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I posted the other day asking about knockoff batteries...ended up buying a 10 Ah from eBay on Monday for 99 bucks. It just arrived here in Kentucky today. Packed in a cardboard box enclosed with white plastic wrap, and a relatively thin layer of bubble wrap. Not too impressive. I plan to charge it tonight. I have a fast charger that came with my 1000 Series Mower, and will use it tonight. I plan to charge it on my concrete patio in the back yard and use a stout extension cord to extend the distance from my house. I do have a slow charge on order that is supposed to arrive on Monday. Definitely want to mow before the storms roll in on Monday. My gameplan is to use it tomorrow and compare the results to the EGO 56V. Last time I mowed my 1/3 acre yard, I had to stop with about 20% left, take the battery out, let it cool off and then recharge it to finish the job. Figured a 10 Ah knockoff would be way more than enough - even if it didn't perform as advertised. Well, I just weighed knockoff and the EGO battery and the results are: Knockoff - 5.5 lbs EGO - 7.75 lbs 71% the weight of OEM. Wonder if that is indicative of the performance?? Will find out tomorrow! 5 Ah battery at Lowes is $199 now 8 Ah battery at Lowes is $479 now I did buy a three Allstate Warranty for 13 bucks on this battery. Have had one good experience with Allstate on an oven before. Filed a claim and they sent me eBay credit. https://www.reddit.com/r/egopowerplus/comments/1sro5dr/knockoff_ego_batteries/ submitted by /u/bebba1 to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

Interested in the latest and greatest info on this. Using the high lift blade on my 2236, I ran out of juice Sunday night with my 10 Ah battery. Got to one bar. I let the battery cool for 10 minutes, put in on the charger and after 30 minutes I was back out and finished the job. No big deal since I had the time. Decided I needed another battery. Lowes has the 5 Ah on sale for 199. Ended up buying a 10.0 battery on eBay for 99. Also bought the three year Allstate plan for 7.99. Several years ago I bought a similar warranty for an air fryer for lady friend. That crapped out within 2 years. I filed a claim and they reimbursed me in the form of an eBay credit and I got a new one for free. Hassle free/ Don't need much battery for finishing my yard, but opted for the 10.0 at $99 vs the 5.0 at $60 since I wanted some margin for derated performance. Seller was very friendly in some side communication I had. They said if I have problems, just send it back. Chinese folks. honestandbestquality 99% positive feedback 17K items sold 1.0K followers Time will tell if this was a bonehead move! They say 10 year warranty which seems a bit sketch. Any comments?? submitted by /u/bebba1 to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

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Seems like this is a good deal on an ego battery. The 2.5Ah retails for like 150 so this is a no brainer. I think it’s a mistake and it will probably be corrected soon so I’d jump on it if you need an ego battery. Here is the link for the battery https://www.lowes.com/pd/EGO-POWER-Starter-Kit-56-Volt-5-Ah-Lithium-Ion-li-ion-Battery-Charger/5014734885#no_universal_links ****UPDATE**** Price has been increased to $200. Good hunting for all of those who got in while it was discounted. submitted by /u/REAPERS-GH0ST to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

I need a few of the 12 AMP batteries, only want real EGO, not knock offs. Anyone know a good source? submitted by /u/Regular_Eye_3529 to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

I was at Lowe’s today checking out mowers and ended up having a pretty eye-opening conversation with an EGO rep. For context, I already own a few EGO tools—a push mower, blower, and weed eater—and honestly, my biggest frustration has been batteries dying way sooner than they should. So when she came over to talk, I brought that up right away. First thing she asked was how I store my batteries. I told her they stay in my garage. She followed up with whether it’s a conditioned space, and I said no. That’s when she told me that’s likely the problem. According to her, the heat in an unconditioned garage can significantly shorten the lifespan of the batteries. She recommended storing them inside the house if I want them to last longer. What really surprised me was that she said she’s pushed internally for EGO to include that guidance more clearly in their product info, but hasn’t had any luck getting it implemented. I’ll be honest—that conversation alone made me rethink things. I was actually considering buying one of their riding mowers, but hearing that made me pause. If storage conditions are that sensitive (and not clearly communicated), it feels like something more people should know upfront. Curious if anyone else has heard this or had similar battery issues? submitted by /u/Zatol to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

