To Greenmachine/Eric (and Rodney). This is a forum and people are free to discuss things. I didn't realize it was now a requirement to give your name and personal details, if you say something that hurts someone's feelings or self interest.
The OP came on with a problem and like lots of others around here, I have enough knowledge about how batteries work, to make some observations and put forward an explanation as to why he is getting the results he has observed (he is not the first either). The cells in question have publicly available data, it is quite straightforward to look at that data and come to some conclusions, based on those graphs and what could be expected from those cells when combined into a pack with a typical BMS and discharged at different current rates. None of this is personal, so I don't get why it is being treated as such. I don't recall making any negative comments about any businesses, I just made what I consider to be sound observations of a technical nature.
I have no affiliation to any businesses and i do not personally know Etrike, or who he is, other than he is another guy on a forum.
I would like to make a quick statement, now that we are here in this situation. Luna is a business, it is not a charitable organization. All this talk about how by being cheaper than another business, or the fact that you have electricbike.com, also electricbike-blog.com (which do which both do a great job of prromoting Luna), gives you some kind of God Given right to get a free pass, or special treatment is plain ridiculous. In the last year, you have largely promoted yourself/Luna, not the industry, not the scene, nor the other businesses that were here already. In fact, I would say, that rather than promote the scene in general, you have by clever manipulation painted your competitor's as greedy and I have even seen groundless attacks on competing products/companies.
People can convince themselves of almost anything (and even persuade others too), when it serves their own self interest. No matter it is monetary gain, status or just to further boost their (already over-inflated) ego/self-worth that drives them. Those with narcissistic personalities, only take this further and are more willing to twist the facts, attack (also use) others and use every means to further promote this false narrative.
I'm Ebikes4real, you can find me on 101 Endless-Sphere Avenue :wink: