Well, still waiting for HobbyKing to respond to my "ticket". I anticipate that they will have me return the lipos (on my dime) and then will refund the cost of the lipos (but not shipping). That is all I really expect. But this is really not about HK's customer service. It is about the product.

On another note, I ordered some other these batteries from ValueHobby. I received them today. Low and behold, they actually weigh what is stated in the specs.

Actually, my scale locks them in at 165grams. The specs say 166.5. However, they are offered with either t-plugs or ec3 (your choice). I ordered them with T's, but I will be crimping on APPs after the first charge. They are on the charger now. As long as they balance, and last for a season or two, I will try out the other sizes and voltages. I have been a customer of VH for a while...just never tried there batts.

Originally Posted by OldRookie

So you are saying that HK's nano-tech batteries are also junk?

What seems to be your problem with them?

I would think that if everyone were having problems with nano-tech batteries, we would hear more about it. Is everyone having problems, or did one person have a problem, and the rest of you are parroting his problems as yours?

Greg

Myself, two members at my field, and 2 member on this forum who fly helis all had problems with Nano techs prematurely puffing and failing.

Originally Posted by Bombay

Well, still waiting for HobbyKing to respond to my "ticket". I anticipate that they will have me return the lipos (on my dime) and then will refund the cost of the lipos (but not shipping). That is all I really expect. But this is really not about HK's customer service. It is about the product.

On another note, I ordered some other these batteries from ValueHobby. I received them today. Low and behold, they actually weigh what is stated in the specs.

Actually, my scale locks them in at 165grams. The specs say 166.5. However, they are offered with either t-plugs or ec3 (your choice). I ordered them with T's, but I will be crimping on APPs after the first charge. They are on the charger now. As long as they balance, and last for a season or two, I will try out the other sizes and voltages. I have been a customer of VH for a while...just never tried there batts.

Those packs seem similar to the epbuddy.com batteries (Glacier packs). Those are great packs too and USA shipping. Myself and two other forum members have also tried BeastDna packs too from ebay. Shipping is slow but well worth it..

Every field I go to that has a "lipo can" you will find more Zippy packs than anything else in those cans. If you buy cheap, you are going to buy twice.

What about turnigy a-spec? Are they any better?

Originally Posted by TimJohnson

Every field I go to that has a "lipo can" you will find more Zippy packs than anything else in those cans. If you buy cheap, you are going to buy twice.

Are you ? I can buy a Zippy or HK LiPo for say $15 .... plus shipping ... lets say $20. Checking around .. I find my "recc'd" alternatives are minimum $50 for same rating ...

This means that I can buy 2x and still spend less.

Second - if there are more of one brand than others .. and lets be honest, overall I bet HK LiPo's far outnumber any other brand / label out there - the law of averages will say there will be more of them in trash can.

Bit like saying Fords are unsafe because they have more accidents than Rolls Royce .. ignoring the fact that there are far more Fords on the road.

It's fine if you live in USA and have access to budget suppliers with cheap shipping costs ... but not everyone lives in USA. Many of us live where costs are way out of whack.

I would also suggest that many of the recc'd packs are probably from same or similar sources ... know that the shop that went bankrupt recently in my region was selling rebranded LiPo's at 3x the price available from chinese suppliers.

Nigel

Originally Posted by TimJohnson

Every field I go to that has a "lipo can" you will find more Zippy packs than anything else in those cans. If you buy cheap, you are going to buy twice.

Might just be statistics - more zippy packs sold more zippy packs gone bad

Have fun with that..... I would rather purchase once, and know I will get 300+ cycles out of a pack and the pack will not drop off in performance after 20 cycles.

Originally Posted by TimJohnson

Have fun with that..... I would rather purchase once, and know I will get 300+ cycles out of a pack and the pack will not drop off in performance after 20 cycles.

I have HK nanotech 180s and 300s for my umx planes. I also have eflite and thunder power and Hyperion.

Nanotech 2/10 <-- inconsistent and crap. C rating grossly overstated. Low life cycle. But, cheap!
Eflite 5/10 <-- consistent, but don't have a very good life cycle. C rating seems ok at first
Hyperion / thunder power <--- charge at 10c for hundred of cycles. For the first few cycles, they get better! but, expensive.

So it seems to me if I like flying, and I buy the HK nanotechs, I'll come out on the short end because I have to buy batteries much more frequently and pay the slow boat from china lots of money to get them here. My lhs carries all the other brands and rcbabbel here on rcg makes some fantastic custom lightened Hyperion packs.