I understand the warm climate not needing it, I read his location that said new york so that is why I emphasized it so much.. my fault.

There is still little chance I would give $350-500 for a battery from a company that might not be in business in 6 months. The way those companies run are just like most chinese distribution companies, they rent a warehouse in southern california and run their business out of it until they either have enough bad reviews to close or the gov gets them for tax evasion and they close. They are often owned by chinese businesses and sell the same products under several different names. When one closes down, the others take over until they can change the name/packaging and open again. A warranty from any of these companies is useless, you basically have your amazon warranty which in the case of lithium batteries is "please ship it back to xyz warehouse" they do not provide a shipping label on them so you are out about $50 in shipping (Will actually talks about this in a couple videos). All of these types of batteries come from the same two warehouses in cali, with about 10 "companies" running in the same warehouse.


I researched lithium batteries for a while before making my purchase, I was either going Dakota (legit USA company but expensive), Amped outdoors (china rebrand but legit company), or Ionic (china made but not rebranded batteries, legit US company). I went with Ionic because of all the positive reviews from people who have had them for a couple years.