MaxAmps Race Edition Lipos

[What's_nitro?]

Originally Posted by sikeston34m

Recently I bought a "12 cell" laptop battery. It wasn't OEM, but an aftermarket replacement. Clearly marked 8800mah on the pack.

I wanted to get the 12 - 18650 cells to use on a project.

I opened it up and there were only 9 -18650 cells inside, and each cell was only a 2000mah cell. There were 3 dummy tubes inside to take up the extra space.

Wow....... Did you call them on it?

[JERRY2KONE]

Yea thats one of those "Consumer Report" issues that should end up on TV for the rest of us to know about. I would shoot Consumer Reports a short email just to let them know and see if they follow up on it. I would be willing to bet that they would purchase your battery pack from you as part of the investigation. Sounds pretty fishy to me. As you sure that the pack was not made by someone we all know. Is there a trade mark anywhere on the pack that looks like a capital MA? Or maybe some small blue flames somewhere on the casing? sounds like something they would do considering their rep.

[aqwut]

Originally Posted by sikeston34m

They took their OLD 6500SS Series packs, and made some pretty new labels. Then revamped all the numbers.

Probably came up with some new arguments about how nothing can be tested.

They are not the only ones doing this type of dress up work though.

Recently I bought a "12 cell" laptop battery. It wasn't OEM, but an aftermarket replacement. Clearly marked 8800mah on the pack.

I wanted to get the 12 - 18650 cells to use on a project.

I opened it up and there were only 9 -18650 cells inside, and each cell was only a 2000mah cell. There were 3 dummy tubes inside to take up the extra space. I'm sure alot of people didn't know the difference.

Just Like Maxamps!

LOL...
I've been out of the RC Scene for a while and still a bunch of BS going around.. I actually thought it was going to be different before I read the whole thread..

[mistercrash]

This thread keeps on going and going and going...

[brian015]

Originally Posted by mistercrash

This thread keeps on going and going and going...

I'll do my part to keep it going - MA has some true believers over in the e-Baja forum:

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...5&postcount=16


Be sure to check out FastEddy's entire thread, which seems to promise a detailed look at him installing the CC kit (I find it hard to get excited about a thread that begins with pictures of boxes and then continues with someone showing how nicely they can follow a set of installation instructions - but evidently some people go crazy over these types of threads.)

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...65#post1318865

And I rarely get to use one of these:

[suicideneil]

Meh, clearly a total noob if he had to ask all his 'expert' friends and they suggested maxamps as being the best possible packs- they arent slightly more expensive than budget lipos, they are massively more expensive than top end brands...

Someone tell him to enable the data logging feature and post up some graphs, I cant wait to see him realise how badly those packs perform vs their rated specs...

[Bondonutz]

Yes the motor is awesome but the pictures of boxes crack me up too, reminds me of Noobs on TRX taking mass pictures of their bone stock Tmaxx right out of the box. At least he happy tho

[Arct1k]

From Saterdays bash the Maxamps 6500mah packs seemed to run about the same as the 4500mah Turnigys.

The turnigys's hadn't yet hit the lipo cutoff and when I charged them I put 4500 back in.

The Maxamps hit the LVC and took about 5000mah IIRC.

[JERRY2KONE]

Sounds typical of what we expected for the most part. For the money pretty poor performance in my opinion.

Yea those guys probably suggested he get the MA packs so they can see how they work out in his setup, so they don't have to invest that kind of $$$ themselves to find out that they are not worth it. Get the kid to come in here and share his results with us once he gets everything setup and has a chance to use them. Then after we get to see how badly his graphs are we can encourage him to follow up demanding his money back for false advertising and poor performance.

[thzero]

Just cuz they don't agree with you doesn't make them a newb. I know he's been around a lot in the Baja gas world, maybe he's a e-newb.

But they aren't that much more expensive than say Hyperion, TP, etc. Against the Turnigy, etc. of the world, very much so, but so are Hyp, etc.

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Meh, clearly a total noob if he had to ask all his 'expert' friends and they suggested maxamps as being the best possible packs- they arent slightly more expensive than budget lipos, they are massively more expensive than top end brands...

Yes, graphs are always interesting of all battery types...

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Someone tell him to enable the data logging feature and post up some graphs, I cant wait to see him realise how badly those packs perform vs their rated specs...

[brian015]

Originally Posted by suicideneil

Someone tell him to enable the data logging feature and post up some graphs, I cant wait to see him realise how badly those packs perform vs their rated specs...

+1

Maybe we'll finally get some graphs for this thread!!!

Originally Posted by Arct1k

From Saterdays bash the Maxamps 6500mah packs seemed to run about the same as the 4500mah Turnigys.

The turnigys's hadn't yet hit the lipo cutoff and when I charged them I put 4500 back in.

The Maxamps hit the LVC and took about 5000mah IIRC.

Ouch.



Edit: Meanwhile, back at FastEddy's thread, the RCM crowd is chiming in!

http://www.hpibajaforum.com/forum/sh...d.php?t=101706

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by thzero

Just cuz they don't agree with you doesn't make them a newb. I know he's been around a lot in the Baja gas world, maybe he's a e-newb.

But they aren't that much more expensive than say Hyperion, TP, etc. Against the Turnigy, etc. of the world, very much so, but so are Hyp, etc.



Yes, graphs are always interesting of all battery types...

Compared to their performance by those who have had the chance to use them, they are not worth even close to that. Performance wise they are not even equal to other brands of lower specs. If the cost was half of what they are charging maybe.

[josh9mille]

WOW, it was like dejavu reading that thread, reminded me a whole lot of a certain member on here, and 10 other forums......im sure you know who im talking about.
That fasteddy guy is just proof that a high post count does not always mean you know what you are talking about!

[suicideneil]

Originally Posted by thzero

Just cuz they don't agree with you doesn't make them a newb. I know he's been around a lot in the Baja gas world, maybe he's a e-newb.

But they aren't that much more expensive than say Hyperion, TP, etc. Against the Turnigy, etc. of the world, very much so, but so are Hyp, etc.

That much is pretty obvious as he had no real Lipo knowledge.

True though, the MA packs are a similar price to TP or Hyperions, but those lipos perform wayyyyyyyy better than the MA packs could ever hope too, we know this for a fact as we have graphs & discharge logs. If the MA packs performed as well as the other premium brands then I wouldn't be half as critical of them, but they just dont...

[Arct1k]

I'm the only one who's actually used them in a baja here. They are fine...

Not the cheapest packs but they will do the job.