Walmart selling LiFePo4 batteries $539
Hi li lovers: https://www.walmart.com/ip/ZOOGAMO-12V-100Ah-Lithium-LiFePO4-Deep-Cycle-Rechargeable-Battery-Built-in-BMS-3000-Cycles-10-Year-lifetime-Perfect-RV-Solar-Marine-Overland-Off-Grid/993345...
Forum Discussion
Ivylog wrote:
“ Sometimes if it looks too good to be true, it often is too good to be true.”… it’s not even that good…OK, better than Battle Born BUT you can build your own for $200. I recently built 600AH of Lithiums for $1200 (including BMS) and probably 10 hours of my time. Not that hard to do and that makes my time worth hundreds $$/ hour.
I suspect Piano is just reporting a "good deal" for a COMPLETE battery and giving folks on the forum a chance on buying them at a good price.
While you and I may be in the advanced DIY crowd, not everyone has the skill, knowledge, talent or time to do so..
Time is not free, it costs you something.
Personally, my time to me is worth min of $50 per hr, 10 hrs of "build time" to me is $500. Add in $200 worth of materials and no we are at $700 which is nearly $200 more than the ready assembled battery Piano linked.
As far as saving money DIYing a battery goes, there are places to pick your time battles, to me, this one is not worth it as I would rather be doing something more constructive like family time rather than work or hobby time.
My concern with Pianos link is it looks like WM.com is selling it, but in reality it is a third party and not WM and anything goes sideways you will not be dealing with WM.
