What brand of lipo battery do you run

[Jason4636]

I'm getting a Fightercat Fantasm built by Keith Bradley. It will run on an 8s system for awhile. Right now all I have are heli's and I run Thunder Power batteries in them. An I love there batteries. But there 4s 5300mha battery is like $150 each.
What I'm wondering is what batteries are you guys running? Let me know there Pro's an Con's. I had thought about Turnigy nano's but on the heli forums, all they have to say is bad things about them. Just trying to get an idea of what batteries to buy.

Thanks to anyone that post there comments.

[JimClark]

look in the battery forum load of info there

[martin]

Some are starting to use the Gens Ace & getting very good results with them at a good price as well. The Gens have also done very well in tests that ive seen up against the best lipos around. Ive used Turnigy Nanos, they were OK but theirs better around at good prices as well. Seen to many that dont either like Turnigy or got better results from the cheaper turnigys or even the HK Zippys over the Nanos.

[BHChieftain]

I've had bad luck with Turnigys (25% showing up DOA or dying quickly), others say they are great...
I am now running 100% hyperion. They are not cheap but I've never had any problems with them. I currently have 12 5000 2S packs for the boats that are 2-3 years old. My 3 year old packs still work great.

Chief

[Fluid]

One of the things you get with higher-priced packs (besides performance) is consistency. Example - some Turnigy nano packs seem to be very good, while some others fail immediately. Usually you have to eat the cost of the bad packs. Higher-priced packs are much more likely to give great performance from every pack, if not they will send a replacement. While I use mostly ThunderPower and Hyperion packs, I have seen good results from GrimRacer packs. They're not the cheapest, but they offer a middle ground on pricing.



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[siberianhusky]

I haven't had great luck with HK batteries either, they run hotter than other packs with the same or lower C rating and don't last as long.
Cheap batteries can't supply the current required, not at all good for the electronics.
The guys who spend the money on better quality stuff have far fewer problems than the guys who buy the cheapest of everything, some people I know have never gotten a full run in 2 seasons! That would bug the crap out of me to have every run end in a retrieval and repair!
Cheap, Fast or Reliable, choose only 2!

[Jason4636]

I think I will buy, Hyperion, Gen ace or Thunder Power. Which one of them 3 are the Best bang for the buck?

[jeepme]

It seams that when it comes to Lipo's "you get what you pay for." With that said, I have had great luck with Gens Ace packs.

[JimClark]

Only problem with GenAce is one of availability

[Brushless55]

I think I will buy, Hyperion, Gen ace or Thunder Power. Which one of them 3 are the Best bang for the buck?

Bang for the buck goes to Gens

[BHChieftain]

If you are looking for a US vendor for Hyperion, RC Dude has been great for me.

http://www.rcdude.com/servlet/StoreFront

Chief

[Diesel6401]

Boats: Gens Ace (switched from Turnigy & Zippy)
Cars : Whatever is charged
Planes: Gens Ace & Sky Lipos
Helis (micro) Hyperion, Lectron
Helis (building 2 450s): Gens Ace & Sky Lipos.

*Power per Price. Gens Ace wins! They're really good!

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[stadiumyamaha]

For me it's a tie between gens and sky.

[tryinotocrash]

You will get a variety of answers here. Gens ace have been good for me but not so much with the sky batteries lasting for me. I have found some new batteries I have been using fairly cheap and been very reliable "for me" they are from valuehobby.com Their 5s 5000 mah are $66.00 but they sometimes have in stock issues too. I don't know who makes thier batteries though they say G Force on them. I also like and have good luck with the Nano Techs but some don't get good results.

[pescador]

I've been trying out the Revolectrix 4s Platinum 60c no complaints so far.

http://www.store.revolectrix.com/Products/DIAMOND-Label-60C-LiPO-batteries-XH-equpped/Revolectrix-5000mAh-4S-Lipo-Diamond-Label-GP-KO-JST-XH-Balance-Connector