battery sources.

[Lance_Wallen]

I'm lookin for IMR batteries or high drain LIPOs in... interesting sizes. I'm fighting the urge to use a couple of parallel 750mAh LiPOs in a mod I'm working on and have been going back and forth on where to get my batteries, I've even started considering solder tabs on a regular old 18650 or 26500IMR to get the mAh I'm after in a better form factor.

The issue is I can't find any US suppliers of any batteries I'm interested in using. All I ever find is either low drain ICR batteries or worse, IFR, and with LIPOs they're almost all in 7.4v packs or crappy little batteries.

Does anyone have a magic source I might not have come across on the googles yet?

 

[Rader2146]

For LiPo's:

HobbyKing R/C Hobby Store :

IMR:
Rtdvapor
Lighthound
Orbtronic
Many more but I don't have my bookmarks on this computer.

For big IMR's, search for MNKE IMR.

 

[Lance_Wallen]

I ordered some LIPOs from Hobbyking and the email i got said it could take up to 45 days to recieve them... that didn't inspire confidence in my supply chain so to speak.

 

[Lance_Wallen]

I'm sorry, how rude. Thank you for the information. I appreciate it

 

[BJ43]

I have ordered from Hobby King many times and get delivery in about 15 days.
If you want quick and pay much more, RC hobby stores usually have a big selection of high drain batteries,

 

[Rader2146]

I ordered some LIPOs from Hobbyking and the email i got said it could take up to 45 days to recieve them... that didn't inspire confidence in my supply chain so to speak.

Might be able to call or email them to see if the US warehouse has them in stock.

I'm sorry, how rude. Thank you for the information. I appreciate it

No worries. I didn't take it as rude.