Open Use Notice: Everything in this guide is free to use, share, adapt, or build on in any way you like. The only thing I'd ask is that you mention it came from our community, r/ProgressionFantasy. This is where it started, and that's worth remembering. All views presented are my own, shaped by years of personal reading and experience. Cross-reference, form your own opinions, and don't take any of this as gospel. TL;DR: Wuxia is about moral choices, not kung fu. Xianxia is about becoming something inhuman, not leveling up. Xuanhuan is that third category you didn't know existed — most "cultivation novels" you've read are actually this. And "face" is not ego, it's social currency in an anarchic world. This post covers all of that, plus a full glossary, book recs, and a breakdown of sect structures, economic systems, and cultivation paths as design tools for writers. Fair warning: this got long. I kept trying to cut stuff and kept going "no wait, you need this context." Get some tea. Intro I've been lurking on r/ProgressionFantasy for a while now, and I keep seeing the same questions. What's Xianxia? What's Wuxia? What's a Dantian? Why do some cultivation novels feel completely different from others? So here's the thing — I'm Chinese. Born and raised. I grew up on the 1986 Journey to the West TV series. Every kid in China watched that show. It holds some kind of world record for reruns during summer break. After that came Investiture of the Gods — gods, demons, Daoists, and Buddhists all fighting across three realms during the fall of the Shang Dynasty. Back then I didn't know any of this had a genre name. It was just the air you breathed growing up. Wuxia meant Jin Yong and Gu Long. In middle school, everyone passed around Jin Yong novels under their desks during class. The teacher would confiscate one, you'd borrow another copy the same afternoon. Gu Long came later, during that teenage phase when you think brooding loners are the coolest thing alive. Jin Yong writes about how a person stands firm in a chaotic world. Gu Long writes about how a person survives loneliness. Two completely different flavors of the same genre. Then came the internet era and web novels exploded. From the earliest ones like Zhu Xian and A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality, to later hits like Battle Through the Heavens, Shrouding the Heavens, and A Will Eternal — I lived through the entire arc of Chinese web fiction, from its wild west days to full industrialization. So this post is my attempt to lay out everything I can think of, from someone who grew up inside all of this. Not an encyclopedia — more like a tour guide. I'll walk you through, point out what matters and why, and you decide where to stop and look closer. I'm sure I'm missing things, but I'll try to cover every important piece I can. Quick disclaimer: Everything below is my personal take. I'm not an academic. I'm not a professor. I'm a reader and writer who grew up marinating in these stories. Everyone has their own angle on this stuff — this is mine. If you see things differently, tell me in the comments. We learn from each other. This guide is written for two groups: readers (you want to know what you're reading and what to read next) and writers (you want to know how big this toolbox is and how to use it). I. Where This All Comes From — You Already Know More Than You Think Before we get into Wuxia and Xianxia proper, here's something worth pointing out: a lot of you have already encountered this stuff. You just didn't know it. The training system in Dragon Ball? Toriyama borrowed the skeleton from Chinese wuxia. Qi, martial techniques, master-disciple lineages, martial tournaments — all wuxia bones. The four-element bending system in Avatar: The Last Airbender? The martial arts driving each bending style are all Chinese kung fu (Tai Chi, Baguazhang, Hung Gar, Northern Shaolin), and the energy system runs on qi and meridians — though the four elemental categories themselves aren't directly from Daoist Wuxing. Naruto's chakra system? Chinese meridian theory, filtered through Indian yoga, then shipped to Japan. Even the word "cultivation" becoming a thing in the English PF community — that only happened because so many Chinese web novels got translated and there was no existing English word for what the characters were doing. So the community had to invent a usage. Chinese storytelling goes way back — Song Dynasty oral tales, Yuan Dynasty plays, Ming and Qing Dynasty epic