namewasdallas

I've ran a Max Amp battery there not complete shit but there nothing special, like everyone says there not worth the $100+, I run Only Turnigy Nano-Tech, 45c-90c and 50-100c, 65-130c Lipo's you can buy 1 of each of what I listed for the Cost of one New Max Amps Lipo's. I get about 25 mins run time with a 5000mah in my 2wd Stadium truck and about 15-20 mins in my Losi SCTE. Batterys Balance great and dont puff up or get hot from my MMP/ 3800kv combo not even doing speed runs of 70mph+ like my zippy packs did....

Check Out Turnigy Nano-Tech or at the least Buy the Highest C rating battery that you can afford.


HobbyKing.com Has great prices.

Wild Cherry

Try and say bad about Novak or Live R/c , that whats wrong .....



Note :

Nothing bad & wrong bout Novak or Live , great company's, just like Max Amps in fact .......

t3gto

I just won a Maxamps 5250mah True150C pack at my local big race. Tried it outa couple of times since then. For comparison purposes, my other packs are 2+ year old TrueRC 5000mah 20c packs with well over 200 charges (balanced each time) a piece.
The Maxamps pack didnt feel much punchier, maybe a bit, but it is BRAND NEW! I like the look of the pack, the feel of the pack, the quality of the soldering, but if I hadn't won it, I wouldn't have bought one. I just am not impressed. I haven't had a chance to do any time testing yet, but I will.
And, I ran it in both my stadium truck (Losi XXXT MF1 w/ Novak 10.5) and my HPI Blitz (LRP 8.5) on a race track. It has also been run in a stock Electrix MT (not mine) and it wasn't any more impressive than my other lipos there either.
Long story short, I don't believe the hype. But they do look good, and seem to be well constructed.

rickybobbyxxx

iTrader: (-1)

Looks like i will just go with the reedys, im sure team associated wouldnt sell anything that wasnt 100%lol " sc10 4x4"

lowroad

iTrader: (79)

Those are only slightly less of a waste of money.

hakmazter

OK, I guess I will jump in.

Compare and contrast these 2 items then.
Lets use your logic and see what you can come up with.

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...Off-Road-Buggy

http://www.amainhobbies.com/product_...tion-Buggy-Kit

I will start. They both won worlds.....

This should be fun.

whitrzac

iTrader: (97)

Take the same buggies after a season of racing and tell me that they are in similar condition.

seth556

iTrader: (43)

When's the last time you saw a Max Amps pack winning races? You can get a pack for a fraction of the cost that's going to perform much better, that's the issue. When you pay that much you should have a very good pack instead of a mediocre pack.

Both of those are excellent buggies, although with the Kyosho you're paying more for where it's made, but it also has very good built detail and everything fits very well. It might not be worth over twice as much as the other buggy, but at least it's winning races and isn't close to being garbage. You're not going to buy it and feel you're getting scammed, you're still getting an excellent buggy.

hakmazter

Well, I just wanted for people to notice that "where it is made" might have some relevance and see if "winning races" was relevant. So basically if Tebo switched over to maxamps, then it might be justified?

Service plays a part also in my opinion. I know that I can call maxamps. I just did yesterday. Now can I call Kyosho or GensAce direct and talk to someone?

This has been brought up probably 25 times here and I have tried to lay out some scenarios and comparisons in the past.

Personally I have no horse in the race, but it always seems like there is a motive behind each one of these threads when they get started.

jnslprd

iTrader: (5)

the hot bodies will still have anodizing on its parts

Bigshades

iTrader: (28)

Beat the horse some more... Specifically with the Graph here:

NSLST

iTrader: (14)

I am always wondering why no one has done a simialr chart for team orion, TP, Reedy, and those big $$ packs.

tc5 man

why because of $$$

hakmazter

I disparaged the graph last time, but since we are beating a dead horse, I will do it again.

Jang built a battery discharger using lightbulbs that draw approximately 30 amps. Everyone used to use these on nicads because you had to drain the batteries completely down and 30 amps was the approximate pull of a 1/10 motor and esc back in the day.

The issue is that the battery discharger does exactly that. 30 amps of current draw. No more, no less. So basically, ANY battery will produce similar results.

It is like filling an aquarium with coca cola, kool aid, and then water and draining it with a garden hose and comparing results. The answer is the garden hose ability to drain water at a given flow rate, not that kool aid, coke, and water have varying amounts of sugar.

Edit: there can also be other variables such as solder connections, connectors, etc... that can skew results.

2wdMod

iTrader: (42)

to each his own Buy MA if you want.I personally will be happy as a clam with the 3 gens packs I have that have the same retail value as 1 MA pack.As for customer service, If I have a problem, I send them back to hobbypartz , and they ship me a new one