I tested 70 batteries from RDQ, GetFPV, and Tattu to find the best lipo for FPV 

To filter the spreadsheet, you need to highlight the range of cells, then click the "create new temporary filter view" button in the upper left corner, to the right of the printer icon.

As Adam Savage says "the only difference between screwing around and science is writing it down." Thanks for the science JB. Much help, so wow!

oh no, dun tell me i needa wait another 2 years to know the performance of GNB lipos! 😱

please test CNHL as well, that would be much appreciated

I see it already “JB approved batteries”

Finally! Forgot all about this. Super happy with the detailed explanation and the "live" spreadsheet. Thanks, JB.

Joshua, I recently started this hobby and I'm so glad I found your channel. You give the most valuable information regarding this hobby!

Thanks Joshua, I admire a person who says what they are going to do, even if it takes a long time. Thanks for your candor. It's one of the reasons I subscribe

Holy moly this is so much effort for the community. I genuinely can't say thank you enough.

Hey bardwell I'm new to the videos but dont beat yourself up for putting out 2yrs layer. You always put out great videos that are extremely helpful and I'm sure your followers are very happy to get these updates whenever they may come, we know your busy with other things in life. Thank you for all your awesome vids and info, keep em coming

Glad to see this finally! I was happy to contribute but saddened by so little testing. I remember watching you throw a giant switch to test batteries and it was fun. Hope to see more test results continually even though I have settled on Pyro Drone Who cares 6s 1100's. Best bang for the buck and lighter than most of the competition.

Thank you for doing something that is so helpful and is not feasible for an individual to do on their own. This is incredibly useful as I buy batteries ~1x / 2years and I buy a bunch. This will allow me to get the most out of my money and know what I am getting in general. Amazing work.

So cool that you resumed the tests and made them available. Thanks! I will definitely be following your links to get my next packs! ;)

Wow... thank you for your persistence with this. Learnt a lot about the numbers behind batteries. Now to pick. Much appreciated.

That is some invaluable information, which must of taken hours and hours of hard work. I can't thank you enough. Thanks JB.

This is the single greatest spreadsheet ever for batteries!!!! Ty so much. Cant wait to see it grow and update

you did it! You crazy sob! Nice work guys and thank you for the time and effort this requires to pull off. I hope that it’s a sustainable endeavour! 🙏

You shall be forgiven and we thank you for providing us with all the great specs and knowledge about FPV :)!

Awesome piece of work! I love stuff like this! Thank you so much, such a great piece of continuing information!

Awesome stuff!! Thank your for everything you do

This is great Joshua! Thank you so much.

Here in belgium i've been hearing a lot about CNHL (china hobby line i think it is) LiPo's recently... some people even go as far as selling all their tattu's and switch completely. Would be nice to see some of those tested. Never realised up until now that the variety of manufacturers of LiPo's is so large. Unlike for example with 18650's there are like 3 main manufacters LG, Samsung and Sony. Mooch is a known battery tester for those types of battery's. This testing is a really difficult and timeconsuming process, but most importantly i believe its a huuuuge benefit to the drone fliying community. We should all be thankfull for all the effort put in this. And it is only the beginning of alot of testing is my guess. Thanks JB & Co

that's a freakin' lot of work ! for those how look for the best quality/price ratio try CNHL 70C and higher

This is awesome JB, thank you!

the reflection on your glasses is driving me crazy. Great job once again thank you

There is so much great info in all your videos. Many thanks. All very helpful for the hobby.

When I started flying with a Happy Model Snapper 7, I noticed How good those HappyModel batteries were. No others came close to run times I had with those HappyModel 250mah's. That included a couple of 300mah from competing brands. Love your content, and keep up the great and tireless work!

Awesome comparative results, which basically told me that I sussed this out in less time without spending that much. Like the numerical redemption! Now, about the video... I will be looping this video along with a ben stein audio sample and together I should be able to sleep all night undisturbed and at the perfect level

Fantastic testing, Joshua! Thanks a lot! 😃 Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊

0:41 "Two-ish years ago, I spent $4,000 of other people's money" lol

Great info. I'd like to see a video detailing the test setup! I love battery stuff. Thanks

literally just looking around for more batteries trying a few new brands, then I see this!!! Thank you!!!

