Thread: First: 2008 Batteries are D-Y-I-N-G.
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Re: First: 2008 Batteries are D-Y-I-N-G.
1075 was also at Kettering this weekend (Thanks 910, 67, and 2619), and we too had battery issues. In the week leading up, we had a battery that showed full charge and dropped immediately under any load (even the RC was enough to instantly kill it). We've had a couple of them go bad with swelling on chargers, including 1 this weekend that wasnt even ours, we had borrowed it from another local team and brought it with us since we knew ours suck. I gotta say, i'm not a big fan of the MK batteries. The Exides took a much harsher beating and were fine. We still have at least one of the old Exides in active service for practice and off-season events. Its the best battery of all the ones in active service and based on its case is no less than 4-5 years old (I think it was a 2004 kit battery).

That being said, we've swelled a few of the old exides too, but I think we only have 1 good MK now, and we've had 6 of them.