Dang cost of lithium batteries are from one extreme to another . priced 3 and a charger and was $3500.00 Next was 150.00 each and 300 .00 for charger . Do the cheaper ones hold up ? Do they stand behind warranty ?
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Dang cost of lithium batteries are from one extreme to another . priced 3 and a charger and was $3500.00 Next was 150.00 each and 300 .00 for charger . Do the cheaper ones hold up ? Do they stand behind warranty ?
Good grief, Eagle 1 .... what size/brand of batteries are you looking at that'll cost $3500 for 3 of them + a charger ???
Sometimes you get what you pay for. Recently was a thread where a member had bought some cheaper lithium batteries and had all kinds of issues with them. They went on vacation on Slabs home lake and he let them use an Impulse Lithium battery and they had no further issues. When they returned home they bought Impulse Lithium and have no more issues.
Impulse Lithium is a good site sponsor, stands behind their product and offers discount to cdc members. As Slab says “support those that support us”.
https://www.crappie.com/crappie/cont...-Brad-Wiegmann
Before you buy anything that is expensive or has a warranty, check out the company. Especially if you are considering “cheap” lithium batteries from that A site. If you buy $150 lithium trolling batteries, you may be asking for trouble. Google search the name on the battery. Do they have a website. Is there contact info? Phone or email address. There better be. Before you buy, reach out with a question about the product. See if they respond. If they won’t before they get your money,they certainly won’t after they get your money.
I’ve only found 3 of the cheaper batteries have websites with a way to contact them. Those batteries start at $260 for a 12v 100ah battery. Tried to contact some thru A website and only one responded. I tried all 3 websites I found and 2 responded. I bought 2 trolling batteries from one of them.
You will be happy with a board sponsor. If you try “cheap”,you roll the dice and hope.
Tons of lithium's would cost over 3K................ for 3 plus a charger..............Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
I tried researching this subject and just got a headache. Most of the cheaper batteries are from China and use inferior parts. This is does not mean the battery will not do what it is suppose to do. A warranty means nothing if their is no place to have the work done. I tried to find those diamonds in a sea of duds but none of them stood out. I can accept spending $100 for a cheap battery and it craps out in two years. I cannot accept spending $500 for a battery and watching it crap out in two years. Buying a battery for your electronics is a heck of alot cheaper than buying a few for your trolling motor. Take a chance on the former and pass on the later. I have Amped Outdoors for one boat and some Eco Worthy on the other. I'm still running deep cycles for both boat trolling motors because I am to cheap to buy name brand batteries and too afraid of buying generic Chinese brand.
I bought 3 lithiums on Amazon , Tried to save some cash. They worked great when they worked. sometimes one or more would test
dead after charging. Let them sit long enough and they would test full charge. I think they were shutting down after charging for some reason, My charger is supposed to be good for Lithiums . they have been sitting on a table in the garage
for 6 months and they all tested full charge this weekend, I tried to return under warranty , my requests were answered by email
asking me to do all sorts of testing , which I am not equipped to do. So they sit as a reminder.. :)
good luck
MO
Sounds about right. The cheap brands are all china throwaway companies making batteries out of recycled cells from automative/solar industry and then selling under another throwaway company in the USA on amazon. If they have a website, they don't care about the customers and will just give a run-around until you give up, when they have enough negative reviews they simply change the company name and start over.Quote:
Originally Posted by mozingo1952
The exception are resellers who buy from china and resell in the usa as a legit company, they are almost always in California. They will work with you somewhat but they still dont want a return because they cant get any refunds from the back lot fake China factory they imported them from.
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You won’t be disappointed if you buy Dakota. Just saying.
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I use "budget brand" lithiums and they work fine for me. Zero issues.
Bymo and I were the ones Slab rescued with his spare Impulse Lithium and if you knew how much agony and angst he went thru trying to watch youtube video's and trying to deal with chinese first then local dealer who had new lithium brands and didn't know how they worked and had to return them as well. With Impulse he called and got the OWNER right away, got a discounted price and it was at his house in a couple days and HAVE WORKED PERFECTLY and have a cool app that shows you exactly how much charge is remaining and they hardly drained at all when he had them out three times on Lockloosa lake.Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
Slab was absolutely spot on and we appreciated the rescue as we are nothing but Missouri Gubers.
if you haven't seen it go to crappie com on youtube and look for his video on Lithium batters and saving missouri gubers. We are a mess but it is informative.
https://youtu.be/CKXjunVFfws?si=6mi1-4SYWuzM_UVM
I just got a Li Time 12 volt 100 amp for $300. It had some really good reviews with some guy dissecting one. Didn't want to buy a $100 battery and sure wasn't gonna spend $500+ Figure I got the middle of the road battery and will see how it works.
Only need a 12 volt, so it isn't like those 24 and 36 volt setups which are pretty neat.
I just purchased two DrPrepare 12 volt 100AH lithium`s cold weather protection for $209 each to my door so far very good. At this price not much more then a good lead acid battery if they last just 6 years I will be happy, but I do expect more and see no reason not to. The reason for dual 12 volts if worse comes to worse i can slap in a 12 volt lead acid run in series with the lithium until the problem is rectified.
Don’t plug into the overpriced lithiums. Using LiTime 12v 100ah batteries and Noco charger with zero issues. Paid $250 per battery. If for some unknown reason both go out, would only cost me $500 more which I’d still be $500 less spent if I had gone with the overpriced batteries for $1500 a set.
I read an article on sodium ion batteries. They still have to work out a few bugs but saying they will be a lot cheaper and last longer plus recharge faster. Makes sense to be cheaper since lithium is only available from China and Argentina. They can make sodium out of sea water.