100C Super Sport LiPos!

[thzero]

Yes, thats right, our favorite battery company has done it again.

Limited time only! Get your hands on our new 100C 5250mah 7.4v Bullet LiPo pack for only $89.99! Excellent performance and a perfect fit for most 1/10-scale vehicles including all short course trucks currently on the market. This pack includes bullet connectors for you racers that allow for clean installation in your vehicles and easy, neat storage.

Really, seriously, this is getting out of hand, even if it may only be the burst rating they are hawking, everywhere. :|

[suicideneil]

Too slow old man, too slow:

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29667

[lincpimp]

Maybe we have it wrong, the 100C is actually a model number or something like that. Kinda like the 15hp lawnmowers at Home Depot, I thought it meant 15 horsepower, but there is no way those motors can put that out continously... So it must just be a model/id number. Linda like 0U812...

[scarletboa]

with maxamps, i have found a semi-reliable way to get the approximate c-ratings of their packs. it is as simple as this:

divide their claimed rating by 4

so, i am willing to bet these are solid 25c packs.

with the 150c batteries, i think the divide by 4 thing isn't quite enough, but i haven't seen them in person more than once.

with my old "30c" maxamps packs, if i don't turn my lvc down to 3.0 from 3.3, they will start hitting lvc as soon as i hit the throttle trigger. they perform like ni-mh packs and get just as hot. the only differences between them and my old ni-mh packs is they cost a bunch more and they like to puff up. they are probably around 5c and can barely hold their own in a duratrax ext2 (very light 1/10) with a very mild ~25mph brushless setup. they still get pretty warm.

[suicideneil]

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29667

You all fail, again.

[JERRY2KONE]

You guys forgot to mention the latest award.

2011 Battery of the year
For the 4th year in a row, MaxAmps.com took the RCCA Readers’ Choice Award for best battery. The winning pack was our popular Hard Case Race Edition LiPo 6500 2-cell 7.4v Battery Pack. See it here:
http://www.maxamps.com/

Of course Maxamps marketing VP is the magazine editor, so what can anyone expect. That is the most flagrant "conflict of intrest" issue I have seen yet in the R/C hobby. How in the world can anyone take them seriously? First was their latest ad for the TRUE 150C race ready Lipo, and now this 100C Lipo sport pack. Who do they think they are kidding? Its funny how only a few guys have actually come in here and tried to post up positive feedback about their batteries, but once questions were posted in disbelief asking for some kind of proof they do not come back to support their claims. Really? Why is that?

Is there no one out there who actually likes their Lipos and believes their ads, who can actually post up a real argument in their favor? Surely there has got to be somebody in here who is a believer. Show yourself and make us believe. I dare you to be an honest man and prove that these batteries are truly worth what they are charging compared to all of the other Lipo suppiers in the realm of our hobby. Of course we know this will never happen as long as they continue to advertise in an untruthful fashion. I really do hope that some one calls them out on these ads and either forces them to eat their words or shuts them down. This is just rediculous.

[thzero]

Damnit!

Originally Posted by suicideneil

too slow old man, too slow:

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=29667

[thzero]

Yeah, no kidding.

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

You guys forgot to mention the latest award.
That is the most flagrant "conflict of intrest" issue I have seen yet in the R/C hobby.

[josh9mille]

I dont think Mr.BW is the editor of RCCA anymore.

[thzero]

Maybe we should start a battery company with 120C batteries?!

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

I dont think Mr.BW is the editor of RCCA anymore.

Really? What draws you to that conclusion? Even if his name does not appear in the open, you can bet that he has some input to the matter.

[lincpimp]

I would rather buy some 20c lipos, then sell them as 10c and have everyone and their uncle rave about how good they are...

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Really? What draws you to that conclusion? Even if his name does not appear in the open, you can bet that he has some input to the matter.

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...9&postcount=15

[JERRY2KONE]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

http://www.rc-monster.com/forum/show...9&postcount=15

Yes but that was really old news and you must have missed the exchanges when he first started trying to promote that TRUE 150C Lipo when he told us that he was still doing the editing job at the same time, and that was just a few months ago. Thats what I meant when I said conflict of interest. He is doing both jobs now. Even if he leaves the editing job he will still have a moderate controlling interest in CA magazine just because of his history with them.

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by JERRY2KONE

Yes but that was really old news and you must have missed the exchanges when he first started trying to promote that TRUE 150C Lipo when he told us that he was still doing the editing job at the same time, and that was just a few months ago. Thats what I meant when I said conflict of interest. He is doing both jobs now. Even if he leaves the editing job he will still have a moderate controlling interest in CA magazine just because of his history with them.

link?