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All good points Snell, but remember CC has a factory in China already, which would make it fairly easy for them to start fabbing up Lipo packs and shipping them stateside or wherever to make some money. With manufacturing in China they should be able to keep overhead down and make a reasonable profit, and at the same time provide a competitive price for the hobby. So I think it would be a win-win for CC and for us.

I have not had a whole lot of experience with anything but the nickle/metal batteries. I have a couple of Lipo packs but have not even gotten to use them because of our move. Plus I have not wanted to invest a ton of money into Lipos while waiting for the prices to drop to reasonable levels. Lets be real here making Lipos is not any harder than making alkaline batteries. SO charging these rediculous rates just because they are the newest technology on the block has to run thin at some point. Personally I don't see why Lipos should be any more expensive than Nicads or Nimtl batteries. It just doesn't make sense to me. Even something like those Primatic cells at $51 a cell is pretty greedy if you ask me. $25-$30 would have been plenty, but anything with a new design seems to get jacked up just because it is somewhat unique until the chinese knock offs start coming out. I don't even see how Maxamps stays in business with their outragious prices. Anyway all good info. Thanks.