is anyone running the venom 8.4v 5000mah battery?

[NitroTrucksRule]

hi i am thinking about getting a summit and i was wondering wat are the run times are on this battery and how fast u can get the truck to go. thanks P.S i am new to the summit side and pretty much new to rc.(i am only 13)

[milkman]

There are many different batteries out there. The debate over batteries runs very deep on here.

I can tell you this much that I have had Venom batteries myself and the two that I had both failed.

I have seen others on here that have no complaints. You won't get a clear answer. I got these and have had great luck with about 45 to 50 minutes of run time by my son. He is only 5 so he bashes on training mode. http://www.all-battery.com/84v5000ma...pack11346.aspx

[Adobert1]

I have venom 8.4 5000's and they aren't good batteries. You're much better off at cheapbatterypacks.com

[Tonelock]

If you buy venoms your gonna have to take them apart, remove the flimsy little battery bars and replace them with a good strong one, after that they work great

[NitroTrucksRule]

okay so venom is not a very good brand. got it. wat about the orion cell rocket 4500mah 8.4v?

[carraig042]

Take a look at Promatch Ener-g batteries, they are some of the best available. They have some 5000mah ones and they are at a good price.

-Brett

[milkman]

http://cgi.ebay.com/8-4V-5000mAh-Fla...4.c0.m14.l1262

HERE IS THE BATTERIES THAT I BOUGHT FROM EBAY. I found the auction that I purchased from...they have been great

[mohadeeb]

i have Bc8dx chager and have loged all my batterys for a few months.
the best C cells for the price i have found are

http://www.promatchracing.com/proddetail.php?prod=8460S (out of stock)
http://www.promatchracing.com/proddetail.php?prod=8465 (out of stock)

Promatch 8.4v 5000mah always show 5200 mah+ with 80+ charges on my oldest set.
Venom 8.4 5000mah always show 4800 mah or less .
few other sets i have charged for friends or fixed for friends. i cant realy say for sure because i only charged them 1-2 times but most had less Volts and mah then stated on the batterys.

[Brushless Moose]

If I was you, I would say in this order:

1.DTX 5000mah 8.4v Stick pack
2. Promatch 5000 8.4v sxs pack
3. Promatch 4600 8.4
4. DTX 4600mah 8.4v stick
5. Venom 5000mah 8.4v (MELTY)

[31794ty]

What charger do you have?

[NitroTrucksRule]

i am looking at getting a summit. the charger i am looking at is this one:

http://www.greathobbies.com/producti...rod_id=DYM4033

[2fast2pass]

i would get the onyx 240 about the same price but a better quality.

[nitrostarter]

I found the Duratrax 4600 packs to be better than the 5000's.

And the Venom are unbelievably bad. I got 25.6mph out of a Venom 5000 7 cell in my Slash while I got 29.7 outof the Duratrax 4600 7 cell.