spinningmagnets
100 TW
In the interests of full disclosure, I am a writer for electricbike.com. However, I paid full price for the em3ev.com battery pack (no discounts), and the Satiator charger from ebikes.ca is only on loan to me for beta testing. If the public-sale V2 Satiator doesn't have any significant changes, I'll simply buy this one.
Due to protests and a business shutdown in Chinese ports due to agitating for democratic reforms, this box took 31 days to arrive from the time of order (not Pauls fault). Many China sellers save a few cents by using thin packing and then ignoring complaints about shipping damage. Pauls packing is exceptional. He stands by his products, and if he needed to respond to shipping damage claims, it would eat up too much of his time.
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I've had the Satiator for over a month, but...no battery! This product has a premium price, but it also has premium features that are not obvious. Have you ever bought an electronics product that eventually failed? and If you're the kind of builder who owns a soldering iron and a DMM (and knows how to use it)...you may have pulled it apart instead of just throwing it away. That is when you notice that its features sounded good, but the manufacturer used the 25-cent capacitor instead of the 50-cent capacitor.
For most people, this will not be your first charger. Most buy a very affordable unit, and most of them are reasonably happy, most of the time. But after a while, for those people who have decided that an electric bike will continue to be a part of their life...they find themselves willing to pay more for components that have a reputation of performing well, and being reliable and long-lasting. This charger is a solid and reliable device, designed by people who know what they are talking about...people who don't want to waste time answering the phone and apologizing to customers.
Normally I don't care about the size of a charger, a bigger charger case may even have more air-flow. However this one is fully potted for extreme water resistance, and that means it is also very vibration and shock resistant. If you want to take a charger with you on a trip so you can charge your battery at a spontaneous destination...this is the charger for you. That is an application where it's small size is a benefit.
The most affordable-grade of chargers are loud and they will easily break if accidentally dropped. Of course I treat quality products with care, but it is nice to know a simple mistake is not likely to damage it.
Label says:
Grin Technologies
Model: GC360 6008
Input: 100-240V
Output: 24/36/48V
8.0A 360W MAX
Do not unplug while charging
I apologize in advance if this sounds like an ad. I remember being young and unable to pay extra for a better product. I am now in a position where I can afford something better, and I don't have the time to waste on the frequent replacement of the cheap stuff that I used to always get. Building a reliable E-bike has pretty much been sorted out in my mind. For the majority of newbies, you could buy a MAC 10T using 48V X 25A = 1200W...and if you have extra steep hills, buy a mid drive so the motor has some gears to shift to.
The area that still has the most complaints right now is...the battery pack and the charger. Buy a quality battery pack, and get two chargers (the low amp chargers are every cheap as a second unit back-up). I know that this charger and this battery together are a hair over $1000, and that doesn't even include the bike or motor kit. I just can't recommend them if I'm not going to put my money where my mouth is...so here goes.
Due to protests and a business shutdown in Chinese ports due to agitating for democratic reforms, this box took 31 days to arrive from the time of order (not Pauls fault). Many China sellers save a few cents by using thin packing and then ignoring complaints about shipping damage. Pauls packing is exceptional. He stands by his products, and if he needed to respond to shipping damage claims, it would eat up too much of his time.
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I've had the Satiator for over a month, but...no battery! This product has a premium price, but it also has premium features that are not obvious. Have you ever bought an electronics product that eventually failed? and If you're the kind of builder who owns a soldering iron and a DMM (and knows how to use it)...you may have pulled it apart instead of just throwing it away. That is when you notice that its features sounded good, but the manufacturer used the 25-cent capacitor instead of the 50-cent capacitor.
For most people, this will not be your first charger. Most buy a very affordable unit, and most of them are reasonably happy, most of the time. But after a while, for those people who have decided that an electric bike will continue to be a part of their life...they find themselves willing to pay more for components that have a reputation of performing well, and being reliable and long-lasting. This charger is a solid and reliable device, designed by people who know what they are talking about...people who don't want to waste time answering the phone and apologizing to customers.
Normally I don't care about the size of a charger, a bigger charger case may even have more air-flow. However this one is fully potted for extreme water resistance, and that means it is also very vibration and shock resistant. If you want to take a charger with you on a trip so you can charge your battery at a spontaneous destination...this is the charger for you. That is an application where it's small size is a benefit.
The most affordable-grade of chargers are loud and they will easily break if accidentally dropped. Of course I treat quality products with care, but it is nice to know a simple mistake is not likely to damage it.
Label says:
Grin Technologies
Model: GC360 6008
Input: 100-240V
Output: 24/36/48V
8.0A 360W MAX
Do not unplug while charging
I apologize in advance if this sounds like an ad. I remember being young and unable to pay extra for a better product. I am now in a position where I can afford something better, and I don't have the time to waste on the frequent replacement of the cheap stuff that I used to always get. Building a reliable E-bike has pretty much been sorted out in my mind. For the majority of newbies, you could buy a MAC 10T using 48V X 25A = 1200W...and if you have extra steep hills, buy a mid drive so the motor has some gears to shift to.
The area that still has the most complaints right now is...the battery pack and the charger. Buy a quality battery pack, and get two chargers (the low amp chargers are every cheap as a second unit back-up). I know that this charger and this battery together are a hair over $1000, and that doesn't even include the bike or motor kit. I just can't recommend them if I'm not going to put my money where my mouth is...so here goes.
