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Anyone using a Li-Ion battery?

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Wondering if anyone is using a lithium ion battery pack in their RCs? And if so, would you mind sharing your experience with it in terms of run time, punch power, and maintenance. I saw a round style pack on Amazon but I realized it was a lithium ion and not lithium polymer. Thanks 

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I have one of those cheap 1/18th buggy that takes two of those 18650 batteries.  But for 1/10th RC cars, the problem might be the amp draw.  I don't think these can do more than 1 or 2A draw, which is similar to NiCd batteries of the olden days, but not quite as punchy as LiPo.  That's just my guess though.  

Also, Chinese brands lie and lie big.  If you want to get 18650 batteries, make sure to get Korean or Japanese brands.  Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Sanyo, Sony, all produce over 90% of what they claim to be.  If they say it's 3000mAh, they produce at least 2700mAh.  Chinese brand like Ultrafire?  They may say those are 10,000 mAh, but they only give you 1200mAh.  There are good Chinese brands like Hobbywing and SkyRC who do not lie about their products.  Sadly, there are many others that do.  

 

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