That really is a beast of a battery. It's great to see something so well-built being assembled in the US. It's also very cool that they have kits which allow you to build a battery yourself. I will be looking into those heated and insulated battery bags for an off-grid project I'm doing.
P.S. Nice Review ReeWray :) P.P.S. That looks like a nice product and it's made in the USA....You don't see to much of that now-a-days 😀 Likes: 1. Heated cells (with built in access) 2. Small form factor 3. App 4. Specs on the product 5. Made in the USA 6. Cycle counts on the app 7. Temp readings on the app 8. Display of each cell 9. Battery case is great 10. ReeWray's review :)
Great review sir. Thank you for taking the time and effort. I am likely going to get one or two of these batteries in the future. Delighted that it is Made in USA, and so well documented.
I just finished a build of the heated version... It turned out pretty good. It's my second kit from them. I found that no matter what setting, 1, 2 or 3, the power draw is the same but probably cycles more often. It took 2hrs and 40 mins to bring it from 0deg. C. to 70deg. F. and used 8% of the 280ah capacity to do it. Nice review!
Great video-thanks! I do like the fact these guys offer all the details needed on any given battery purchase and as you mentioned, pricing is competitive. Even the refurbs are completely detailed on what was wrong and what was fixed to resell as a refurb.
Nice review and testing man, I absolutely love their UI layout on the bluetooth app, very impressive. I wish they would make a 100AH LifePo4 though with bluetooth built in, thank you so much.
wow nice size.. want to get this for my fishing trolling motor but then again i only burn about 40ah out of my 100ah battery when dont fishing so theres no point even a 200ah for my needs is over kill ..but this is nice to use for back up after and to power up stuff i the house
Thank you this video was very helpful to me. I been watching a lot of videos on new battery tech, and know we have a home made product that is this impressive. Loved it❤❤❤❤❤❤
thanks for the break down. Not liking the heating mode. Typically a lithium battery you can use them in discharge mode under freezing. Now when you charge them up under zero they dont like it. So I would rather like to see in the BMS to heat the cells before charging them and continue to heat while charging. Once the cell reach its full charge point then it could cut the heating pad and discharge for use. my 2 cents, well that how mine work.
If they manufactured a 200 Ah battery with the same dimensions as a typical 100 Ah battery, they would capture more sales. My Casita travel trailer has a specific location and size limit for a single, typical battery, so the 300 Ah battery wouldn’t meet my needs size wise.
off-topic: hi ReeWray, would you please make a review for Renogy Power Station 1000 (2 pieces) with parallel kit with single phase model and give the impressions about these 2 products (for power station and for the parallel kit)?
Buy the kit without the heating element. They have videos to go through every step to put it together. If you can follow lego instructions, you can put one of their batteries together. You also save a little bit of money that way.
What does it take to communicate with the battery in a remote area with a internet server? Just a Wi-Fi? And download a app on phone and can I add a node to each battery?
@@ReeWrayOutdoors considering installing them on remote towers about 50? And I would like to have one app and different nodes addressed or names for identifying them? Have a server with a Wi-Fi at each station.they’re scattered over about 50 mile radius
Hi, while it is possible to side mount, all long term testing and data has been based on the prismatic cells mounted upright. That being said we have had people side mount the battery for years and it has been working, however, in the manual we recommend mounting then upright.
All good and well, but and that counts for every battery seller, everything is coming from China. Knowing that one is better off building a battery yourself. There are a couple of channels whom give information to actually diy. For less than half the price, tending to a third the price. Moreover, not taking weight into account I would not recommend one pack but at least have two batteries for some redundancy.
Thanks for the heads-up! I was trying to use a short URL to keep it...uh...short...haha. But I just replaced it with the long URL...hopefully that works for you. If not, you can just navigate to sunfunkits.com. It's like a candy store for battery stuff. haha
One large LFP battery with one BMS. A failed BMS and all that amperage is lost, at least to those of us who don't have the skills to replace it. And if China goes offline (invades Taiwan) no parts. Hopefully some of the planned factories for North America will make sodium ion batteries. Thanks for the review. PS: I have 300ah of lfp's but I'm replacing my old flooded batteries with VRLA batteries to have some dumb batteries for backup.
