Beware! Nightmare story of buying lifepo4 off of aliexpress. Is it safe to buy directly from China? 

Thanks. I just wanted to show people that they need to be careful when buying on Ali.

@@OurBlackCatCottage You should always be careful, no matter where you get them from

Man I just bought 24 eve 280 ah cells from 18650 battery store. They were kinda expensive for sure but I'm happy with the quality but then again Ive not checked the capacity. They seem to work great as a 840 ah 24 volt battery. I am now using the jk 200 amp s with the 2 amp active balancer. I have 2 of the 300 amp dally smart BMS but they now set on the shelf since I got the jk BMS. Those power queen and other premade batteries are not very consistent and are bad about being unbalanced and the BMS inside isn't capable of correcting the imbalance. Solar is my hobby and how I power my home. I'm not a professional but I have spent a lot of money and time to finally get it together enough to be comfortable without a monthly bill.

I use a credit card backed with paypal. Never had to go that far because Aliexpress has always voted in my favour and got the money back.

The JBD store on aliexpress is perfectly fine to buy from. jiabaida.aliexpress.com/store/1101682188?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.2.5fb41802sxDjcf The company on aliexpress that screwed me over is gone so I can't steer people away from them. Never had any issues with anyone on alibaba and this is company that I like the most. I also prefer the Lishen cells over the Eve ones. basen.en.alibaba.com/?spm=a2756.trade-list-buyer.0.0.d38d76e9VPHF2B&tracelog=from_orderlist_company Also check out the diysolarforum.com/. There lots of people who have lists of vendors they like and some to avoid.

@@OurBlackCatCottage Thanks!!! What do you prefer about the Lishen cells over the Eves?

So true.

I know. Just have to be careful.

Very true.

I have had really good luck with basen too.

Not many positives. In retrospect there were several red flags. Most vendors are good.

This was the vendor that burnt me. But they have already been removed. www.aliexpress.com/store/1102888751?spm=a2g0o.detail.0.0.6cf6NlugNlug2N These are the LiitoKala that I bought several years ago. They don't have the best rep but have worked great for years. www.aliexpress.us/item/3256801464892589.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.40.76941802lZFBTm&gatewayAdapt=glo2usa4itemAdapt

I probably won't buy any more either. Too slow and too risky.

I completely agree with you.

So true.

Have you noticed that nowadays RU-vid is full of 1) videos praising 2 money junk products (batteries, inverters, mppt etc et) 2)comparions between a top-of-the-range product and a cheap one that claim that the cheap one is equal or better. 3) heavily critical videos on high-end products . You are looking for a praise of a mastervolt inverter or a victron lithium and you find almost Nothing. You are looking for a video of praise of a junk hybrid like easun, voltronic, master power, and there are thousands of them. So much so that the tones are so enthusiastic that they are ridiculous. All the alleged "tests" of this dangerous garbage last a few hours and claim to affirm the validity of a product. They try an inverter 1 minute at maximum power and so it's ok. They want you to believe by now that complying with advertising specifications makes that a good product. Like saying that a bike is good because it moves by pedaling.

No one puts on this junk, an inductive load at 100% of the power that turns on and off 100 times a day for a year. No one tests a 2 euro lifepo4 for Ah with 2000 cycles at 80% dod (in 200 cycles it is totally unbalanced to have maybe 50% of the capacity but the average user will not notice). This misinformation has given rise to myths like that if you use 200w loads, you need a 4000w inverter. of course! If it's Chinese garbage it's true. Or as the obsession with the active balancing in assembled lithium batteries. Of course!! If you use all different cells that are the waste of production you need a bolanciatore that wastes dozens of AH a day !! On junk hybrid inverters that waste 30% of production, things are written that are true admissions of the poor quality of the product. Shameless: choose a power 3 or 5 times greater than the use Then : if you connect a generator as a utility, it is mandatory to use a voltage stabilizer (which costs more than the inverter ..) otherwise the inverter will be irretrievably damaged. But how do you buy junk like this? Those who say they are valid, are all dishonest people A 3kw mastervolt you use it at 3kw h24 every day without any problems. A victron multiplus accepts the worst generators and synchronizes with them@@OurBlackCatCottage 😅

You can actually get these cheaper directly from the factory so I cant understand why people always relate cost to quality. They are just bad actors in the market that are dishonest