Prebuilt pack list of manufacturer?

[kafka-cloud]

Hello,

I am still deciding between a DIY pack or a premade one.

Of the premade one I seem to find either very expensive packs or lower priced one with so so reputations. Who are the different sources of battery pack and how reliable are their packs?

Ping, post about happy customer and unhappy ones, if we look at picture inside the pack, a little scary and charger may not be most reliable
Evassemble, post about happy and disenchanted, may use recycled part
ebike.ca, small capacity in 48V, expensive for total Wh.
goldenmotor.ca, has reasonable price batt however they are Li-ion, do not know if lifepo4, claim 800 recharge
falconev, outrageous price. quality is probably there.
e-bikekit, no battery at 48v or higher Ah then 10
ampedbike, 36v 10Ah only.
batteryspace, 48v, 13Ah, a little expansive but if higher quality may be good

What would be a reasonably price with a positive review source for a battery pack. Minimum 36v 15Ah or 48v 10Ah, a little more would be better


Cheers

 

[dogman dan]

Being on ebike number 12 or more, here's the no brainer list.

One 26 inch motor kit from either E-Bikekit, or Ebikes -ca. Depending on where you live, Ca or USA. 20 amp controller or 25 amp. High Tech Bikes has a nice aotema motor too, if you want the most speed for the least $.

One Pingbattery. 36v 20 ah if you want to go 23 mph. 48v 15 ah if you want to go 27 mph. (30 on the aotema) Get the very good 5 amp charger for a bit more money. You'll have about 20-30 miles of range depending on the speed you ride. 40 miles if you ride slow enough.

I have over 6000 miles on my 36v ping, and about 1500 so far on my 48v ping. Pretty much no problems. Do build a sturdy container for it. I use plastic sheet folded into a tight fitting box, then put it into a toolbox myself.

That's it.

Sure, you find that if you do get a bad one, repairing a ping is a real challenge. But you can really trust Ping to make it right if you are one of the very small percentage that gets a problem battery.

Yes, batteries cost a lot up front. But I expect to get at least 10,000-15,000 miles from my pings. Approximately $600 including delivery. That's 4 cents a mile.

If you want to go homebuilt pack, go for 12s lipo and have a really small, really light battery. 4 5 ah 6s packs for about $75 each delivered. About $100 for your charging solutions, another $50 for wires and connectors. A bit cheaper than a ping, but not too much really. But higher cost per mile at about 9 cents. Shorter lifespan. But you now have 30c discharge rates, and really really easy to expand to more range or more voltage later.