LiTime batteries

I purchased 3 – 100 ah with built in heaters LiTime batteries about a month ago for my boat.
Thank you to Bearcat and a few others for your purchase experience with these batteries.
Here is a quick review for the batteries.

So far I think it has been the best battery investment I have made yet.
This weekend I went to Chamberlain SD. It was a grind. We spent 12 hours on the water to get our 2 man limit.
In doing so the batteries had to perform for those 12 hours.
The trolling motor didn’t have to work to hard but my electronics battery got a work out. On that battery I run 2 – 10” humminbird helix, a 9” and a 12” helix as well as my 360 and the boat (pumps and lights etc).
For anyone looking to buy lithium batteries and looking for a good budget friendly battery take a look at LiTime.

They have done me well and I just purchased a third one for a electronics stand alone battery. I can get 3 plus days of heavy river spot lock days on my batteries. That alone is worth the price. That and the price of these is so cheap it was a no brainer when I needed new batteries.

I have 2 of the 140ah arriving today. The 3rd one showed up friday. I see in the book that they recommend to fully charge each battery on its own, then hook all batteries in parallel for 12-24hrs so they equalize the voltage, then after that they are ready to be hooked in series. Then it goes on to say you should do this once every 6 months, has anyone followed this process??

Justin Laack wrote:

I have 2 of the 140ah arriving today. The 3rd one showed up friday. I see in the book that they recommend to fully charge each battery on its own, then hook all batteries in parallel for 12-24hrs so they equalize the voltage, then after that they are ready to be hooked in series. Then it goes on to say you should do this once every 6 months, has anyone followed this process??

I did not. Wasn’t even aware of that.

Hey Guys,
I have a small river boat that has a small 15hp, and a small transom mount Minnkota trolling motor. Has anyone used a single battery to start a small outboard and run a small trolling motor?

Trying to keep it as simple as possible as it doesn’t get used that often.

Thanks!

They don’t recommend using lithium ion batteries for starting batteries UNLESS it is made for starting outboards. They are not cheap !

Why are these so cheap

grizzly wrote:

Why are these so cheap

Because the battery market has become saturated with suppliers. Go to Amazon and you will literally see hundreds of options available.

My advice is that if you are considering a purchase I would do it sooner rather than later. Tariffs on batteries will increase their cost. Every lithium battery is made in China.

^ This. Once I started researching all the different companies and components I found they are all pretty much from the same factories in China. Some companies (like Litime) buy in bulk pre-asembled off Alibaba and slap their sticker on it. Some companies may buy the cells and BMSs and assemble them and do slightly more quality testing, but the cells and BMS are all within a standard deviation from eachother. You may get a better warranty from some companies that you trust to be around in 5 years (Dakota, tracker) or you take a chance on a Litime, Ecoworthy, Redodo that may not be around for long (look up Endropower or Ionic). Personally I’ll take the 1/4 cost ones that may not be around in 5 years, but to each there own.