Anybody use HobbyKing batteries?

[RCAddiction]

Found this site last night, just browsing around on it and found this:

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=11598

Im new to the whole electric thing, ran nitro for years, but can someone that knows about batteries tell me if they see anything wrong with it, or if its worth spending the 19$ to find out.

Thanks.

 

[team3six]

yes, many of us do. great batteries for the price.
Thats a prett big battery if your planning on running a crawler. I would look at the 3s 2200 batteries

 

[SMR 510RR]

I also use them but I think I am going to upgrade to some nicer batteries in the near future.

What kind of rig are they going in? The biggest packs that I run in my berg are 3s 1000mah. Anything bigger than that and they become hard to find a place to put.

 

[Darksiede]

Well, if you are in the US, and you don't plan on trying to get more then 100+ amps constant from the pack..

http://hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=14976

Is a better deal.. 5000mah, 20c, 20 bucks! (And cheaper/WAY FASTER shipping from the US warehouse)

I have many HK/Turnigy/Zippy's from well before they opened their US warehouse, and the oldest are almost 3 years old. I haven't had any problems with them (Unlike the mystery brand from dealextreme) Your mileage may vary.. I tend to under-use my packs.. I run them at about half of their C rating, and recharge them at half the recharge C rating... I also tend to swap packs when voltage drops to 3.7v/cell. It still gives me hellatiously long run times due to my low amps being drawn. My (older) 4000mah hardpacks from HK give me 60+ minute run times... I'm buying a pair of those listed above soon, as once my new (to me) scaler is going, I will need them for long distance trail runs!

~Kev

 

[RCAddiction]

The reason I was going 4000mah is because it will see duty in my scx10, ax10, and slash. Wanted to buy 3 or 4 of one battery and just use them in all 3 trucks.

 

[Darksiede]

Ohh, how did I miss that one? Heck of a deal.

Thanks guys for your input, this is waaayy better/cheaper than buying a big name lipo for 5 or 6x the price.

$1.98 is a killer deal for another 1000mah lol..

Hell, Ive been around RC long enough to remember when a 1500nicd was a killer race pack.. and 800-1000mah's got used as practice/basher packs, yet still cost 50 bucks a pop!

~Kev

 

[xr__10]

I have hads great luck with them. Just takes a little longer shipping is all. "thumbsup"

 

[losikid]

Check out the elite packs form cheapbatterypacks.com, Also i have ran turnigies and they are the best cheap pack i have ran. I have ran the blue lipos from hobbypartz.com, i have ran a pack like g-force (got it at lhs) turnigies were better than both. and i am running max amps 1100's now and i think the 1500 35c turnigies i had were just as good or better. But after reading through the thread on here about the elite packs i think i'm going to be ordering those my next battery order

 

[Twisted Nuts]

i'm like losikid, i've used lipo's of all kinds. But i ordered 3 of the elite lipo's from cheapbatterypacks and it was all i could do to keep my crawler going straight:shock: was using my steering hand to wipe away the drool

buy from chris YOU WON"T BE DISAPPOINTED!:mrgreen:

 

[abadk9420]

I would go with the higher discharge rating if you plan to use them in a Slash, they will handle heavier load from running a lower turn motor and being at full throttle more often much better then a lower c rating battery will, it will also give you more punch...

 

[Darksiede]

Check out the elite packs form cheapbatterypacks.com, Also i have ran turnigies and they are the best cheap pack i have ran. I have ran the blue lipos from hobbypartz.com, i have ran a pack like g-force (got it at lhs) turnigies were better than both. and i am running max amps 1100's now and i think the 1500 35c turnigies i had were just as good or better. But after reading through the thread on here about the elite packs i think i'm going to be ordering those my next battery order

I saw their comparo.. I'm not dissing them, but for budget minded people who are more or less bashing and aren't comping/racing.. There are cheaper batteries out there to keep us up and running.

For instance, my scaler typically won't draw more then 20 amps, so C rating means little to me. In a case like that, a $20 5000mah lipo is just for pure run time and budget minding.. Every $40 I save on a lipo, is $40 I can use to upgrade my meager little ride, and in my book that's a good thing. "thumbsup"

~Kev