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Old 06-16-2016, 05:23 AM
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Sunday I ordered 2 6s 5000 batteries from HK Hong Kong.
They arrived at my door yesterday (Wed)
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When they are good, they are very, very good. When they are bad, they are horrid.
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Originally Posted by JollyPopper
When they are good, they are very, very good. When they are bad, they are horrid.
Kinda like my exwife
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Originally Posted by dirtybird
Kinda like my exwife
LoL!
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Originally Posted by JollyPopper
When they are good, they are very, very good. When they are bad, they are horrid.
When they are good, we rarely hear about it. When they are "bad", a little mistake or broken $5.00 becomes the end of the world. They are what they are, just like Bangood, Nitroplanes etc.

If one doesn't have the patience to deal with online vendors, they should buy local. When something goes wrong with any purchase, they should involved the CC company, or PP, and let them do the heavy lifting. The always do, and in almost every instance, they prevail, and quickly. Certainly easier than going on endless rants, which tends to happen.
Old 06-17-2016, 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by porcia83
When they are good, we rarely hear about it. When they are "bad", a little mistake or broken $5.00 becomes the end of the world. They are what they are, just like Bangood, Nitroplanes etc.

If one doesn't have the patience to deal with online vendors, they should buy local. When something goes wrong with any purchase, they should involved the CC company, or PP, and let them do the heavy lifting. The always do, and in almost every instance, they prevail, and quickly. Certainly easier than going on endless rants, which tends to happen.
I'll throw in a positive experience with HK batteries. I have 14 lipos from HK, 3x 6S/2750's, 8x 3S/2200's, and 3x 3S/1350s. Easily thirty or more flights through all of them, not a single problem with even one of them. Discharge, charge, and IR data on them are consistent (within family and specific brand). Used in RC helis and EDFs.

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Old 06-17-2016, 08:25 AM
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I've had all of theirs, but found the best overall value with their Zippy Line. GensAce and the GForce ones from Value hobby are my go to, other than ChinaHobbyline.
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Originally Posted by porcia83
I've had all of theirs, but found the best overall value with their Zippy Line. GensAce and the GForce ones from Value hobby are my go to, other than ChinaHobbyline.
"I've had all of theirs"-that's not true.
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Originally Posted by PLANE JIM
"I've had all of theirs"-that's not true.
Lol...you know what I have in my battery collection now.

Say...how goes the secret members only invite alternative to the AMA? Big happenings or was that all just a smokescreen and it never really took off? Plenty of folks just itching for another option.
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I just ordered 8 lipo packs from them. 1 of the packs had zero voltage on 3 out of 5 cells. Working through live chat was a little clunky but after about 1 hr I had a new pack on the way.

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