Buying cells from China sucks!

After nearly 6 months i finally have 8 cells i can continue building my office UPS. With shipping times now taking nearly 4 months, any damage or problem with your shipment will be a disaster.
Link to where is originally bought these cells
s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_ANWKNH
Doncan Technology has a Houston warehouse and a good reputation on diysolarforum.com
www.docanpower.com/index.php?...

[@megacharizardx9474]

does anybody know where I can find a seller in the US or Canada that sells one cell under US $50 shipped

[@ricardomarcelino8388]

LitoKalla is actually a very bad supplier... I won't buy anything from them! I've helped a friend and had to open a battery that was not working. There were heavily bloated cells, corrosion and it was not working at all on arrival... Service was bad and he had a hard time to get the money back.

[@stevenc22]

Yeah I tired of "grade A" crap cells

[@neiliewheeliebin]

Liitokala is about as good as it gets unfortunatey, every seller i've tried has had bad cells at different times. Best we can do is read feedback on different batches & hope for the best, sucks.

[@ricardomarcelino8388]

Basen batteries are good ones. LitoKalla has cheap prices and low quality batteries. Nevertheless I have seen single cells real grade A from them as a supplier.

[@megacharizardx9474]

can you give me a link to where you got just one battery cell

[@stevenc22]

Here you go. These guys were pretty good. s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_9zc5eP