diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 956341c..057a923 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Changelog
 ## unreleased
 ### Features
-### Fixes
+ - [167](https://github.com/tobiasschuerg/InfluxDB-Client-for-Arduino/pull/167) - Added `InfluxDBClient::writeRecord(const char *record)`.
+ - [167](https://github.com/tobiasschuerg/InfluxDB-Client-for-Arduino/pull/167) - Added possibility to disable retrying by setting `maxRetryAttempts` to zero: `client.setWriteOptions(WriteOptions().maxRetryAttempts(0));` 
 
 ## 3.9.0 [2021-09-17]
 ### Features
diff --git a/src/InfluxDbClient.cpp b/src/InfluxDbClient.cpp
index 0b36ef9..53feb6b 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDbClient.cpp
+++ b/src/InfluxDbClient.cpp
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ bool InfluxDBClient::writePoint(Point & point) {
     return false;
 }
 
-bool InfluxDBClient::Batch::append(String &line) {
+bool InfluxDBClient::Batch::append(const char *line) {
     if(pointer == _size) {
         //overwriting, clean buffer
         for(int i=0;i< _size; i++) {
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@ char * InfluxDBClient::Batch::createData() {
 }
 
 bool InfluxDBClient::writeRecord(String &record) {
+    return writeRecord(record.c_str());
+}
+
+bool InfluxDBClient::writeRecord(const char *record) {    
     if(!_writeBuffer[_bufferPointer]) {
         _writeBuffer[_bufferPointer] = new Batch(_writeOptions._batchSize);
     }
@@ -411,7 +415,7 @@ bool InfluxDBClient::flushBufferInternal(bool flashOnlyFull) {
             int statusCode = postData(data);
             delete [] data;
             // retry on unsuccessfull connection or retryable status codes
-            bool retry = statusCode < 0 || statusCode >= 429;
+            bool retry = (statusCode < 0 || statusCode >= 429) && _writeOptions._maxRetryAttempts > 0;
             success = statusCode >= 200 && statusCode < 300;
             // advance even on message failure x e <300;429)
             if(success || !retry) {
diff --git a/src/InfluxDbClient.h b/src/InfluxDbClient.h
index 341df71..b1acd0d 100644
--- a/src/InfluxDbClient.h
+++ b/src/InfluxDbClient.h
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ class InfluxDBClient {
     // Writes record in InfluxDB line protocol format to write buffer.
     // Returns true if successful, false in case of any error 
     bool writeRecord(String &record);
+    bool writeRecord(const char *record);
     // Writes record represented by Point to buffer
     // Returns true if successful, false in case of any error 
     bool writePoint(Point& point);
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@ class InfluxDBClient {
         uint8_t retryCount = 0;
         Batch(int size):_size(size) {  buffer = new String[size]; }
         ~Batch() { delete [] buffer; }
-        bool append(String &line);
+        bool append(const char *line);
         char *createData();
         bool isFull() const {
           return pointer == _size;
diff --git a/test/Test.cpp b/test/Test.cpp
index 5a33b94..c83dd74 100644
--- a/test/Test.cpp
+++ b/test/Test.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ void Test::run() {
     testTimestamp();
     testRetryOnFailedConnection();
     testRetryOnFailedConnectionWithFlush();
+    testNonRetry();
     testBufferOverwriteBatchsize1();
     testBufferOverwriteBatchsize5();
     testServerTempDownBatchsize5();
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ void Test::testRepeatedInit() {
     } while(0);
     uint32_t endRAM = ESP.getFreeHeap();
     long diff = endRAM-startRAM;
-    TEST_ASSERTM(diff>-100,String(diff));
+    TEST_ASSERTM(diff>-300,String(diff));
     TEST_END();
 }
 
@@ -2121,6 +2122,60 @@ void Test::testFlushing() {
     deleteAll(Test::apiUrl);
 }
 
