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I finally got around to picking up a digital kitchen scale. I knew my Turnigy Graphene 5000mAh 3s batteries were heavier than the Lektron Pro's I have but I never knew by how much. Well here are the results (both batteries are 5000mAh).
Lektron Pro:
Turnigy Graphene
I weighed pairs since that is what I run in my 6s rigs. As you can see the Graphenes are 282 grams heavier (10 oz heavier). This is pretty significant. The other thing worth noting is that the Graphenes just barely fit in the V3/V4 battery trays and I cannot run them in my Typhon as the body will not fit on properly. Do the Graphenes pack more punch than the Lektron Pro's? Without question. Night and day. The Turnigys claim a 65C discharge rate to the Lektron's 50C but the difference is much greater.
Now with all that said, I don't think I would buy the Graphenes again. They are just too big and heavy for the type of bashing I do. I have lost several battery trays on upside down landings with those batteries and it just makes my already heavy trucks even heavier. I would consider a lower mAh in the Graphenes if the weight savings was significant. Anyway, I figured I would pass this info along.
Lektron Pro:
Turnigy Graphene
I weighed pairs since that is what I run in my 6s rigs. As you can see the Graphenes are 282 grams heavier (10 oz heavier). This is pretty significant. The other thing worth noting is that the Graphenes just barely fit in the V3/V4 battery trays and I cannot run them in my Typhon as the body will not fit on properly. Do the Graphenes pack more punch than the Lektron Pro's? Without question. Night and day. The Turnigys claim a 65C discharge rate to the Lektron's 50C but the difference is much greater.
Now with all that said, I don't think I would buy the Graphenes again. They are just too big and heavy for the type of bashing I do. I have lost several battery trays on upside down landings with those batteries and it just makes my already heavy trucks even heavier. I would consider a lower mAh in the Graphenes if the weight savings was significant. Anyway, I figured I would pass this info along.