Help! Cheap batteries ali express etc

[mikeconnect]

I've been advised before on here to avoid the cheap batteries. You get what you pay for and all that . But has anyone ever found relatively cheap one that could do about 15 miles. That the max I need . I've got a giant suede that only cost me 200 so not sure I've got the budget to spend the same amount for a battery . Any help appreciated on this .
Thanks
Mike

 

[georgehenry]

I bought one of these for my 2011 Oxygen Emate. I am heavy and on full assist 15 miles is about as far as it would go, but I bought it nearly three years ago, it came with a charger and is still working very well.

However I paid about £185 when I bought mine, but everything goes up. As recently as Xmas it was under £200 at around £195 so the price can fluctuate.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/36V15Ah-Lithium-ion-Battery-E-bike-Silver-Fish-with-Cellphone-Charging-USB/222214730187

 

[vfr400]

There are some very cheap ones at the moment (around £50). AFAICT, they're made from recycled cells, so avoid them, but any that's above say £150 would probably be OK. I've bought loads of cheap batteries and they all worked

 

[mikeconnect]

There are some very cheap ones at the moment (around £50). AFAICT, they're made from recycled cells, so avoid them, but any that's above say £150 would probably be OK. I've bought loads of cheap batteries and they all worked

Thanks vfr. I appreciate that . Just hoped that I'd get Bout 15 miles from a cheaper one

 

[Deleted member 33385]

From what I've read on this forum somewhere, the cheap ones are getting better, so in theory a battery similar to @georgehenry's 2011 version, but manufactured more recently, might provide power for more miles... unless they haven't improved, or got worse.

 

[vfr400]

Thanks vfr. I appreciate that . Just hoped that I'd get Bout 15 miles from a cheaper one

You might get 15 miles from one of those £50 ones, but that would be about it before you'd need to buy another one. As I said, I've never tried one, but they appeared about the same time as the 15 cent recycled cells.