To be clear, your are in China and have sources some Lishen locally at lower cost the 75$ per cell, right..?
Yea I heard the same about those Lishen exceeding their rating, many sellers are pushing them, I guess they buy them at a good price and make more money out of it.
Now the capacity is one thing, longevity is an other... There is a reason why an eneloop 1900mah get 2100 cycles while an eneloop pro 2450mah get only 500 cycles.
The CALB for example are pretty heavy for 200ah..vs the Eve 280ah
No, I am not in China.
I am currently in Ohio, but I travel a LOT in my RV. My official address is in Michigan where my son lives. My wife, that son, and my daughter have a small advertising business that I started 4 years ago and I travel selling advertising. MI, IN, OH, KY, OK, IL. MO, TN, VA, GA, and FL as of, but growing all the time.
My son is helping with the cells when needed to reship, and he may start building some battery packs this winter as well.
My contacts were cultivated a few months ago when I perceived a need for someone to facilitate better prices by coordinating the purchases and buying as one entity. I started negotiations with suppliers and narrowed it down to 2 and then when one made a small mistake that was the deciding factor. Both of the final two suppliers, once given some information on me, my history, and my current business, were willing to give me a very good price based on their belief that I could move the kinds of numbers of cells that I said I could.....and I, thanks to the response from this forum, have exceeded that by a large number.
My original supplier ran out of EVE cells and so I switched to the supplier that came in second when I negotiated with them as most guys have been of the mind that they would prefer the Eve cells as long as we can get them
That may change when the cells I have had shipped via Air Freight to Craig have been tested and we have those results.
Since I am in the US people get the advantage of having someone here to coordinate and provide customer service. Together we have more bargaining power and when there is a problem they are, I presume, much more eager to make it right rather than risk losing a purchaser that spends this kind of money with them.
So far, of the cells delivered, there has been one cell that was slightly damaged in shipping and that buyer has been compensated with a small refund, even though the cell still tests perfectly and is completely serviceable.
There has also been one instance in which the freight forwarder in China received two orders from the same company but different agents at the same time. They mixed up the order and so my buyer got 8 108ah eve cells instead of the 4 280ah cells he ordered. I arranged for 4 replacement cells to be shipped to my buyer within 24 hours (I think it was 24, may have been 36 or 48. Something like that) from here in the states at my expense and I am dealing with the supplier on it.
