Optipower lipo

[Stevenj76]

Anyone using these brand of lipo and any good so far?

[Surfer99]

I’ve used optipower in helis, always been good packs, cells are obviously manufactured elsewhere  but the packs are put together in the uk, uk based support as well. 

[Stevenj76]

I’m trying to choose between these or gens ace bashing , both 2s , I’ve been running 4s gens ace on my kraton and I’ve been really impressed with the runtime , largest gens is 5500 and the opti is 7000, 

[Surfer99]

Never used gens myself but they do seem to have a fairly good rep as i recall, all comes down to price I guess I imagine the Opti is more expensive due to the extra mah.  Also remember that increasing the capacity doesn’t necessarily equate to the same increase in run time as the pack will be heavier.

[Stevenj76]

45 minutes ago, Surfer99 said:

Never used gens myself but they do seem to have a fairly good rep as i recall, all comes down to price I guess I imagine the Opti is more expensive due to the extra mah.  Also remember that increasing the capacity doesn’t necessarily equate to the same increase in run time as the pack will be heavier.

Thanks , I’ve gone for the gens 5500 , going in a typhon 3s and no motor fan on them plus not much air intake so may have seen temp problems in the summer time with the longer run batt , little rest for the motor in between batt changes . Thanks for your input