REALLY?!? I've spoken several times with the guys a SFK and they've been great. Definitely didn't come across as the type to be threatening people. Can you reply back wth the channel name your referring to? I'd like to see what's being said.
That guy also later admitted he botched there test and didn't charge them properly in a follow up video, he also tells people to buy Docan who has been exposed to be selling counterfeit and re-lasered QR codes, testing to only 260AH. You should read up on a thread on diy solar forum under the vendor review forum. Anything that guy says should be taken with a grain of salt.
@@KoreanTacoKing Not only that he gives off if you pay for grade A then you got ripped off type of vibe, his desire to save money got the better of him when it went from opinion to actively falsifying results to bolster his views.
@@Foxfried ah ok...starting to make sense now. I was confused by that original comment since the SFK seemed to me to be straight-shooters....no hype...and I appreciate that as a customer.
I have 3 kits from these guys, and just picked up 66 of there 304 cells. Excellent people, products and fairly priced. Excellent review!😄
That really is a beast of a battery. It's great to see something so well-built being assembled in the US. It's also very cool that they have kits which allow you to build a battery yourself. I will be looking into those heated and insulated battery bags for an off-grid project I'm doing.
P.S. Nice Review ReeWray :)
P.P.S. That looks like a nice product and it's made in the USA....You don't see to much of that now-a-days 😀
Likes:
1. Heated cells (with built in access)
2. Small form factor
3. App
4. Specs on the product
5. Made in the USA
6. Cycle counts on the app
7. Temp readings on the app
8. Display of each cell
9. Battery case is great
10. ReeWray's review :)
Pretty cool. I'm glad they reached out to you. Thanks for the video.
Great review sir. Thank you for taking the time and effort.
I am likely going to get one or two of these batteries in the future.
Delighted that it is Made in USA, and so well documented.
I just finished a build of the heated version... It turned out pretty good. It's my second kit from them. I found that no matter what setting, 1, 2 or 3, the power draw is the same but probably cycles more often. It took 2hrs and 40 mins to bring it from 0deg. C. to 70deg. F. and used 8% of the 280ah capacity to do it. Nice review!
Great video-thanks! I do like the fact these guys offer all the details needed on any given battery purchase and as you mentioned, pricing is competitive. Even the refurbs are completely detailed on what was wrong and what was fixed to resell as a refurb.
Where did you find the refurbs. ?
@@aubreyj.tennant1123 on there site, its not too bad 925 for the 260 ah.
Nice review and testing man, I absolutely love their UI layout on the bluetooth app, very impressive. I wish they would make a 100AH LifePo4 though with bluetooth built in, thank you so much.
" Not too long " ---- Good info is never too long ;)
Thanks again
wow nice size.. want to get this for my fishing trolling motor but then again i only burn about 40ah out of my 100ah battery when dont fishing so theres no point even a 200ah for my needs is over kill ..but this is nice to use for back up after and to power up stuff i the house
Thank you this video was very helpful to me. I been watching a lot of videos on new battery tech, and know we have a home made product that is this impressive. Loved it❤❤❤❤❤❤
thanks for the break down. Not liking the heating mode. Typically a lithium battery you can use them in discharge mode under freezing. Now when you charge them up under zero they dont like it. So I would rather like to see in the BMS to heat the cells before charging them and continue to heat while charging. Once the cell reach its full charge point then it could cut the heating pad and discharge for use.
my 2 cents, well that how mine work.
Thank you for the detailed review. 🙂
Excellent design and product considering this is a LifePo4 battery with bluetooth built in, I absolutely love your app too, very nice touch.
Very cool. Would like to see US companies be able to dominate the industry some day.
What is an example of how I can set ip a system in a 50 amp rv?
If they manufactured a 200 Ah battery with the same dimensions as a typical 100 Ah battery, they would capture more sales. My Casita travel trailer has a specific location and size limit for a single, typical battery, so the 300 Ah battery wouldn’t meet my needs size wise.
