[glassdoctor]

I don't think they are worse than other lipos... they must be under-rating the cycle life. Lipos don't just die after xxx cycles... they slowly lose capacity.

Did they say what capacity the will be after 100 cycles? They may be basing their #'s on a very high % like 90-95% capacity yield.

Also, keep in mind that typical use, like racing... many 'cycles' are only partial discharge.... like 25%... 50%... 70%... etc. Cycle life is much higher when they are only partially discharged. Their estimates likely are for full discharge cycles.

They way I look at lipos is that I will be ready for newer better packs, or I will goof up and destroy them, before I wear them out. I really don't get to run my cars that much, lol...

My 8000mah pack has about 6 cycles on it and none of them probably went beyond 50% discharge.... my 12000 pack has maybe a dozen runs... with only a couple deep discharges. I sure hope I get to run the crap out of them this summer. If I get 100 runs total for the summer I will be happy. :D