MaxAmps Race Edition Lipos

[J57ltr]

Originally Posted by thzero

Yeah but your 3.8l v6 doesn't impress anyone :)

Maybe not this 3.8L but my old one with 440 ft/lbs @ 3500 rpm and 390 hp at 5800 probably would, and it would be just as easy to start :)

Besides most v8 engines will take less than 300 amps to start all day everyday, and that was in the days of the non gear reduection starter.

Max Amps still sucks.

Jeff

[JERRY2KONE]

Yea its funny how the MA crew have stopped posting up in here. Kind of reminded me of the old saying, that it is hard to win an A$$ kicking contest when you only have one leg. You cannot win an arguement when you have nothing to stand on, or only half a brain. Kind of like trying to win a murder case, when you know you did it. The guilty always plead the fifth, hence the silence from that end of the table..... MA should be ashamed of themselves for the way they have handled this situation, and crapped all over their own reputation. Not that it was so great to begin with. In my book no better than a suicide bomber walking into a church hurting inocent people who are foolish enough to trust that all people are good by nature. You can dress a skunk up in a Tux, but it still stinks the place up. Sorry but I am so disappointed that they have not followed through with the graphs showing their own claims. It just answers the question as to whether these packs are really what they say they are. NOT!!!!!

[sikeston34m]

They took their OLD 6500SS Series packs, and made some pretty new labels. Then revamped all the numbers.

Probably came up with some new arguments about how nothing can be tested.

They are not the only ones doing this type of dress up work though.

Recently I bought a "12 cell" laptop battery. It wasn't OEM, but an aftermarket replacement. Clearly marked 8800mah on the pack.

I wanted to get the 12 - 18650 cells to use on a project.

I opened it up and there were only 9 -18650 cells inside, and each cell was only a 2000mah cell. There were 3 dummy tubes inside to take up the extra space. I'm sure alot of people didn't know the difference.

Just Like Maxamps!

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by sikeston34m

Recently I bought a "12 cell" laptop battery. It wasn't OEM, but an aftermarket replacement. Clearly marked 8800mah on the pack.

I wanted to get the 12 - 18650 cells to use on a project.

I opened it up and there were only 9 -18650 cells inside, and each cell was only a 2000mah cell. There were 3 dummy tubes inside to take up the extra space.

Wow....... Did you call them on it?

[JERRY2KONE]

Yea thats one of those "Consumer Report" issues that should end up on TV for the rest of us to know about. I would shoot Consumer Reports a short email just to let them know and see if they follow up on it. I would be willing to bet that they would purchase your battery pack from you as part of the investigation. Sounds pretty fishy to me. As you sure that the pack was not made by someone we all know. Is there a trade mark anywhere on the pack that looks like a capital MA? Or maybe some small blue flames somewhere on the casing? sounds like something they would do considering their rep.

[aqwut]

Originally Posted by sikeston34m

They took their OLD 6500SS Series packs, and made some pretty new labels. Then revamped all the numbers.

Probably came up with some new arguments about how nothing can be tested.

They are not the only ones doing this type of dress up work though.

Recently I bought a "12 cell" laptop battery. It wasn't OEM, but an aftermarket replacement. Clearly marked 8800mah on the pack.

I wanted to get the 12 - 18650 cells to use on a project.

I opened it up and there were only 9 -18650 cells inside, and each cell was only a 2000mah cell. There were 3 dummy tubes inside to take up the extra space. I'm sure alot of people didn't know the difference.

Just Like Maxamps!

LOL...
I've been out of the RC Scene for a while and still a bunch of BS going around.. I actually thought it was going to be different before I read the whole thread..

[mistercrash]

This thread keeps on going and going and going...

[brian015]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

This thread keeps on going and going and going...

I'll do my part to keep it going - MA has some true believers over in the e-Baja forum:

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...5&postcount=16


Be sure to check out FastEddy's entire thread, which seems to promise a detailed look at him installing the CC kit (I find it hard to get excited about a thread that begins with pictures of boxes and then continues with someone showing how nicely they can follow a set of installation instructions - but evidently some people go crazy over these types of threads.)

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...65#post1318865

And I rarely get to use one of these: