But hey i have older stock new ones might be made a bit cheaper to cut corners.
Lipo battery hard case vs soft.
There used to be a big difference in price between soft and hard cased packs.
Hard case vs soft case rc lipo batteries.
The other disadvantage is that you cannot see to what extent a cell is damaged in the case of a crash.
Hardcase lipo batteries use a hard plastic case to house the battery cell.
The hard pack is secure at all times and is prevented from being damaged as extensively as a soft pack.
Light weight small size easy to find battery abnormalities etc.
Where saving weight is a secondary.
However hardcase lipo battery will decrease the capacity decreasing power potential.
Several advantages based on softcast lipo battery.
Hard case lipo s use a hard plastic shell to house the soft plastic lipo pouch cells of the battery pack.
Rc aircraft helicopter aircraft and four multi rotors usually using softcast rc lipo battery.
This gives them added protection from moderate impacts and rough use that often occurs with ground rc vehicles such as cars and trucks.
Weird i own 5 6 hard case packs from turnigy well mine are older like 2 years and didn t find em brittle as they are yet to break.
Since that aint the case pun anymore might as well get a hardcased lipo pack.
As shown in that manufacturing video above and in the photo below.
Softcase lipo batteries using heat shrinkable plastic to bring the cells together.