baddest 3s 2200mah pack on the planet?

[trillian]

I have a couple 450s that run on 2200mah 3s packs. Over the years I always bought cheap packs and they suited me just fine at the time. But now, I am thinking 'I want the finest 3s 2200mah packs available to humanity, and I want them right here, right now'.

I will mention, I do have two Opti 2150mah packs that are marked 50C. But it has been a long time since I went shopping for LiPos and I have no idea what's out now.

So what's the craziest high power 3s pack out now that I can put in one of my 450s?

[Mike Sanders]

I have always regarded Optis as the Rolls Royce of packs but they come at Rolls Royce prices.

[Grumpy]

Optis certainly have Rolls Royce price point but the actual IR testing i've seen has never showed them as anything special. ManiaX packs show very low IR in the tests I've done and seen.

[p4ddy]

Octipuffers

[trillian]

I have always regarded Optis as the Rolls Royce of packs but they come at Rolls Royce prices.

Yeah, I always found that on the bigger packs, like 6s 2600mah and up, I have been able to get everything I need out of the Turnigy's and Zippy Compacts, and I have a few Gens Aces as well and some 2nd hand Optis. I never needed really high C rated packs.

But, with these 450s, I think they're squeezing every drop out of these 3s packs, so I'm curious just how far you can go.

[Planehazza]

I only have little experience with OptiPowers, but it wasn't stellar. I'll not go any further, as I don't want to contribute towards yet another brand war. I can really only comment on what I've used.

I currently like the Turnigy HDs, as they have low IRs and come down cool and square, but they are in the 4000mAh 6S size so I have utterly no idea if that priceerformance is across the Turnigy HD board. I really want to try HRBs and ManiaX too, but the latter are NOT cheap.

On the flip side, I'm using regular 40C Turnigy blues on my 6S Kraken 580 and I'm killing them. They come down warm and puffy, but what can I expect pulling 160A spikes from a single 5Ah 40C pack...

[trillian]

I have one HRB 6s 5000 pack and it's good so far, but I have not pushed it very hard. I also just got a Scorpion 5s 5000 pack (for the TDSF) as it was on sale :-o

I think I'll try a ManiaX 3s pack and see if I'm getting any more punch than the others. If it's better then I'll get a couple more.

[p4ddy]

Ah bugger, no fight...oh those were the days eh. It must be the driver shortage leading to a lack of buns on the shelves.
My 450 packs were Align, Outrage and Revolution. Never tried others as those lasted so long. They'll be screwed now though from lack of care in storage.

[trillian]

Never tried others as those lasted so long. They'll be screwed now though from lack of care in storage.

Speaking of 'those were the days'... The two Opti 3s packs I have, I won on here in the Christmas raffle 2015