Thank you SOOO much for releasing this!! I hugely appreciate it. :)

As usual JB bringing in some needed objective insights. I agree that while the whole thing has been slow and I'm sure somewhat frustrating for everyone involved good testing needs to be done carefully otherwise it's not all that much better than qualitative assessment.

thank you for the effort. These kind of initiatives are important to allow us to make informed decisions. I was missing this when I started but the limited choice of 6s here made it kinda easy, but from now on I have an idea about the quality of the batteries i buy besides, yep they didn't catch fire.

It would be cool to see some high mah (6s, 2000+) and some Li-ion packs in there too since those are often used on long range builds where these stats become all the more important. Very useful info

You said you would get the results, and you delivered. I figured it would be another year at least. For all you do for us hobbyists, Thank you good sir

Very accurate. Thanks Josh !!

Thank you for doing this finally for us ! 👍🏻

Thank you!

No GNB!!?? Those are the only ones I've heard people recommend (i fly micros)

Batteries... Gotta hate em, but gotta love em... 🤣 Thanks for your efforts, Joshua.

Nice that you're doing micro sized batteries as well. I theorise that the low FOM for whoop packs is because of the PH2.0 connector holding them back.

Interesting but....I wonder how much variation you would have gotten from identical batteries. Without that, hard to pick winners. Also, testing for the number of cycles before decay, and what about warranty? A couple of these I suspect come out the doors of the same Chinese plant with a different label. Even the US “manufacturers” of lipos get the cells from China and then just configure them.

Your videos are worth waiting for, holy Joshua 🙏

Thanks for doing this!

Thank you mr bardwell. I'll be using this (and the links) a lot

GLORY GLORY! Praise be to JB! And Michael!

Thank you

Hi Josh, it’s always great to “learn something new today”! One interesting thought that occurred to me was if there was a way to quantify this data set into two main groups - racing and free style. Meaning, which batteries would be better suited for a free styler vs a racer based on their average flight patterns. Just a thought.. 🤔 I’ve been a fan of your channel for years now and want you to know that I really appreciate what you do!

Good work! I'm excited to peruse through the spreadsheet. The only thing i think is missing is some sort of longevity test but that would definitely be a pain to do. Idk if there is a good way to test how quickly they deteriorate without putting tons of actual cycles on them. I just know in personal experience some packs will last only a couple months of racing and some can still be raced almost a year later.

Loving this can’t wait to see more brands being tested also came up with An idea I don’t know if you would do it or not but possibly a giveaway with some of the packs that were tested could be pretty awesome LOL keep doing what you’re doing Bardwell loving it

Awesome work Joshua 👍👍👍

Thanks so much!

Your analysis reflects my results give or take. Batteries are a lucky dip. Consistency is rare between the same model of battery and even from the same batch.

I watch the video till the end to help your analytics! lol Thanks for the work.

I want to see GNB pack testing next

Nice job Joshua. Would really like to see the BetaFPV BT2.0 1S packs in your list.

YES THANK U JB

Lots of hard work went into this, thank you. Another critical part of battery testing would be to determine cycle longevity. Do you have plans to test how many charge/discharge cycles the batteries get before they poop the bed?

This is amazing data thank you!!!!!!!!

Thanks JB, would be nice to have new rating as of 2024!

Great that we finally get comparable data listed. I guess you are using new packs. I know that this would be horrific effort, but how to deal with aging? - In my subjective "trottle-perception" there is a huge difference in aging of Lipos. Some manufacturers start great but cells degrade faster than others. Is there a way to get this measured?

Thanks!

I'm curious: Is there a video where you go into more detail on your test methodology, and the actual instrument you're using for these tests?

i want to say thank you for helping me learn something new . you taught me alot and im still learning .. those beta flight videos i watch before i had my drone come in the mail helped alot. i made a fail safe switch i had a beeper button already so i made it the same button and i didnt like manual mode so i switched it for acro mode and i made my motors spin when my "quad" is armed. i want to do some smooth fpv sooo bad. iv been flying these bugs 2,3, and hubsan x4, my new drone is an arris 250 speed v3 and beta flight is a must lol

Hey bardwell. Are you concerened on how battery connector effects the results? in terms of the 1s connector, I feel like a bt2.0 compared to a ph2.0 would speak for miles in results. Especially on the high load tests.

thank you for all the great video's! what you think is best for the rocket plus?

