I knew that thread title would get you attention , especially Battle Born owners and to be honest I was I was waiting for a black Monday sale to buy 4 of them , but last weekend I saw a add from Costco for the Lion Energy on sale for 699.00 + tax and for 4 batteries it was 3052.00 delivered to my door so I figured I would just give them a try and if I didn't like them I could just return them in November because of Costcos excellent return policies , but after I ordered the batteries I started researching Lion energy products via Will P. videos and other Utube posts , also Lion energy sites and after looking at the warranty for the UT 1300 which is 3500 cycles (If you cycle 1 time every day that ends up being 9.5 years and if the battery has less than 80% capacity at or anytime before the 3500 cycles they will repair or replace it) I will never cycle this bank every day , might cycle them 3 times in a week maybe. And at that rate we are talking 30 + years of warranty.
I know what you're thinking (well what good is a warranty if they go bankrupt) and your right but then there's the Costco satisfaction guarantee and the way I see it if Lion energy folded up or would not back up the 3500 cycle warranty Costco would refund my money no problem. So I consider this double protection. And to make sure I called Costco this morning and they said as long as the item is not on the exclusion list (TVs , DVD players, watches, computers, ect ect ect) that they would refund the purchase price easy peasy. And the person I talked to agreed that the batteries were not on the list.
So now let's talk about Battle Borns warranty , they have a 8 year full repair or replace warranty and after 8 years they give you 30% discount on new replacement batteries if you're batteries are under 80% capacity for 2 years after the 8 year full warranty for a total of 10 years and then your on your own whether or not you only had a handful of cycles on them , I thought that was a excellent warranty until this weekend. After looking at all this I now think Lion energy in combination with Costco is the safest long term bet out there.
Also if you use the Costco credit card doesn't that double your warranty coverage? I don't know how much luck I would have with that argument but it might work . Either way you're going to be covered 100% by Costco for at least 9.5 years , all the other scenarios they might fight with you on depending on how long ago the purchase happened.
I don't know am I missing something , let me know if you guys and gals spot a flaw in my thinking.
Who's to say Battle Born will still be in business in a year or two or 5 or 8-9 years from now .
I know what you're thinking (well what good is a warranty if they go bankrupt) and your right but then there's the Costco satisfaction guarantee and the way I see it if Lion energy folded up or would not back up the 3500 cycle warranty Costco would refund my money no problem. So I consider this double protection. And to make sure I called Costco this morning and they said as long as the item is not on the exclusion list (TVs , DVD players, watches, computers, ect ect ect) that they would refund the purchase price easy peasy. And the person I talked to agreed that the batteries were not on the list.
So now let's talk about Battle Borns warranty , they have a 8 year full repair or replace warranty and after 8 years they give you 30% discount on new replacement batteries if you're batteries are under 80% capacity for 2 years after the 8 year full warranty for a total of 10 years and then your on your own whether or not you only had a handful of cycles on them , I thought that was a excellent warranty until this weekend. After looking at all this I now think Lion energy in combination with Costco is the safest long term bet out there.
Also if you use the Costco credit card doesn't that double your warranty coverage? I don't know how much luck I would have with that argument but it might work . Either way you're going to be covered 100% by Costco for at least 9.5 years , all the other scenarios they might fight with you on depending on how long ago the purchase happened.
I don't know am I missing something , let me know if you guys and gals spot a flaw in my thinking.
Who's to say Battle Born will still be in business in a year or two or 5 or 8-9 years from now .
