I think among major battery manufacturers only MoliCel has authorized dealer. I recently bought P42a from both Liion Wholesale and 18650 battery and cells from 18650 battery are about 1 year newer although both are Molicel’s ADs. Liion Wholesale’s shipping cost is ridiculous unless you buy >$100 but recently 18650 battery also increased their shipping cost several times. I think the price increased since May - multiple purchases I made in March and April were all with very reasonable price and promotions, including $5 30T and $4.5 50E2 in late April.
Also I noticed that Liion Wholesale likely increased their price on their old stocks as I barely saw their cells were sold out with old price and then restocked with 50-75% higher price tag. But it happened to 18650 battery many times recently at least for several cells I was watching.
Techdirectclub.com has 14 packs of 21700 tesla 5000mah bats for 45.99. That’s only 3.29 apiece. My first order all tested out above 4800 with several about 5100. They handle high drains in my vape mods just fine.
Batteryhookup has individuals for 3.25 but their shipping is kinda high. Tech direct had free 1st class shipping and my 14 were packed in a cardboard box with dividers to hold 25. I was happy with the packing.
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I'm looking for minimum 20A discharge so the Lishen LA, 40T, P42A, and 30T are on my hot list. I'll wait for p42A to come back in stock.
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I just ordered a couple of p42A from this place, only online store found that didn't want $10 a piece ($8.49) and shipping was only $3.76 for four -
Yes, I am curious. But I threw caution to the wind and invested a few bucks to find out. The batteries will be examined and tested when they come in. Shouldn’t be too long before they arrive - they shipped within 24 hours of order placement.
Oh yea, I’ve found them elsewhere but not below $10 each, so I would not say they are sold out everywhere.
I might be off base here, but is the Sparks Nevada mega factory retooling to produce 4680 for Tesla? And Texas? And Some Asian factories? Many say the lithium ion battery world is driven by EV demand and the requirement for 18650 and 21700 might be reduced as the 4680 takes off. What do you think?
His P42A are now only 5 months old. I am very fortunate that I do not have to pay for shipping. My brother lives a few miles away. He picks up my stash and then I pick it up over the weekend or whenever I can get to this house.