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Originally Posted by Freezebyte
Your griping about $3 for high quality, hobby grade power plugs? Welcome to hobbys. No one said this shit was cheap. This is even more ironic coming from someone who lives in one of the most expensive cities in the nation.
Perhaps Nikko is more your thing?
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Jeeze, you are just full of wisdom, and are a real asset to the RCM community.
where's the rollyeyes?
I've used some of those ribbed hobby city ones, and some I got from a vendor at the ihobby expo. (lightning power) So far, I haven't had much issue except that the plastic is softer and melts much easier than the genuine deans... and the fit and finish is not as good.
I use them mainly for things like charge leads, or on my kids cars, etc... not usually for my main race car and packs. But I have used them when I was out of deans, and never noticed any power losses or heat issues.
I think the chinese packs that come with connectors are often HORRIBLY soldered... with big blobs of solder etc. I would recommend ALWAYS re-doing the solder work on these packs. Besides, the lead wires are always longer than needed, so they should be shortened anyway. I think all the long wires and crappy solder joints are a common cause of problems people have with high power electric cars.