Originally Posted by vr01
Quite simply 5 years ago the cells we could get our hands on were CRAP. They were the ones the matchers rejected. (Matchers I mean Trinity and Orion as they pretty much got all of the cells before anybody else apparently.) The professional racers were getting cells which the average joe racer could only dream about - that doesn't appear to be happening now. What you don't know is how many cells died in the process back then so you are never going to be able to make an apples to apples comparison...
I dont know if calling them crap is being fair. As time goes on technology improves products.
From memory I think the RC3000's I bought about 7 years ago were matched by Orion. Maybe thats why they were such good cells and also cost me around $150 for each set.
Charles