Hobbycity batteries

Just some info from their forums regarding their batteries...
Useful info...

We stock 5 different factory Lipoly cells. This means we buy from 5 different factories. We do this because there is a big range in quality and performance available in China.
I will give you a breakdown of what the cells are that we currently stock.

Zippy: These are produced by a smaller lipo factory. The quality is 'ok' and the price very low.

Zippy-k (Loong Max) : As with Zippy's, they are made in one of the smaller lipo factories. Their quality is okay, though performance slightly higher.

Zippy-h : These packs are by far much better than any other packs I have used from China. Zippy-h is produced by Wanma battery factory, near Shanghai. This is a very popular factory, they're ISO standard and supply packs to many brands in the US, and EU. They also supply packs for Military use in Asia. Dealing with this factory (as a buyer and for warranty) is a pleasure and they never try any of the underhanded sales tactics that we see with other factories (false capacity, mixed weight cells.. etc). The zippy-h is a rock solid pack and an honest performer. Unfortunately it costs a few dollars more.

Zippy-r: Produced in Korea, these cells are of course better than Chinese cells. However with Zippy-h's latest formular's the gap is closing between the Chinese and Korean cells. Zippy-r packs are almost always out of stock due the the Korean factories double handed strangle hold on the supply of these cheaper cells into the market. The strangle hold has marketing and branding reasons behind it.

HXT: Ah.. the poor old HXT pack. Dogged by the famous 'Puffy pack' syndrome of mid 2007, it has always had trouble regaining ground and trust with customers. However, the last two deliveries of these packs have been a real cut above what we had been receiving previously. Their capacity seems to be underrated and the discharge is true to it's word. They are still a hot pack, but they dont puff anymore. Rumour has it the lipo factory almost went bust because of the puffing issue last year. So you can be certain they're making sure it wont be repeated.

ABF : ABF is a funny company. For their 2200mAh, the openly state it's really 2100mAh and 18C, not the 20C stated on the label. Still, for the price, a 2100mAh 18C for less than $20.00 is a bargain in anyones books. Other capacities seem to be correctly rated."

Sweet, thats alot of good info, thanks.