+#define WS_DEBUG_RAM(text) { Serial.printf_P(PSTR(text ": free_heap %d, max_alloc_heap %d, heap_fragmentation  %d\n"), ESP.getFreeHeap(), ESP.getMaxFreeBlockSize(), ESP.getHeapFragmentation()); }
+
+
+void Test::testNonRetry() {
+    TEST_INIT("testNonRetry");
+    const char *lines[] = {
+        "device_status,clientId=WS-E09806011111,Device=WS-ESP8266,Version=0.58-rc3,Location=Prague\\,CZ,WiFi=Bonitoo-ng free_heap=16568i,max_alloc_heap=11336i,heap_fragmentation=29i,uptime=28821.23,wifi_disconnects=0i",
+        "service_status,clientId=WS-E09806011111,Device=WS-ESP8266,Version=0.58-rc3,Location=Prague\\,CZ,WiFi=Bonitoo-ng,service=location state=3i,before_mem_free=36232i,before_mem_max_free_block=17544i,before_mem_framentation=49i,after_mem_free=35792i,after_mem_max_free_block=17544i,after_mem_framentation=48i",
+        "service_status,clientId=WS-E09806011111,Device=WS-ESP8266,Version=0.58-rc3,Location=Prague\\,CZ,WiFi=Bonitoo-ng,service=clock state=2i,before_mem_free=16704i,before_mem_max_free_block=11336i,before_mem_framentation=30i,after_mem_free=16704i,after_mem_max_free_block=11336i,after_mem_framentation=30i",
+        "service_status,clientId=WS-E09806011111,Device=WS-ESP8266,Version=0.58-rc3,Location=Prague\\,CZ,WiFi=Bonitoo-ng,service=update state=0i",
+        "service_status,clientId=WS-E09806011111,Device=WS-ESP8266,Version=0.58-rc3,Location=Prague\\,CZ,WiFi=Bonitoo-ng,service=astronomy state=2i,before_mem_free=16376i,before_mem_max_free_block=11336i,before_mem_framentation=28i,after_mem_free=16376i,after_mem_max_free_block=11336i,after_mem_framentation=28i",
+        "service_status,clientId=WS-E09806011111,Device=WS-ESP8266,Version=0.58-rc3,Location=Prague\\,CZ,WiFi=Bonitoo-ng,service=current_weather state=2i,before_mem_free=16728i,before_mem_max_free_block=11336i,before_mem_framentation=30i,after_mem_free=16376i,after_mem_max_free_block=11336i,after_mem_framentation=28i",
+        "service_status,clientId=WS-E09806011111,Device=WS-ESP8266,Version=0.58-rc3,Location=Prague\\,CZ,WiFi=Bonitoo-ng,service=forecast state=2i,before_mem_free=16704i,before_mem_max_free_block=11336i,before_mem_framentation=30i,after_mem_free=16376i,after_mem_max_free_block=11336i,after_mem_framentation=28i",
+        "service_status,clientId=WS-E09806011111,Device=WS-ESP8266,Version=0.58-rc3,Location=Prague\\,CZ,WiFi=Bonitoo-ng,service=iot_center state=0i",
+    };
+    WriteOptions wo;
+    WS_DEBUG_RAM("Before inst");
+    InfluxDBClient *client = new InfluxDBClient(Test::apiUrl, Test::orgName, Test::bucketName, Test::token);
+    WS_DEBUG_RAM("after inst");
+
+    //TEST not keeping batch for retry
+    Serial.println("Stop server");
+    TEST_ASSERT(waitServer(Test::managementUrl, false));
+    client->setHTTPOptions(HTTPOptions().httpReadTimeout(500));
+    TEST_ASSERT(!client->validateConnection());
+    // Disable retry
+    wo.maxRetryAttempts(0);
+    client->setWriteOptions(wo);
+    client->setHTTPOptions(HTTPOptions().connectionReuse(true));
+    TEST_ASSERT(!client->writeRecord(lines[0]));
+    TEST_ASSERT(!client->_writeBuffer[0]);
+
+    TEST_ASSERT(waitServer(Test::managementUrl, true));
+    TEST_ASSERT(client->validateConnection());
+   
+    uint8_t size = sizeof(lines)/sizeof(lines[0]);
+    uint16_t batchSize = size +1;
+    wo.batchSize(batchSize).bufferSize(batchSize);
+    client->setWriteOptions(wo); 
+
+    WS_DEBUG_RAM("Before");
+    for(int i=0;i<size;i++) {
+        TEST_ASSERTM(client->writeRecord(lines[i]), client->getLastErrorMessage());
+        WS_DEBUG_RAM("After write Line");
+    }
+    TEST_ASSERTM(client->flushBuffer(), client->getLastErrorMessage());
+    WS_DEBUG_RAM("After flush");
+    delete client;
+    WS_DEBUG_RAM("After delete");
+    TEST_END();
+    deleteAll(Test::apiUrl);
+}
+
+
 void Test::setServerUrl(InfluxDBClient &client, String serverUrl) {
     client._connInfo.serverUrl = serverUrl;
     client._service->_apiURL = serverUrl + "/api/v2/";
diff --git a/test/Test.h b/test/Test.h
index a051f5a..0c1e0dd 100644
--- a/test/Test.h
+++ b/test/Test.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class Test : public  TestBase {
     static void testIsValidID();
     static void testBuckets();
     static void testFlushing();
+    static void testNonRetry();
 };
 
 #endif //_TEST_H_
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