Batteries

[superrcracer]

Batteries Thread

[Erc]

Has anyone tried the ProTek batteries?

[flash]

Mar 21, 2014 4:48:46 GMT Erc said:

Has anyone tried the ProTek batteries?

The best batteries are the Orion batteries, I've had Venom and Eco power batteries. They tend to puff up after running them for awhile.

[spookie]

I haven't tried the Protek's. I run Smc and Onyx. I have used Venom's hard and soft and had pretty good luck with them. Except for the universal battery connector. It has aluminum connectors and they were heating up on my old E-Maxx. A sign of resistance. So I soldered some gold Traxxas connectors on. They were 8K Mah hardcase Venoms and their still going strong for my son. He runs them dual in my old Maxx. Now I have heard the green hardcase Venoms or Li Powers suck.I saw the Eco and wasn't to impressed.

[Erc]

Where do you buy the Smc and Onyx batteries? Never heard of them, I'm interested at purchasing some batteries.

[k1llerrc]

SMC are a good bang for your $$ battery, ive known guys to run them for 3 to 4 years.. But from what I know, they dont have the true-c punch The orion packs have.. Yes Flash, IMO the Orion packs are great.

[spookie]

Here's the Smc site. Great prices. I have a set of 7.4v 4100 70C burst that have been great. Bought them used, they were like new, and you can see the higher burst when driving. www.smc-racing.net/
Onyx are decent beat around batteries, nothing special, except they make a reliable battery. But for higher burst rate, not much there. Sometimes what gets me is people that bash around, and they will spend $125 for one lipo with 150C burst, lol. I'm like for real? Short of a pair in a 6S Mamba monster Revo, most will never tell the difference lol. I had a set of Traxxas soft pack that were pretty good, had good burst at first, but you could see them slowly drop off as they aged, way to soon imo. Speedpack is pretty decent, I have some of those, decent burst.

One thing people don't realize is when running pairs together, you are doubling burst. If each battery is 30C, you end up with 60C with pairs. Because you aren't pulling off each individual pack as hard. One thing I do personally is about about 5 or 6 cycles, I discharge the battery down to close to 3.0v and recharge back up. I think Lipos will make memory, and that helps wipe it.

[flash]

Mar 23, 2014 16:59:22 GMT spookie said:

Here's the Smc site. Great prices. I have a set of 7.4v 4100 70C burst that have been great. Bought them used, they were like new, and you can see the higher burst when driving. www.smc-racing.net/
Onyx are decent beat around batteries, nothing special, except they make a reliable battery. But for higher burst rate, not much there. Sometimes what gets me is people that bash around, and they will spend $125 for one lipo with 150C burst, lol. I'm like for real? Short of a pair in a 6S Mamba monster Revo, most will never tell the difference lol. I had a set of Traxxas soft pack that were pretty good, had good burst at first, but you could see them slowly drop off as they aged, way to soon imo. Speedpack is pretty decent, I have some of those, decent burst.

One thing people don't realize is when running pairs together, you are doubling burst. If each battery is 30C, you end up with 60C with pairs. Because you aren't pulling off each individual pack as hard. One thing I do personally is about about 5 or 6 cycles, I discharge the battery down to close to 3.0v and recharge back up. I think Lipos will make memory, and that helps wipe it.

Have you used the Orion battery packs?

[spookie]

Not yet, I haven't had the need to buy anymore batteries lately. What kind of price are they?

[flash]

The ones is use is the Team Orion 2S "Carbon Pro" 90C Li-Poly Battery Pack w/Tubes are worth 140$.

[superrcracer]

Has anyone ran the trinity batteries before?

[Erc]

Those batteries a very expensive, my friend buys trinity batteries. He has ran those packs for years. I usually run the Orion or venom batteries.

[leerussell]

Anyone else try VANT lipos? I've been running the 7600mah in my truggy and haven't had a problem. They pack good punch and last long.

[superrcracer]

Apr 15, 2014 21:08:34 GMT leerussell said:

Anyone else try VANT lipos? I've been running the 7600mah in my truggy and haven't had a problem. They pack good punch and last long.

 My friend races the Pro-Match batteries they are affordable batteries and seem like durable batteries. Checkout there website www.promatchracing.com/.

[kyoshoracer]

Apr 15, 2014 21:08:34 GMT leerussell said:

Anyone else try VANT lipos? I've been running the 7600mah in my truggy and haven't had a problem. They pack good punch and last long.

I have never tried those lipos, is this their site www.vantbattery.com/ ? Has anyone ever tried the Promatch lipo batteries I hear they are really good batteries.