Originally Posted by CoyoteSlash

Balancing two saddle packs is wise only because you'll get the absolute max time out of the pack, one won't drag the other back. But every time is seriously lackofotherwords: pointless. If you're racing every time, do it once every 3. If they are quality packs, they will hold their cell amps the same and drain the same for a very long time.

For Saddles, I'll agree it's more of a concern only because they are physically different packs, but I run two 2s on my 1/8 and Balance then once a week. This will result in only 'maybe' 1 or 2 minutes of loss because one was drained a hair lower than the other battery/cell.