Originally Posted by
mtpocketsracing
some guy at the track last night was talking trash about the turnigy batteries only because they're so inexpensive.
he overheard me talking to my buddy and said "you get what you pay for".
I've seen plenty of you guys giving them a good review and bigsquidrc (I think) did a shoot out with them and scored them in 2nd beating out batteries 2 and 3 times their price.
I would have really liked to ask that guy how he came to his conclusion. Did he have one and find it inferior to a more expensive brand? Or was he just regurgitating what some other rocket scientist told him. To me thats like saying we should all buy a rb6 because it's $200 more than a b4.1, and you get what you pay for...
My criteria for a battery is:
Does it provide enough power throughout the cycle and provide decent run times?
Does it last for more than a couple of months without swelling or having a noticeable drop off in power?
Does the manufacture warranty the battery and answer the phone?
If a $5 battery met that criteria id buy them by the dozen.