Originally Posted by
slappomatt
I have done stock class 17.5 offroad racing for a few years off and on over the last decade. I am now doing 17.5 carpet racing as well as onroad parking lot 21.5 and 25.5 racing. 2S hard case batteries. I am ANAL about storing my batteries at 3.85v they are never more than a few hours at charge. in all this time I have NEVER had a single battery that didnt puff in less than a year. I have tried several brands. SMC, Hobby king, and some $$$packs in the past I forget the name to. in that same time I have had 30 soft pack air batteries and I maybe lose a couple to puffing. my latest batch of HK batteries are all puffed after maybe 4 months.
does anyone make a hard case pack that isnt total dog S$%^
If you're losing nearly all your packs to puffing, you are abusing your packs quite badly. You're either subjecting them to extreme temperatures or you're discharging them below 2.9v every run.
Frankly speaking, it's physically impossible to lose so many packs in such a short amount of time through normal usage.
Please revise your battery usage habits before buying any more packs.