Thank you.
off-topic: hi ReeWray, would you please make a review for Renogy Power Station 1000 (2 pieces) with parallel kit with single phase model and give the impressions about these 2 products (for power station and for the parallel kit)?
Very Impressive !
Do you guys sell a battery box that holds 16 eve 280k cells?
Wow did you see that voltage sag with 200A draw. 12.11v
That is one the shunt which looks to be using some 2 awg wire. Would be curious what the bms was saying under this load.
what a great battery!
I've clicked on every one of the links you've provided for sunfunkits, but site cannot be reached. What gives?
Battery sells for $1380.00 today Nov 15 2023
I would like one like this but don’t need or want to pay for the heating feature. Do you know if they make a not heated version?
Buy the kit without the heating element. They have videos to go through every step to put it together. If you can follow lego instructions, you can put one of their batteries together. You also save a little bit of money that way.
Yes they do.
What does it take to communicate with the battery in a remote area with a internet server? Just a Wi-Fi? And download a app on phone and can I add a node to each battery?
In this scenario, are you in the same remote area where the batteries are located? Or are you far away and wanting to remotely monitor the batteries?
@@ReeWrayOutdoors considering installing them on remote towers about 50? And I would like to have one app and different nodes addressed or names for identifying them? Have a server with a Wi-Fi at each station.they’re scattered over about 50 mile radius
Excellent review! Do you know if this can be side mounted?
Any lithium can be mounted any direction you can imagine. They are sealed cells inside the plastic box.
Hi, while it is possible to side mount, all long term testing and data has been based on the prismatic cells mounted upright. That being said we have had people side mount the battery for years and it has been working, however, in the manual we recommend mounting then upright.
Appreciate your transparency!
Noted.
There’s no limit to how many batteries you can run in parallel. They just don’t trust you.
All good and well, but and that counts for every battery seller, everything is coming from China. Knowing that one is better off building a battery yourself. There are a couple of channels whom give information to actually diy. For less than half the price, tending to a third the price. Moreover, not taking weight into account I would not recommend one pack but at least have two batteries for some redundancy.
Link to battery isn't working.
Thanks for the heads-up! I was trying to use a short URL to keep it...uh...short...haha. But I just replaced it with the long URL...hopefully that works for you. If not, you can just navigate to sunfunkits.com. It's like a candy store for battery stuff. haha
One large LFP battery with one BMS. A failed BMS and all that amperage is lost, at least to those of us who don't have the skills to replace it. And if China goes offline (invades Taiwan) no parts. Hopefully some of the planned factories for North America will make sodium ion batteries. Thanks for the review. PS: I have 300ah of lfp's but I'm replacing my old flooded batteries with VRLA batteries to have some dumb batteries for backup.
Hey those guys at SFK threatened another TH-camr cause they didn’t like his review hope your review likes them…😂😂
REALLY?!? I've spoken several times with the guys a SFK and they've been great. Definitely didn't come across as the type to be threatening people. Can you reply back wth the channel name your referring to? I'd like to see what's being said.
That guy also later admitted he botched there test and didn't charge them properly in a follow up video, he also tells people to buy Docan who has been exposed to be selling counterfeit and re-lasered QR codes, testing to only 260AH. You should read up on a thread on diy solar forum under the vendor review forum. Anything that guy says should be taken with a grain of salt.
@@KoreanTacoKing Not only that he gives off if you pay for grade A then you got ripped off type of vibe, his desire to save money got the better of him when it went from opinion to actively falsifying results to bolster his views.
@@Foxfried ah ok...starting to make sense now. I was confused by that original comment since the SFK seemed to me to be straight-shooters....no hype...and I appreciate that as a customer.
@@ReeWrayOutdoors it was the way SFK responded that turned me off.... Even if he might have been wrong.....
America is a continent, including South America
America is a continent, including South America
No kidding. And every time he says made in America, still makes it accurate. What are you 12 years old?