dealling with Jason. I did eventually get my packs replaced but the new packs aren't covered. According to them their packs weren't strong enough for my setup! Apparently I was drawing more than 120amps continous or peaks of more than 240 with my E-Revo geared for 36MPH! Buy quality cells for less! If a Neu pack gives you problems I'd be very surprised for one but at least it would be something worth sending to Linc and saving!

Uh ohh, I'm assuming those were 8k packs...I've got 2 2s 8k packs that I just E-Mailed them about, too bad I hadn't run across this forum BEFORE buying $400 worth of junk lipos.

As for Zippy vs. Maxamps, after owning 4 Maxamps packs and 1 Zippy I'm convinced that Zippy is the way to go if you aren't made of money. Sure they have a few problems here and there but for the price you get a good lipo. People try to compare them to Enerland lipos too often, they're half the price of an Enerland and the performance is good enough for what you pay. Mine held it's balance much better than any MA pack I've ever owned and ran cooler while providing good power and it was my own fault that it got messed up--I have no reason not to buy them again.

[Hydrodancer]

Is there any truth to the rumors that the zippy packs are causing esc's to fail?

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Hydrodancer

Is there any truth to the rumors that the zippy packs are causing esc's to fail?

i have a feeling a combination of poor setup and general mfg tolerances are causing the failures, not a specific lipo brand... lipos are all made with the same basic tech, so packs that perform the same will yeild the same results. the fact that the first rtr 8th scale bl setup is having issues is related to the people who are buying them, not the actual equipment. i can imagine that most here that buy one will not have issues, no matter what lipos they run...

i have used all kinds of lipos and have found the weak ones will get way out of balance or puff. all of the maxamps packs i have run have not achieved their specs, so they are overrated, and thus vay overpriced. maxamps will not provide discharge graphs either.

their cell quality may have improved, but i still think there are batter products on the market for comparable prices. i expect the entire enerland 25c lipo line to come down in price alot as the various 40c cells become more common.

[E-Revonut]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

Uh ohh, I'm assuming those were 8k packs...I've got 2 2s 8k packs that I just E-Mailed them about, too bad I hadn't run across this forum BEFORE buying $400 worth of junk lipos.

As for Zippy vs. Maxamps, after owning 4 Maxamps packs and 1 Zippy I'm convinced that Zippy is the way to go if you aren't made of money. Sure they have a few problems here and there but for the price you get a good lipo. People try to compare them to Enerland lipos too often, they're half the price of an Enerland and the performance is good enough for what you pay. Mine held it's balance much better than any MA pack I've ever owned and ran cooler while providing good power and it was my own fault that it got messed up--I have no reason not to buy them again.

The packs in question where 6000mah 20/40C. I had 4 packs, 2 pairs. The first pair that I bought I ordered with the hard shell shrunk wrap in and no warranty, this pair I never had a problem with. Second set I ordered when they ran a special to get the free warranty, this set went way out of balance! Over 0.5 volts out of balance, it took almost 8 hours to get the pack balanced!

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

...Over 0.5 volts out of balance, it took almost 8 hours to get the pack balanced!

If I ever get a cell that far out of balance, I would probably rig up something to charge the low cell(s) individually at something like 1.5A. Still slow, but far faster than balancing at ~300mA.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by BrianG

If I ever get a cell that far out of balance, I would probably rig up something to charge the low cell(s) individually at something like 1.5A. Still slow, but far faster than balancing at ~300mA.

I have done this with a balancer harness pigtail and some alligator clips.

I did buy this charger recently: http://www.hobbycity.com/hobbycity/s...Charge_Capable

It charges each cell separately. Max output is about 1.8amps (on the 2 amp setting) and it charges to 4.16v. Perfect for getting a mixture of cells balanced out when building an oddball pack, or balancing out a pack with big voltage differences. For the price it is great, highly recommended.