I haven't researched lithium batteries yet because the price was too high for me to justify. So I'll say up front, I have no idea how the Lion Energy batteries compare to others, I just saw these on sale today at Costco and checked out the specs. They look pretty good on paper:
You can download the UT1300 user manual from Lion Energy's site.
A thread here mentioned the following YouTube test of the previous model, the UT1200. The results were disappointing. Tests of two batteries showed that each supplied about 1,000 watts -- not the 1,200 watts advertised:
The *actual* real-world capacity of the UT1300 is something that I would want to clarify before dropping $1,500 on a pair of these.
The fact that Lion apparently "misled" customers about the capacity of the UT1200 concerns me.
In any case, I thought I'd mention the sale, FWIW. If anyone has any input regarding better options, etc, I'm all ears.
Lion Safari UT 1300 - Lion Energy
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You can download the UT1300 user manual from Lion Energy's site.
A thread here mentioned the following YouTube test of the previous model, the UT1200. The results were disappointing. Tests of two batteries showed that each supplied about 1,000 watts -- not the 1,200 watts advertised:
The *actual* real-world capacity of the UT1300 is something that I would want to clarify before dropping $1,500 on a pair of these.
The fact that Lion apparently "misled" customers about the capacity of the UT1200 concerns me.
In any case, I thought I'd mention the sale, FWIW. If anyone has any input regarding better options, etc, I'm all ears.