Deal Extreme timings?

I just ordered 2 lipos and a tester from DX...how long is the wait usually? (central US)

Two weeks usually, sometimes three. You should get an email when the item ships. I'm in eastern US.

Donnie D

Ive read good things about these mystery batteries, hopefully they do the job. Now I just need something more secure than carpet to charge them in.

I have 4 of the 7.4v/900mAh and 1 of the 11.1v/2400mAh batts, and I have been very pleased with all of them. I did have an 11.1v/2200mAh batt from them that puffed up on me after just a few flights, but I am pretty sure it was because I damaged it from dropping it. Only problem with Deal Extreme is you have to wait a bit to get your stuff. If you are in a hurry for a batt sometime, I would recommend the Exceed batts from XHeli. They aren't as inexpensive as Mystery, but are very resonably priced with pretty quick shipping, and they have great customer service thru the RC Discuss chat line they have. I have an 18.5/4000MaH that I use on my ES 600.

Donnie D

Not sure about Mystery. I bought another one. Not sure about it's name. It lasted 3 weeks. Then it lost power and started bulging. I removed the plastic shrink wrap and I found it is made out of 2 pairs of smaller (thiner) cells. Each pair is connected in parallel and then both pairs connected in sequence, like in usual stock battery. So one cell went bad. I took it apart and checked the voltages. One cell was almost 0 volts.

For me mystery batteries works OK. I have 2s 900mah and 3s 2650mah batteries and they work great for me!

I have 6 of the Mystery 2200 20C batteries I have been running here. I have been happy with them through 20 or so cycles. I purchased them through jns.inc ebay #24304, he is located in Hong Kong so it takes a while to get them but at $40 for two packs they are a pretty good deal.

I would recomend them if you are looking for good packs for a reasonable price.

Curt

Got the 2 batts and a voltage monitor in the mail this morning. they came charge at:

Batt 1: 3.86V and 3.88V (7.74V)

Batt 2:3.94V and 3.95V (7.89V)

Seems rather high for a shipping charge, should i run them down prior to charging them back up?