That is a shame, yet it happens. we first ran Orion, then Trinity, then SMC, now believe it or not, I just run the Zeee Lipos as can be found on Amazon. No issues so far, they are just a basic 6500mAh 80C batteries, I have also used two of their 2S 8000mAh 100C packs in 1:8 buggy as well. We have run them now for two years, no puffing. Never Charged above their mAh rating, and always properly Discharged for Storage. Have even used the 4S packs for 1:8 On Road as well. For their price, it was well worth it for us. We have also started to run them in the Started boxes for our Nitro Cars.