MaxAmps Race Edition Lipos

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by thzero

More than likely. However, they can only test what they are sent.

True, but BigSquid chose that 4500mah pack to test, why didnt they choose to test a bigger pack? HK didnt send them a test pack, im sure it was bought off their website just like everyone else buys them. Turnigy do have 5800mah packs, but i dont know what the c rating is on those.

Something just occured to me, maybe since all the packs they tested were hardcase, that that is the biggest hardcase pack turnigy makes? That would make sense. Now im going to have to go look and see......
EDIT: ok so yes that must be the biggest hardcase turnigy makes.

[thzero]

Actually I don't know. In at least the first two tests I do believe they were supplied by the manf. with the batteries based on their test vehicle. I'm not sure if they purchased this round or not.

Ah, yes, that would be the reason. I think I was more interested to see the graphs than anything. I would have preferred them do at least 3 runs per battery for the graphs.

Originally Posted by josh9mille

True, but BigSquid chose that 4500mah pack to test, why didnt they choose to test a bigger pack? HK didnt send them a test pack, im sure it was bought off their website just like everyone else buys them. Turnigy do have 5800mah packs, but i dont know what the c rating is on those.

Something just occured to me, maybe since all the packs they tested were hardcase, that that is the biggest hardcase pack turnigy makes? That would make sense. Now im going to have to go look and see......
EDIT: ok so yes that must be the biggest hardcase turnigy makes.

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by thzero

Ah, yes, that would be the reason. I think I was more interested to see the graphs than anything.

Same here, i didnt read much of it at all, i just scanned it real quick and looked at the graphs. Maybe i should read before i get all excited? lol. But honestly they should have taken the C rating and mah capacity into consideration before coming up with the results. OR they should have gotten packs that were much more comparable whether they were hardcase or not. What is the big deal with the hardcase packs anyway? I have never seen a hardcase lipo in person, but from the pictures i have seen of the case material it looks pretty thin and flimsy.

[thzero]

I have a bunch of 2S lipos that are hardcase... they are ok.

The "Deal" with hardcase is that all 2S and 4S lipo packs (only type used) have to be "hardcase" by ROAR specs for ROAR racing. SO might mean something to "racer" crowd (i'd be one but I can't make 5pm start times with being over hour away) but not for the more basher oriented crowd.

Originally Posted by josh9mille

Same here, i didnt read much of it at all, i just scanned it real quick and looked at the graphs. Maybe i should read before i get all excited? lol. But honestly they should have taken the C rating and mah capacity into consideration before coming up with the results. OR they should have gotten packs that were much more comparable whether they were hardcase or not. What is the big deal with the hardcase packs anyway? I have never seen a hardcase lipo in person, but from the pictures i have seen of the case material it looks pretty thin and flimsy.

[Thomasis]

I'm thinking to myself, and I realize this info is already on the forum in several places, but why not turn this thread in to a more constructive discussion. Since there are alot of us still reading up on the tread, what lipos have you had good results with? Let's start a poll and get some real information out to the guys following this tread that are on the fence about their future lipo purchases. The hell with MA, let them fall where they may in the results standings as we are obviously not going to get those promised results. Lets spend more time promoting the good guys !!


My experience with lipos is as follows:

Great results with Turnigy for the money, can't beat them in my opinion and to all who might be looking for them, check out Hobby King, they now have a USA warehouse but there stock has been low for a long time. Even if you purchase them from another one of their warehouses, their still an excellent deal when you add shipping charges. I use these about 70% of the time. Have never received bad cells with purchase.

Zippy's are a decent value, I run these alot also except the cells don't seem to balance near as nice as the Turnigy lipos. Still a good value for the money. I have had 2 lipos show up with bad cells but they stand behind there product. These were both from the same order so probably a bad batch?

Thunder Power I use in my smaller vehicles with great success. I little more expensive but I get tons of cycles with these and they seem to have a high quality control as I have never had bad cells.

I won't comment on the flaming bricks as I have nothing constructive to say except I don't waste my money on them anymore after having bad cells several times, and they seem to puff alot more than any other lipos I have used.

I'm sure there are alot of people on here that use higher quality lipo than I do, so maybe you guys can add your opinions about the higher dollar lipos if someone is looking for a better lipo out there.

Originally Posted by Thomasis

I'm thinking to myself, and I realize this info is already on the forum in several places, but why not turn this thread in to a more constructive discussion. Since there are alot of us still reading up on the tread, what lipos have you had good results with? Let's start a poll and get some real information out to the guys following this tread that are on the fence about their future lipo purchases. The hell with MA, let them fall where they may in the results standings as we are obviously not going to get those promised results. Lets spend more time promoting the good guys !!


My experience with lipos is as follows:

Great results with Turnigy for the money, can't beat them in my opinion and to all who might be looking for them, check out Hobby King, they now have a USA warehouse but there stock has been low for a long time. Even if you purchase them from another one of their warehouses, their still an excellent deal when you add shipping charges. I use these about 70% of the time. Have never received bad cells with purchase.

Zippy's are a decent value, I run these alot also except the cells don't seem to balance near as nice as the Turnigy lipos. Still a good value for the money. I have had 2 lipos show up with bad cells but they stand behind there product. These were both from the same order so probably a bad batch?

Thunder Power I use in my smaller vehicles with great success. I little more expensive but I get tons of cycles with these and they seem to have a high quality control as I have never had bad cells.

I won't comment on the flaming bricks as I have nothing constructive to say except I don't waste my money on them anymore after having bad cells several times, and they seem to puff alot more than any other lipos I have used.

I'm sure there are alot of people on here that use higher quality lipo than I do, so maybe you guys can add your opinions about the higher dollar lipos if someone is looking for a better lipo out there.

I've used Maxamps (when they first started up), switched to Thunder Power, and now I'm using Hyperion.

My experience with Maxamps wasn't very great. I bought over $1000 worth of Lipos and chargers (5000mah 10s), it was when Lipos were just starting out, in the world of BK Warrior controllers and Hacker/Lehner. I got half a run out of those packs. Then they puffed and Maxamps wouldn't take them back. I ended up disposing of them.

My experience with Thunder Power was pretty good, never had a problem with those packs, the price was about the same as other lipos at the time, They were a little larger than the other but gave good performance. My Dad now has those packs, probably 40-50 cycles on em with no problems so far.

Now I'm using Hyperions and I'd have to say they are the best on the market in my opinion. I'm using two 3s packs in series on my Savage Flux and wow do they have a lot of power! They are also significantly smaller than my old Thunder Power packs for the same performance. Not too many cycles on them right now but 0 problems with them so far. My next purchase will likely be Hyperions, but I might try out NeuEnergy, it depends on what the space constraints and such are.

I've never tried the Chinese packs such as Turnigy, but I have been tempted to get a few, and probably will for my cheaper stuff. Heard almost only good things from them.