Whatever happened to maxamps cut throat pricing?

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by sikeston34m

Dude! That's ONE POWER HUNGRY Revo you have there!

His car broke down. He had to tow it home!

[Unsullied_Spy]

I imagine if you gear stupidly high you could get the voltage to drop low enough to get some ripple current, but I ran mine with a Neu 1515 1.5D in a heavy Truggy with 40 series wheels/tires and my MGM handled it just fine but I keep my gearing so that my entire system runs stable.

[Jeremy1976]

Originally Posted by E-Revonut

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!

Have you ever actually tried to get MA to make good on their warranty? You have to beg, plead, and promise to get them to do anything! Esspecially if dealling with Jason. I did eventually get my packs replaced but the new packs aren't covered. According to them their packs weren't strong enough for my setup! Apparently I was drawing more than 120amps continous or peaks of more than 240 with my E-Revo geared for 36MPH! Buy quality cells for less! If a Neu pack gives you problems I'd be very surprised for one but at least it would be something worth sending to Linc and saving!

I actually had good luck with there CS and a cell that was bad in a 2s 8k pack. I did notice on the MA packs that the difference in cell voltage after being discharged was much greater than any of my packs I own now.

I now own a SPC 2s 5000mah 15c pack, a Polyquest 2s 5000mah 30c pack, and a Poly R/C 3s 5000mah 30c pack. Here is where I bought my Poly R/C pack from. Great price and free shipping. This place deals with only Enerland.

http://www.rclipos.com/

[fastbaja5b]

I rate Max Amps packs in a Brushless truck below that of a Venom Nimh 1800mah stick pack.

..not even fit to use as a desk weight.

[Unsullied_Spy]

I hear ya on the balancing. I had a 2s 6k and it took 2 hours or so on the balancer before I could even start charging (I balance during the charge as well). My 3s 6k will not stay balanced, and the #2 cell is getting weak because of it and by now has probably dropped below 3v. If I don't get an E-Mail back from Maxamps tomorrow about my warranty I'll try calling them, if they blow me off when I call them I will be very upset.

Time to see how well their cells can stand up to some REAL punishment

[redshift]

For anyone still doubting the Battery Guru - lincpimp, or any other member who's had issues with MA products or "service"
please know we are only here to further enjoyment of the hobby.

I had my own run in with a pack being held hostage by MA for over 3 weeks as well, and I was dealing with Alex, who is supposedly much fairer about returns and such. I ended up paying more to get that pack replaced. I would never EVER consider buying anything other than adapters from them.

Warranty? How about putting your $ into a product that will likely never need warranty support!

MA covers up their inferiority with an advertising budget that might put P*psi to shame.

Here is my recommendation- it doesn't matter what you buy as long as it's NOT MA.

They will keep churning out garbage and charging YOU for the advertising- I call that predatory and misleading at best.

You've been warned!

[Jeremy1976]

Imagine the business they (MA) would have if they had Enerland cells in there packs. With all the marketing they have.

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by Jeremy1976

Imagine the business they (MA) would have if they had Enerland cells in there packs. With all the marketing they have.

Imagine the inflated ratings and the cost... The only reason they can do all of the advertising is the stupid low prices they pay for the lipos... I would rather not pay for ads and buy something that has the performance i am looking for. I will not buy anything from MA, everything they sell is overpriced.

[Jeremy1976]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Imagine the inflated ratings and the cost... The only reason they can do all of the advertising is the stupid low prices they pay for the lipos... I would rather not pay for ads and buy something that has the performance i am looking for. I will not buy anything from MA, everything they sell is overpriced.

I totally agree. Why buy basically a generic celled pack when you can get a Enerland based pack for cheaper.

[BrianG]

Originally Posted by Jeremy1976

...Why buy basically a generic celled pack when you can get a Enerland based pack for cheaper.

To support the MA marketing budget.

[MetalMan]

Then they would have to raise their prices even more to cover the increased cost of the cells. Oh wait... maybe they wouldn't because they wouldn't have to spend so much money honoring their "warranty"!

It seems like it would be smart business for them to have a line of high quality packs to go with their entry level packs with desent prices of course too.

I bought a group of 5-6 MA packs all with waranties. Every single pack had problems before 1 year had passed. What a pain!

[Unsullied_Spy]

If their new line of lipos were better and if they lowered the price a bit, I'd consider going back to them because their lipos are sized very nicely but until they put out a good lipo for an acceptable price I'm done with them.

[redshift]

lincpimp wrote: "I do not think their business model is one to copy, that is for sure"

The Ouroboros is what comes to mind, the snake that eats its own tail.

[Finnster]

It seems most of their customer service involves trolling the RC forums and attacking whomever questions the quality of their packs. This includes OEMs too.

I noticed a post by PdC from CC kinda blaming some MA packs for early MMM failures last year. MA jumped on his ass and he backed off. Now they won't suggest MA packs may cause failures, but they will call out zippies a bit. Mostly I think its a crock of S, and Linc summed it up well.

Get good packs from Mike and tear it up, or go cheap w/ zips and be more careful and prepare for some problems (I have 1 weak cell in 10 on my zips.)