Anyone use the fusion smart guard?

[sunny_manku1985]

Hey guys, has anyone used the fusion smart guard lipo tester? Just after some reviews of it really?

[kev bell]

got one here, works great and very handy for a quick lipo check pre flight

[t-rex pedro]

Use mine all the time. Pretty much before and after every flight on both electric and nitro.
Every flightbox should have one!

Cheers

[Mslater]

No complaints here

[Jamin_00]

Use it all the time also but find the accuracy to vary by about 5% ish according to what my PL8 says and guess which I trust more

Not checked it against a volt meter though.

[sunny_manku1985]

Thinking of going for it instead of a voltage meter. People have told me about the 20% rule, so I hope this makes it easy for me to work out how much is left in a pack.

[horsham rc]

great little device had mine for some time now and all my lipos are in great condition.

[chrissy]

use one all the time bang on

[AlastairC]

They have them at 25% off at Revolution Models... still in stock.

[NiceBlades]

Bought one at Revolution as all the electric flyers at the club have one and very useful for applying the 20% rule and also shows you voltage of each cell, think this is a must have to determin general health of lipo.

[sunny_manku1985]

Just ordered mine from electric wing man, along with my icharger 106b+ and power supply. Will arrive tomorrow before 1pm. Though i am still waiting for my batteries from hobby king, been a week since i ordered these.

[Mark_T]

These are great for determining if a pack is full or not, but don't depend on them to give an accurate remaining capacity figure as they are just reading the voltage and making a guess based on a standard table.

Do check how much goes back into each pack when charging and compare to the reading you got at the end of the flight so you know just how close it is for each of them.

A valuable aid, but don't depend on it to let you hit the 20% point dead on.

[heli]

I have two and both have my name on the back just in case a fellow flyer 'borrows' one.

As Mark_T said, % is not bang on but a very good guide to what's in the pack.

[cjcj1949]

The 20% rule is a guide. What is really important is how hot your lipos get and what volts they get down to under load. Using 25C batteries at 10C usually means the 20% rule works. As batteries get older or you discharge at a higher C rate, you can find it doesn't protect you enough. 3.5V on load is a good figure and so is a lipo alarm.

[Guest]

Just ordered mine from electric wing man, along with my icharger 106b+ and power supply. Will arrive tomorrow before 1pm. Though i am still waiting for my batteries from hobby king, been a week since i ordered these.

Good move Sunny. You will love the I charger, and just how much did you save over the Voltz set up? Lol.
I also have a fusion smart lipo checker, it's perfect.