Yeah, I think itâs dependent on what shipper BG is using. Sometimes they can ship free, sometimes they can ship but it costs extra, and sometimes they canât ship at all. Usually, it seems they canât ship at all.
For Canada, I prefer to order from a known company in the US, such as illumn. Itâs more expensive, but itâs reliable.
Interesting, I havenât used the Canadian company. Looks like shipping from illumn has gone up a lot since my last order, so itâs a bit more competitive to buy it in Canada now. Still more expensive (especially if you add the tax), but not super-expensive like so many other things.
Yep, lately everything has gone nuts as well as shipping rates, it seems like we always get the short end of the stick
no matter what we shop for in our country.
You have to make sure the store you buy from on AE is selling legit batteries, both in the past and right now. Not many do. Iâve got legit cells from AE in the past, but itâs not something I recommend unless thereâs no other option.
Have any Australians purchased from Ecocell? https://ecocell.com.au/
Unfortunately my favourite Aussie li-ion retailer (supersports600) seems to not be selling unprotected batteries at the moment.
18650batterystore is pulling out of the Vapcell brand due to major quality control issues. Had a wee chat with them after my order of 159pcs K30 had 39pcs with high self discharge.
I was looking forward to this arriving at Illumn. Guess Iâll have to ask them about testing their shipment when it arrives.
Did you order Vapcell INR 18350 F14? I was also waiting for this to arrive at Illumn. If the QC isnât good for their batteries, I might just order the old Vapcell 18350, M11 I think?
Illumn wonât be able to check their shipment when each battery has a plastic wrap covering the positive and negative.
Just the K30, but 18650BS are considering to discontinue stocking the entire range due to bad QC.
They first treated me like a newbie telling me that the discharged ones just needed a charge, but mentioned Mooch confirmed they had high self discharge and that he was looking into it, their response changed immediately to âsorry, and we have also noticed poor QC, and refunded me within minutesâ haha
I also mentioned that some were as low as 2.08v and they responded saying it was due to shipping regulations and they ship at 30%. I was shocked at that response
Disappointing to hear as Vapcell has the M11 and F14 18350âs Iâm interested in. Besides Keeppower I donât think thereâs anyone else making a competing product.
They have good prices on NCR18650GAs and have some interesting items. But when I tried to contact them, I didnât get a reply which is a bad sign to me.