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Old 16-10-2012
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Thumbs up Hobby king uk

Have been super impressed with hobby king and the new uk warehouse. The guys in my club have laughed many a time at my turnigy/hobby king "matched" lipos but after 6 months of club racing they are still going strong

Since the first pair were so cheap i decided to try out the newly opened uk warehouse and was surprised to find that the prices are roughly the same

I bought 2x 5000mah 2s 40c lipos and 8 low discharge AA rechargeable batteries for my transmitter

The cost of which came to 68 dollars delivered Which is about £42!!!!!! You couldnt even buy 1 lipo of that spec for that price from most model retailers

Arrived within 5 days so im a very happy customer.

I think some of the other retailers should take note. Ive had loads of issues with the wrong stuff being sent and parts showing they are in stock only to get a phone call a week later saying they dont have it and wont have until the end of the month

Good job hobby king
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some turnigy's are ROAR approved so i dont know why you pals laughed!
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Old 16-10-2012
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My 3800 arent roar approved but the new ones are

My turnigys are still going strong and have seen off 2 orion saddle packs that puffed up.
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I got some hk shorties to try and so far the only problem i had was with customs (duty + vat) who say that they stop everything that comes from hobby king because they put false inv prices on the export docs.
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Wish the uk warehouse was open sooner. Been waiting 3 weeks for my batteries to arrive now
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Thumbs up Turnigy lipos

I was ordering Turnigy lipos back in 2010 when not many people knew about HK. I agree that they have outlasted several more expensive packs. Also the same quoted specs as more expensive 'mainstream' packs have more punch and last longer each charge. As they are now 'commercialy available somebody should present them to Paul Worsely for BRCA approval? Good packs at half the price of some other brands. I used to really abuse Turnigy cells when running short course and they have never let me down
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