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Just a note to all the PTW owners out there. I bought some third party batteries that use the same cells as official SystemA packs and they are crap. SystemA uses AA quality Sanyo cells, most companies get whatever mediocre quality Sanyo sells them. My official SystemA 9.6V 1600mAh packs take a charge of nearly 2000mAh and give instant trigger response, my third party packs that claim to be the same only take a charge of 1400-1500mAh and I'm guessing they can't provide the same amperage to the motor as there is a trigger lag like in a normal AEG instead of the instant trigger response that you're supposed to have with a PTW.

I don't have an official 12V pack but my third party one when running on my M130 cylinder gives a delayed trigger response, sometimes a two round burst when on semi, and only takes a charge of 1100mAh when the cells are supposed to be rated for 1300mAh. When using a SystemA 9.6V pack I don't run into any of these problems and the gun runs exactly as its supposed to.

So the SystemA batteries are more expensive than third party batteries but it isn't just markup, there is a massive difference in quality. I was reluctant to believe this until I did this side by side comparison. Moral of the story, get official SystemA batteries for your official SystemA PTW.

Another note is at my last game I saw someone with a PTW and a 9.6V ????mAh battery strapped so the side with tape. This would provide the necessary amperage as if its a NiMh battery it will be far better than even official SystemA batteries in that regard, but it doesn't fit in the crane stock. The third party batteries I was using where the same 4/5 and 1/2 SubC cells that SystemA uses that fits in the crane stock.