MaxAmps Race Edition Lipos

[SunnyHouTX]

Originally Posted by brandonwilcox

Our 150C Packs
150C - Maximum burst rating without swelling or damaging the cell. This is a 1 second burst.

I'd really like to get hold of one off these packs for my dragster to test out that 1 second rating. 2S please.

[nitrostarter]

Originally Posted by brandonwilcox

This is number 2 on my list of things to do this week. As far as working with other manufacturers and rating the batteries as in industry, we tried that with surge watt ratings. People didn't want to play ball seeing as they want to market a C rating. Since that is the case, we are going to post on the website exactly how we rate our packs and all the information we have regarding our C ratings.

Why not put this information on the Lipo themselves as well? This makes more sense to me if you still want to be able to compare them to the rest of the market. Would this cause too many problems and confusion with the marketing setups?

Originally Posted by brandonwilcox

No. The 150C packs are labeled differently from the other packs as they are new cells. I have to go in and update the other pack ratings on the older packs as some of them are continuous ratings and some of them are burst ratings. This should be completed over the next couple days. All the information will be posted on the LiPo care page probably by Thursday.

Thanks,

Brandon

That right there is my issue with MA's rating system. Even they don't know which cells are being advertised at continuous, burst, and surge ratings. At least the rest of the market is on the same playing field for advertisement and labeling. I know this is the main reason for the lipo's being marketed at their "True" or Surge rating. Hell, if I didn't know better I'd buy the pack that's advertised at 150C versus one at 30C.


Brandon, don't take this post offensively as well. I'm merely making suggestions which would help equivocate the market as well as the consumer.

[reno911]

Hey I will have to say that this is a stepping stone for their company. I appreciate this information. Prior employees have been much less patient with us and have taken a path down the road to making things worse.

Thanks for the info Brandon. However I can not buy one since these were in fact not true 150c rated packs. I also am an honest person and would have held my ground and purchased a 2s pack from you all.

I do believe from your video reviews when you were with RC Car Action that you are a reasonable person and give a fair review. However I have a feeling that even you can see that this is something that would make anyone in this hobby that has some knowledge of things raise an eyebrow. I award your effort and praise you good luck in straightening out the muck of misleading information that Maxamps may or may not have been known.

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

Brandon, don't take this post offensively as well. I'm merely making suggestions which would help equivocate the market as well as the consumer.

Not at all. We welcome any input or ideas. I have a list of all the cell ratings, it's just something that I have to update on the site across the board for all the packs. Like I stated earlier, the marketing material for the Race Edition packs was not ready to go but I wanted to get them out for iHobby and to make it in the magazines. We will be updating all the packs on the site to show the True C ratings for every pack. We will also be taking some time to graph the packs at 60 and 120 amps continious. (I understand this is more important for plane guys but we want to have as much information as possible).

I will also be getting some more strenuous tests for you guys. We realize the burst rating is what matters in cars, and we have provided Mike and a number of other testers some packs to put to the test. The bottom line is maxamps.com wants to make the best pack. If the test results are less then great we are always on the hunt for a better cell. So far our in-house testing and outside testers have reported great results with our packs so as I get that information and results I will post up more and more.

Cheers

Brandon

[reno911]

Can you donate a few of your packs to BigSqid RC for the next round of their Lipo battles.

I would like to see a zippy and maxamps finally tested under the same roof.

Settle some things for once.

[SunnyHouTX]

I second that ^^^^^

[brainanator]

agree to that well. Great idea.

[thzero]

Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth it.

[moneybagsfor-rc]

Read the first lipo "battle" on big squid:

One note here, we also invited MaxAmps to submit a Li-po for the shootout, but we later pulled our offer due to them being the only paying battery advertiser on BigSquidRC. We did so because we didn’t want any readers thinking we were pulling any favoritism in our test results had MaxAmps won or placed well. We wanted to present the most honest, fair, and legit shootout possible, even if it meant excluding one of our site sponsors.

[reno911]

Moneybags doesn't that sound a bit hypocritical though. How can you have an absolute fair shootout by excluding one of the top battery manufacturers.

[nitrostarter]

Brandon: Any chance we can get a comment here as well http://rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28373

Thanks!

[bryan]

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

Brandon: Any chance we can get a comment here as well http://rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28373

Thanks!

umm umm yeah Good point

[moneybagsfor-rc]

Originally Posted by reno911

Moneybags doesn't that sound a bit hypocritical though. How can you have an absolute fair shootout by excluding one of the top battery manufacturers.

Hey, they said it, not me.

[Thomasis]

I think price is a huge factor here too. Zippy, Turnigy, etc.... HUGE difference
in price between MA and Zippy. Just my 2 cents worth. Although I would like to see a match up between MA and Turnigy's best. That would be interesting.
And kudos once more for taking the trash talk in here, character is hard to find in any industry today.

[hootie7159]

Oh Snap!!!