For the first time I have used Alibaba. Was tired of paying way to much per battery on Ebay, and often you get fake batteries on Ebay also. (of course, there you have a little protection since you get your money back).
This time I needed lots of batteries, have bought some 6 x 18650 power banks to charge phones etc, and will give some of them away as gifts to family etc.
So I ordered 50 batteries. Used a quote, and got lots of reply.
My specs was: 18650 flat top (since it’s little tight in the charger for button top) 2500 mAh+ 3.7V+.
I got a couple of good offers on Sanyo batteries, the UR18650ZY type, 2600mAh 3.7V flat top red color. Have anybody used Alibaba.com before, and do anybody have a list of good sellers?
Of course, maybe I found my good seller yesterday, that will time show when I get the batteries.
I have seen the review of the battery (UR18650ZY) so if I get the real deal, it’s a good battery. And I will think 6 x of them will give the charger lots of chargings.
But if all fail, what seller do you recommend?
And what will the normal price be per UR18650ZY battery when you buy 50 at the time?
And is there better alternatives out there, that don’t is really expensive?
I was looking to buy some batteries on alibaba but then I stopped because they only do FOB and then the shipping, import costs, paperwork, and the fact that lithium is now a dangerous good would have made it a pain to import the batteries.
I’m going to buy from sellers in the US or CA instead whenever possible.