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LUTNIT · August 28th, 2006, 10:03

CDN_Stalker has been telling me the same thing in a couple conversations weve had on msn. The battery with the higher mah will have a higher rate of fire usually, regardless of voltage. A 9.6V 3300mAh will still have a higher rate of fire than an 8.4V 3300mAh but not by that much (noticable but not a drastic increase) and 8.4V 3300mAh will have a higher rate of fire than a 9.6V sub-3000mAh. It all seems to make sense, gotta go get me a 7.2V 4300mAh to test out now...

But when you consider the price of batteries the extra two cells to get it up to 9.6V compared to 7.2V is maybe $85 instead of $70 (using IB 4200mAh SC NiMH cells) and when you consider the price of airsoft in general that is a very small difference, true the gain in rate of fire wouldnt be too large but for only $15, I dont mind.

I guess my point is, why do people use batteries that aernt the max mAh for the size? I see people running around with $50 1700mAh large batteries and wonder why they didnt spend the extra $20 to get a 4200mAh battery, it just doesnt make sense to me. I only have 3300mAh batteries instead of 4200 or 4300mAh because 3300 was the max mAh I could find when I was shopping around, only later did my friend show me some R/C car sites where I can get up to 4300mAh batteries. I know some people prefer NiCd's to NiMH and that I respect but it isnt always the case, people just seem to go cheap on batteries. My P90 came with a 1700mAh J-battery when I know the same size cell is avaliable in 2500mAh to give a higher rate of fire, and I know there are many people that use 2-3 600mAh mini's in their guns instead of 1400mAh minis that cost only a fraction more.

August 28th, 2006, 10:03	#4
LUTNIT Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ottawa	CDN_Stalker has been telling me the same thing in a couple conversations weve had on msn. The battery with the higher mah will have a higher rate of fire usually, regardless of voltage. A 9.6V 3300mAh will still have a higher rate of fire than an 8.4V 3300mAh but not by that much (noticable but not a drastic increase) and 8.4V 3300mAh will have a higher rate of fire than a 9.6V sub-3000mAh. It all seems to make sense, gotta go get me a 7.2V 4300mAh to test out now... But when you consider the price of batteries the extra two cells to get it up to 9.6V compared to 7.2V is maybe $85 instead of $70 (using IB 4200mAh SC NiMH cells) and when you consider the price of airsoft in general that is a very small difference, true the gain in rate of fire wouldnt be too large but for only $15, I dont mind. I guess my point is, why do people use batteries that aernt the max mAh for the size? I see people running around with $50 1700mAh large batteries and wonder why they didnt spend the extra $20 to get a 4200mAh battery, it just doesnt make sense to me. I only have 3300mAh batteries instead of 4200 or 4300mAh because 3300 was the max mAh I could find when I was shopping around, only later did my friend show me some R/C car sites where I can get up to 4300mAh batteries. I know some people prefer NiCd's to NiMH and that I respect but it isnt always the case, people just seem to go cheap on batteries. My P90 came with a 1700mAh J-battery when I know the same size cell is avaliable in 2500mAh to give a higher rate of fire, and I know there are many people that use 2-3 600mAh mini's in their guns instead of 1400mAh minis that cost only a fraction more.