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Re: Battery increasing in capacity over time?

While we haven't kept sufficiently detailed records to clearly prove or disprove this, we do label our batteries with the year we procured them, and there is a definite trend downward as time passes. If you have a recipe that improves batteries for a year or two, please share - we'd love to see if we can incorporate it into our usage profiles!

Edit: That said, we have rarely used our batteries below 20C/68F, except in preparation for the 2014 competition (Aerial Assist), in which we practiced mostly in an outdoor parking lot.
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