7 cell 8.4 volt batteries

[Superbeast]

Why don't more people run 7 cell 8.4 volt batteries? I just ran one in my honcho and was quite surprised at how big of a difference it was compared to my 7.2v 6 cells. Is it just more common to upgrade to lipo, or is there another reason more people aren't using the 8.4v ?

[DRTMI]

Volt for volt, lipo's are a ton lighter depending on that MaH rating. Say you're using an 8.4 3200MaH nimh, a 3200 7.4 volt lipo will be almost half the weight as the nimh pack and possibly smaller.

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[Superbeast]

Gotcha, thanks for the lipo lesson. I probably should have posted this in the newbie section lol

[RiceBurner]

Cuz someone will make fun of them for running a freakin stick pack... No seriously, I run 5000mah 7-cells in my scaler, trouble free. Run brushed motors too. Yes, I'm a dinosaur...

[JustinM]

Okay I run one too.Think Im going to try a 8cell 9.6v

[greggreg2011]

it also will give you pretty much full power till lvc....no losing power like stick packs....also last driving wise a ton longer....lipos are same price and even cheaper then stick packs....

[Superbeast]

Originally Posted by RiceBurner

Cuz someone will make fun of them for running a freakin stick pack... No seriously, I run 5000mah 7-cells in my scaler, trouble free. Run brushed motors too. Yes, I'm a dinosaur...

You can call me a dinosaur too, I like my stick packs, and as nice a lipos sound, for me it's too much hassle to worry about running them too low or burning my house down charging them, I'll take my plug and play stick packs any day lol

[Manning]

Originally Posted by Superbeast

You can call me a dinosaur too, I like my stick packs, and as nice a lipos sound, for me it's too much hassle to worry about running them too low or burning my house down charging them, I'll take my plug and play stick packs any day lol

Did you know your cell phone has a lithium battery?

[Superbeast]

Originally Posted by Manning

Did you know your cell phone has a lithium battery?

Yea, but I hear far less stories of cell phones blowing up/catching fire than I do lipo hobby batteries. I'm sure lipos are a lot safer than I have heard but I'm still sticking with my stick batteries

[RiceBurner]

Originally Posted by greggreg2011

it also will give you pretty much full power till lvc....no losing power like stick packs....also last driving wise a ton longer....lipos are same price and even cheaper then stick packs....

Not hating on lipo or nothing but NiMH don't taper off...

[simon170]

I run a 7 cell in my 2.2 and love it.

[Kmmac1705]

Originally Posted by Superbeast

You can call me a dinosaur too, I like my stick packs, and as nice a lipos sound, for me it's too much hassle to worry about running them too low or burning my house down charging them, I'll take my plug and play stick packs any day lol

I'm a newbie but you could call me a dinosaur also got 1 lipo and don't like using it. It's the charging hassle. Plug my sticks in charge em,drive while another stick charging.