I wish I held off buying my new batteries now.
I recently upgraded my car so required all new batteries, previously I had some Turnigy stick batteries, not the A-Spec ones, just normal Nano-tech, and they had been fine. Not swelled in over a year, great for the £20 I paid.
I didnt want to spend lots of cash on new batteries and wanted BRCA legal ones to save hassle if I did BRCA events, plus there was some talk about one of my local clubs going BRCA legal only! so I went with some GensAce saddle packs.
My old batteries were 5300mAh 30c, the GensAce were 4800mAh 25c but hell, they drain quickly! I have to do two races on one pack and for the past year, the packs went down to 7.8v after two races, so almost perfect storage charge but plenty of juice left if required.
After just one race the GensAce are about 7.7v! although thankfully they do just about manage 2 races but means I cant do any laps prior to the heat just incase. I'm pretty sure those 500mAh difference between the two batteries isnt the whole reason.
if only I had waited, I could have had 6000mAh 90c battery for an extra £8
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