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Review on EBL 8 Pack Lithium AA Batteries - Powering High-Tech Devices With 3000MAh Capacity At A Constant 1.5V by Brian Henley

Revainrating 4 out of 5

EBL came through. in my review

EBL reached out to me over this issue. They provided fresh batteries that when tested showed voltages above 1.7 volts. Not sure what could have caused the issues I had with my original purchase (tested voltages between 1.7 down to a low of 1.3 volts) - issues with COVID or shipping problems. They did make it right!I have used EBL AA Lithium batteries for a couple of years and they were well priced and dependable. This year something changed. I have range exteder repeaters that help me keep track of temperatures in my greenhouses. It is recommended by the manuracturer to use Lithium Batteries in these repeaters and for two years I filled them with EBL3000 mAh AA Lithium Batteries. It gets cold in Montana and we had a very hot summer so the conditions these batteries operate in are challenging. I ordered new batteries (expecting winter to arrive any time) on 24 Sept, Best Buy delivered them on Sept 29. I checked the AA voltages before installation and found them to be between 1.7 volts and 1.3 volts - everything shoud read around 1.7 volts for new batteries. I need 12 batteries and I ordered 16 so I took the best charge reading batteries and installed them on 29 Sept. I removed all of them on 3 Oct and replaced them all with another brand. I had to do this because my repeaters quit operating for most of the day when the temperature ouside rose above 70. They would come back online for the evening but would die again the next day. Not sure what the issue might have been - but I checked the voltages again for the EBL batteries and some charges had dropped below 1.2 volts in just 5 days of operation - a couple seemed to have changed polarization as the positive (RED) lead on my volt meter now showed a negative reading?New batteries (not EBL) are working as intended

Pros
  • Household Batteries
Cons
  • The batteries may cause damage if inserted incorrectly