60C really?

[Unsullied_Spy]

Originally Posted by Finnster

I'm all for Maxamps pushing an industry std as long as it makes sense. Many people do not like McDonalds or Walmart, but they are able to have heavy sway and set stds for the industry due to their large influence.

People buy the cheap crap from WalMart and McDonalds for the same reason people buy Zippy/Turnigy lipos: They're cheap and it does the job. If it lasts 1/2 as long as a pack costing 3x-4x as much it's not really a bad investment (and if you crash and kill the pack you don't lose as much $$$).

[Arct1k]

Originally Posted by Unsullied_Spy

People buy the cheap crap from WalMart and McDonalds for the same reason people buy Zippy/Turnigy lipos: They're cheap and it does the job. If it lasts 1/2 as long as a pack costing 3x-4x as much it's not really a bad investment (and if you crash and kill the pack you don't lose as much $$$).

yup and there is a good reason why America has such a high trade deficit and US jobs keep going overseas...

The only reason there is not a buy american campaign is that they own $800bn worth of US treasuries and could sink the US if they didn't roll them... but it would be mutual destruction as they'd loose their money...

It is the cold war again but instead of nukes it is trade in plastic junk and the odd bit of lithium...

Originally Posted by Finnster

People buy the cheap crap from WalMart and McDonalds for the same reason people buy Zippy/Turnigy lipos: They're cheap and it does the job. If it lasts 1/2 as long as a pack costing 3x-4x as much it's not really a bad investment (and if you crash and kill the pack you don't lose as much $$$.

The thing that sells me on Zippy besides the price is that for 25% of the cost of more expensive packs, I get equal, and many times longer life spans out of them.

And, lets not forget that Zippy packs are not the only packs from the far East, while MA assembles their packs here, MA cells come from the same region.