I love when you say "I'm Joshua Bardwell and you're going to learn something today" because is true!! 😆

Thank you! Now GNB and CNHL! :D

Great video! I usually buy what's on sale.

Any idea when will gnb lipos be tested?

Thank you sir, saving us battery novices $$ since 2020.

Thank you!!!

You missed a variable Joshua. "Best bang for your buck". Price per watt hour or something similar. Call it the Bardwell coefficient. Kinda like shopping vehicles based on mpg for intended use?

You just created a lipo bible. THIS IS AMAZING!!! I can't imagine how long it took you! Respect!

Very useful spreadsheet! Thanks a lot! I´d like to know how they all compare to the geprc batteries! Since I bought a geprc mark 5 (6s dji air unit, tbs nano rx) I´m wondering which battery to choose ?!

thanks for this!!! Note: the GetFPV link in "Tattu R-line 3.0 1550mAh 5s 120c" goes to the 6s version (which I use a lot and would love to see tested!)

Hi My tbs unify pro won’t turn on. I believe I have to bridge two wires together. Am I correct?

Yeah, I'm a superfan and yeah I've subscribed 😎

Joshua, this research is terrific. The video series is terrific. The spreadsheet is an excellent resource. WHY THE HECK ISN'T THIS ON YOUR WEBSITE ANYWHERE? I spent 30+ minutes scouring your website trying to find this, before I just came back and searched RU-vid for the video and had to dig into the description to get the link to the spreadsheet.

My toothpicks I fly gnb, heli-talon faf batteries. On 6s on my racers and freestyle I fly my heli nation talon faf and Tattu r lines!

Great vid, thanks and thanks to the 'donaters' for buying the machine and thanks to the tester.

Excellent video!

I fly tattu's and its interesting to see how they aren't always the best in the internal resistance and low current tests, but they blow the competition out of the water in the high load categories

I’ll be excited to see the whoop LiPo tests with the bt2.0 vs ph2.0

This is absolutely great man. Nothin to say sorry about.

Thanks for the detailed testings. I would love to see batteries tested which you can buy around the world. Like CHL, GNB, Infinity, etc. Shipping from the US to Europe is almost not affordable...

thats cool, thank you josh, but what about other brands, better available for europeaNUTs?

Have you flown any of the speedy pizza drones 6S 1200 mah batteries made by CNHL? Because now that I have been getting faster when I race I really notice battery sag on the straits of the track. What would be the most important trait of a good 6S racing battery?

I just need to know what the best battery is for these 80, 90mm EDF planes. 6s 5k packs

THIS IS GOLD RIGHT HERE!!! was I shouting?

Really helpful information, but here in the UK I have noticed a complete lack of stock of lipo batteries? And general RC parts, not sure what’s going on? Is COVID causing this? So, for the moment this spread sheet is only useful for the USA? I don’t know what the supply of lipos are for other parts of the world?

I really hope that you will find a way to put cnhl and gnb on this list at some point.

Hi. New to FPV. my quad has XT30 but all my batteries have XT60. Would it be wrong to solder XT60 to my quad so I don't need to use an adapter?

Would you also test some turigy/turnigy graphene batterys? I would be courious about these.

For your next battery experiment try playing with 18650s... have been playing with them for everything from 3inch 3s acro builds to 13in 6s4p(8s4p soon)xclass. Builds that live within the limited amp rating of a high current 18650 are totally possible. Then add into series of you need more current capacity or go towards lighter builds with better disc loading properties.

great video!!! I know this stuff is so hard and I am so grateful for what you've put into it. Are these tests done with 1 pack or more and averaged? I would love to see an in depth head to head with the xilo 1250 6s and Rline 1300. at the exact same weight I'm curious if it's a rebrand and the tattu was just a bad sample? Also, I definitely understand why you do the load test based on watts across so many different sized packs but it would be nice to do the same load as well (not based on capacity) for packs within a certain range. I say all of this just because of my silly curiosity but I know how impossible it is to do every little thing. Also, I don't want to down play how significant this data set is to our hobby as it is. thank you, thank you, thank you!

Why were only like 3 brands done? What about Ovonic, CNHL, GNB, maxamps, turnigy, Infinity, etc?

So what exactly would you consider the best 6s lipo?