Hi Y'all, I need your 5 cents on a subject of buying new hobbyking batteries. BACKROUND: I got 500W ebike and I am using 4x 4000mAh 6s and 4x 4000mAh 3s batteries combined into a 16000mAh 9s. All turnigy batteries. I got RC hobby backround so I got some of these batteries from RC projects.
So now some are getting puffy so I want a new pack. Also I got some new projects in mind that would benefit from a fresh pack.
I live in Finland, so European warehouse (hobbyking.com) is the only option. they wont ship batteries from anywhere else.
BTW I want to upgrade from 9s to 10s pack for my ebike FYI, so dont get confused.
The best bang for buck, the 16000mAh 6S and 16000mAh 4S pack ARE ALWAYS ON BACKORDER.... Too much demand so they run out as soon as they get on the site. So I dont think I can score them without waiting for few more months...
ALTERNATIVES:
1. 8x Turnigy 5000mAh 5s pack = 20000mAh 10s (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idproduct=35827)
2. 3x Multistar 20000mAh 4s packs = 20000mAh 10s (20000mAh 2s wasted...) (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__65272__Multistar_High_Capacity_4S_10000mAh_Multi_Rotor_Lipo_Pack_EU_Warehouse_.html)
(http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__74100__MultiStar_High_Capacity_6S_12000mAh_Multi_Rotor_Lipo_Pack_EU_Warehouse_.html)
3. ?????????????????????
EDIT: The price is identical with my 2 choices, thus I am not sure which way to go. A lot of 5s packs or modify 3x big 4s packs into 1 big 10s. If I do the latter, I might go with BMS rather than charging the batteries individually as I have done in the past ( I got 4 chargers though).
All the bast 6S+4S combos wont work since always the 6s or the 4s pack is backorder. 5s would sound nice and modular, I could stack as many pairs as I want to get the battery size I need.
thoughts?... The struggle is real with the european warehouse. All thoughts help me make up my mind. I need new batteries!
So now some are getting puffy so I want a new pack. Also I got some new projects in mind that would benefit from a fresh pack.
I live in Finland, so European warehouse (hobbyking.com) is the only option. they wont ship batteries from anywhere else.
BTW I want to upgrade from 9s to 10s pack for my ebike FYI, so dont get confused.
The best bang for buck, the 16000mAh 6S and 16000mAh 4S pack ARE ALWAYS ON BACKORDER.... Too much demand so they run out as soon as they get on the site. So I dont think I can score them without waiting for few more months...
ALTERNATIVES:
1. 8x Turnigy 5000mAh 5s pack = 20000mAh 10s (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idproduct=35827)
2. 3x Multistar 20000mAh 4s packs = 20000mAh 10s (20000mAh 2s wasted...) (http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__65272__Multistar_High_Capacity_4S_10000mAh_Multi_Rotor_Lipo_Pack_EU_Warehouse_.html)
(http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__74100__MultiStar_High_Capacity_6S_12000mAh_Multi_Rotor_Lipo_Pack_EU_Warehouse_.html)
3. ?????????????????????
EDIT: The price is identical with my 2 choices, thus I am not sure which way to go. A lot of 5s packs or modify 3x big 4s packs into 1 big 10s. If I do the latter, I might go with BMS rather than charging the batteries individually as I have done in the past ( I got 4 chargers though).
All the bast 6S+4S combos wont work since always the 6s or the 4s pack is backorder. 5s would sound nice and modular, I could stack as many pairs as I want to get the battery size I need.
thoughts?... The struggle is real with the european warehouse. All thoughts help me make up my mind. I need new batteries!