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Originally Posted by terry.sc
If your argument is that they are overpriced because they are in a hard case, as the case adds pennies to the cost of the pack do you honestly think they would charge less if we used soft cased packs. There are cheap alternatives, several Gens Ace packs are BRCA legal and available for around £25.
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Yes. The fact is that performance-competitive 2S packs have been available for over 5 years at less than £20, but they aren't BRCA legal. A good example is the Loong-Max Tipple 4000 - I have run them in touring cars for years, without failure, and they have compared (very) favourably with others running packs costing 4 times as much. I agree that now, the Gens Ace packs are good value. The cells of this quality have been around for years but not with a hard case. The car scene is ALWAYS the last to catch up.
I have not run a touring car where the battery overhangs the chassis side. But I have folded packs like a banana without failure. The fact that my pack above has a poor case design I completely agree with, but this battery was BRCA legal when I bought it.
I guess what I am getting at is that it would be good to see battery enclosure as part of the vehicle, not the battery. If a car design makes a battery vulnerable (overhang touring example) maybe the car designers should incorporate a case for the battery. Not really sure why I am saying this as I know it isn't going to happen. It just annoys me that 'racing' hard cased packs are so much more costly than the equivalent battery without the case that I use in planes etc.