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Old 02-05-2013 | 11:24 AM
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What model did you buy ?

Our 70C packs are built using the finest materials and should have great cycle life. Our lower C rate packs have passed my cycle life test and since we only started selling these models 5 months ago we're still figuring out how they will hold up in real world use.

For those who want to see what my cycle life testing consists of you can read this post.

http://www.hobbytalk.com/bbs1/showpo...3&postcount=12
I bought 1 of the 5600 70c for my 2wd mod sc and a 6500 mah 70c for my losi scte.Im gonna grab a 7200 mah 70c for my other 4x4 sc.
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Old 02-05-2013 | 12:07 PM
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You should get very good cycle life if you take good care of them in the regular classes. In the 4x4 SC they might drop off faster as that class is not very friendly to batteries due to the weight and the motors being used.
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Old 02-05-2013 | 12:48 PM
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Do you do any type of custom packs? Ie., a shorty that's soldered up for 4S? Thanks
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Old 02-05-2013 | 12:57 PM
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Yes that is possible to do but it would be in shrink and not a case and would take a bit of time to get done but possible.
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Old 02-05-2013 | 01:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny/SMC
New shipment due in tomorrow. Will list the packs on the site tomorrow and orders can start shipping on Thursday.

5670-2S2P 5600-70C-2S Inboard

5670-2S3P 5600-70C - 2S saddle pack

6570-4S2P 6500-70C-4S

7070-1S2PLR 7000-70C-1S lower runtime

7070-1S2P 7000-70C-1S

7270-2S2P 7200-70C-2S Deans and Inboard
Sweet, Been waiting for the 7000-70C-2S to come back in!
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Old 02-05-2013 | 05:45 PM
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I have read many good things about these batteries.

I am interested in the 4s pack. Are they ROAR approved?

Thanks

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Old 02-05-2013 | 06:09 PM
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"We're experiencing a high amount of orders and we're doing our best to process orders the same day but it may take up to 48 hours. "

Are you guys still having high amounts of orders? I would like to order a few packs.
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Old 02-06-2013 | 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by mlinder
I have read many good things about these batteries.

I am interested in the 4s pack. Are they ROAR approved?

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http://www.smc-racing.net/index.php?...product_id=112

this one is ROAR approved
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Old 02-06-2013 | 10:06 AM
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Originally Posted by Feint Motion
"We're experiencing a high amount of orders and we're doing our best to process orders the same day but it may take up to 48 hours. "

Are you guys still having high amounts of orders? I would like to order a few packs.
From what Danny told me in an e-mail the other day, Yes, sales are high, and China either is or is going to be on holiday here for a while for the chinese new year so if you need packs I would suggest ordering them cuz it will take a while to get them back in stock once they are gone.
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Old 02-06-2013 | 10:39 AM
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Danny, in your experience do higher c packs last less cycles than lower c packs when used in 4x4 sc ?
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Old 02-06-2013 | 02:23 PM
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I think the quality of the materials has the biggest impact on cycle life. As far as C rates go packs are now hard to judge by C rates as no one uses real C rates anymore. In theory a higher C rate pack if being a true should be better.
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Old 02-06-2013 | 02:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny/SMC
I think the quality of the materials has the biggest impact on cycle life. As far as C rates go packs are now hard to judge by C rates as no one uses real C rates anymore. In theory a higher C rate pack if being a true should be better.
From what little I understand about lipos, wouldn't a lower IR contribute to a higher C rate?
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Old 02-06-2013 | 02:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Feint Motion
"We're experiencing a high amount of orders and we're doing our best to process orders the same day but it may take up to 48 hours. "

Are you guys still having high amounts of orders? I would like to order a few packs.

Yes orders are going crazy and we're doing our best to keep up and ship out the same day but sometimes it's not possible.

Our new shipment that came in today is selling much faster than we expected so we expect to be sold out on some models soon. New shipments will only be available in March as China is currently on their big Chinese New Year vacation and it takes them time to get back to normal. Really doing our best to adapt to the higher sales but we don't want to order to many of each model as if there is an issue with the quality/performance we don't want to be stuck with allot of them. Our goal is to supply the best price on the best packs so we rather be a bit cautious and out of stock sometimes and have happy customers when they do get our packs.
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Old 02-06-2013 | 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by 1mrdad
From what little I understand about lipos, wouldn't a lower IR contribute to a higher C rate?

Yes that is the case. Problem we have seen in the past few years is C rates increasing on the labels but the cells have not increased. So using C rates nowadays is pretty much useless.
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Old 02-06-2013 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Danny/SMC
Yes orders are going crazy and we're doing our best to keep up and ship out the same day but sometimes it's not possible.

Our new shipment that came in today is selling much faster than we expected so we expect to be sold out on some models soon. New shipments will only be available in March as China is currently on their big Chinese New Year vacation and it takes them time to get back to normal. Really doing our best to adapt to the higher sales but we don't want to order to many of each model as if there is an issue with the quality/performance we don't want to be stuck with allot of them. Our goal is to supply the best price on the best packs so we rather be a bit cautious and out of stock sometimes and have happy customers when they do get our packs.
I ordered two 5600mah 70C inboard today, hopefully I got them ordered before they were out of stock.
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