MaxAmps Race Edition Lipos

[reno911]

Hey I will have to say that this is a stepping stone for their company. I appreciate this information. Prior employees have been much less patient with us and have taken a path down the road to making things worse.

Thanks for the info Brandon. However I can not buy one since these were in fact not true 150c rated packs. I also am an honest person and would have held my ground and purchased a 2s pack from you all.

I do believe from your video reviews when you were with RC Car Action that you are a reasonable person and give a fair review. However I have a feeling that even you can see that this is something that would make anyone in this hobby that has some knowledge of things raise an eyebrow. I award your effort and praise you good luck in straightening out the muck of misleading information that Maxamps may or may not have been known.

[reno911]

Can you donate a few of your packs to BigSqid RC for the next round of their Lipo battles.

I would like to see a zippy and maxamps finally tested under the same roof.

Settle some things for once.

[thzero]

Third, fourth, fifth, and sixth it.

[SunnyHouTX]

I second that ^^^^^

[brainanator]

agree to that well. Great idea.

[moneybagsfor-rc]

Read the first lipo "battle" on big squid:

One note here, we also invited MaxAmps to submit a Li-po for the shootout, but we later pulled our offer due to them being the only paying battery advertiser on BigSquidRC. We did so because we didn’t want any readers thinking we were pulling any favoritism in our test results had MaxAmps won or placed well. We wanted to present the most honest, fair, and legit shootout possible, even if it meant excluding one of our site sponsors.

[reno911]

Moneybags doesn't that sound a bit hypocritical though. How can you have an absolute fair shootout by excluding one of the top battery manufacturers.

[moneybagsfor-rc]

Originally Posted by reno911

Moneybags doesn't that sound a bit hypocritical though. How can you have an absolute fair shootout by excluding one of the top battery manufacturers.

Hey, they said it, not me.

[Thomasis]

I think price is a huge factor here too. Zippy, Turnigy, etc.... HUGE difference
in price between MA and Zippy. Just my 2 cents worth. Although I would like to see a match up between MA and Turnigy's best. That would be interesting.
And kudos once more for taking the trash talk in here, character is hard to find in any industry today.

[nitrostarter]

Brandon: Any chance we can get a comment here as well http://rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28373

Thanks!

[bryan]

Originally Posted by nitrostarter

Brandon: Any chance we can get a comment here as well http://rc-monster.com/forum/showthread.php?t=28373

Thanks!

umm umm yeah Good point

[hootie7159]

Oh Snap!!!

[hootie7159]

Here you go Zero...found it on rctech....

http://www.rctech.net/forum/maxamps-...-hk-packs.html

[thzero]

Yeah, the info that it was discontinued need to be on their website; after all a website is a place to dispense information... funny how that works.

There were a lot of claims made in that thread, and probably same thing seen elsewhere, about two things:

a) poor quality of cells used by others, especially overseas companies.
b) poor quality of wires.

For a), this claim has been made before. Maybe its true, maybe its not. But considering that individual cells are not labeled (discounting the fact they could be completely mislabeled) there is no real way for the average r/cer to know. If you are going to make a claim about someone else's product, you should be able to back it up. Otherwise its just an unsubstantiated opinion. Austin does say they use "A" grade cells, fine, state that on your website with the cell information. But even so, you should take the time and explain it as the average hobby person does not buy lithum cells directly so wouldn't know they come in different grades, different chemistries, etc.

He also says " You can see the details of EXACTLY how we test our packs on our website under the lipo info section.", yet there isn't anything about it on the website. Don't hide this information, make it very easily accessible from the main page; i.e. Lipo Care, Lipo Testing, Lipo Cell Info, etc. There was some decent information in that thread, but if it had been posted on the website, then you wouldn't need to keep repeating yourself.

Personally I think 8AWG is overkill, I use 10AWG myself as opposed to the smaller 12AWG which is probably fine for 2/3S batteries. Again, make a claim, you need to back it up. Here's a link (http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...p?prod=ose-6rw) to the stuff I use.

Originally Posted by hootie7159

Here you go Zero...found it on rctech....

http://www.rctech.net/forum/maxamps-...-hk-packs.html

Originally Posted by thzero

Yeah, the info that it was discontinued need to be on their website; after all a website is a place to dispense information... funny how that works.

There were a lot of claims made in that thread, and probably same thing seen elsewhere, about two things:

a) poor quality of cells used by others, especially overseas companies.
b) poor quality of wires.

For a), this claim has been made before. Maybe its true, maybe its not. But considering that individual cells are not labeled (discounting the fact they could be completely mislabeled) there is no real way for the average r/cer to know. If you are going to make a claim about someone else's product, you should be able to back it up. Otherwise its just an unsubstantiated opinion. Austin does say they use "A" grade cells, fine, state that on your website with the cell information. But even so, you should take the time and explain it as the average hobby person does not buy lithum cells directly so wouldn't know they come in different grades, different chemistries, etc.

He also says " You can see the details of EXACTLY how we test our packs on our website under the lipo info section.", yet there isn't anything about it on the website. Don't hide this information, make it very easily accessible from the main page; i.e. Lipo Care, Lipo Testing, Lipo Cell Info, etc. There was some decent information in that thread, but if it had been posted on the website, then you wouldn't need to keep repeating yourself.

Personally I think 8AWG is overkill, I use 10AWG myself as opposed to the smaller 12AWG which is probably fine for 2/3S batteries. Again, make a claim, you need to back it up. Here's a link (http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/pro...p?prod=ose-6rw) to the stuff I use.

I am working on all the detailed information for the site as we speak, so that will be up soon. Thanks for your suggestions, I will be posting up some tests that we have conducted and links to other third party sites that conducted test on some of the cheaper cells out there and you can see for yourself the results. I know off the top of my head Big Squid tested some cheaper LiPos and they performed poorly. I also believe rcbox.com did as well. Chat soon - Brandon