novels. But you don't need a full literary history lesson. What you need to know is this: China has been telling stories with an industrial base for over a thousand years, and from the very beginning, it was pulling from multiple sources. Daoism gave cultivation fiction its skeleton — internal alchemy, talismans, formations, ascending to immortality. Buddhism brought in reincarnation, karma, the six realms, and the concept of tribulations — when you see "Heavenly Tribulation" or "karmic debt" or "transcending tribulation to ascend" in a xianxia novel, the roots are Buddhist. Even some religions you wouldn't expect left traces: Zoroastrianism entered China during the Tang Dynasty, and elements of light-vs-darkness dualism and sacred fire worship seeped into Chinese narrative tradition. The Ming Cult in Jin Yong's The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber comes directly from Manichaeism (which shares deep roots with Zoroastrianism) — their fire worship is preserved intact in the novel. Nestorianism (an early Eastern branch of Christianity) also arrived during the Tang. Some of its concepts — like a "final judgment" style of ultimate reckoning — may have indirectly influenced the logic of "Heavenly punishment" in later narratives, though that chain of influence is harder to trace. Beyond these big philosophical and religious traditions, regional folk culture from different parts of China fed a massive amount of material into cultivation fiction. Miao border-region Gu sorcery (巫蛊术 — cultivating venomous insects to harm or control people) became "Gu Cultivators" (蛊修) in xianxia — a fully independent cultivation branch with its own rules and aesthetics. Western Hunan corpse-driving (赶尸术 — legends of making the dead walk home for burial) evolved into all kinds of corpse cultivation and corpse-refining settings. Then there's Maoshan Daoism, Southeast Asian-influenced sorcery (降头术), folk exorcism and demon-hunting traditions... each of these regional folk beliefs and practices came with its own rule system, its own taboos, its own visual style. Plenty of xianxia novels weave these regional elements into their world-building — maybe a sect's core technique descends from ancient Miao Gu arts, or a faction's signature skill is actually corpse-driving reimagined for a cultivation world. This gives xianxia a kind of cultural density that other genre fiction struggles to replicate — it didn't grow from one unified system. It grew from dozens of local traditions across different regions, different ethnic groups, different corners of China. Journey to the West is the best example of all these streams merging: a Buddhist pilgrimage story, starring a stone monkey who cultivated through Daoist practices, fighting demons from every tradition, in a world where Buddhist and Daoist heavenly courts run side by side. The "throw anything in" freedom you see in modern web novels? That wasn't invented by modern authors. It's been this way for a thousand years. Just as Western fantasy has a throughline from King Arthur to Tolkien to Sanderson, Chinese narrative tradition has a throughline from Journey to the West and Investiture of the Gods to Jin Yong to today's web novels. The difference is that China's line was blending different philosophical and religious systems from day one, so the toolbox was always bigger. And here's the scale part: Qidian (China's largest web novel platform) alone has roughly ten times the number of active serials as all of Royal Road. What does that volume mean? It means every niche you can imagine, every narrative experiment, every system design variant — someone in the Chinese web novel world has already tried it. The toolbox in front of you is bigger than you think. II. Wuxia — "Xia" Matters a Hundred Times More Than "Wu" Most Western readers naturally focus on the "Wu" part of Wuxia — combat, martial arts, kung fu. Fair enough. That's the most visible piece. But if you're willing to look one layer deeper, there's something interesting going on. "Xia" is the real soul of Wuxia. What Is Xia? Xia ≠ hero. Xia ≠ knight. Xia ≠ paladin. Xia is a behavioral choice: a person with power, in an unjust world, chooses to use that power to do what's right — even when it costs them. Jin Yong wrote a line in The Legend of the Condor Heroes that basically defines the ultimate value of the entire genre: "为国为民，侠之大者。" "To serve the nation and its people — that is what makes a true hero." Looks simple. But the entire wuxia genre can be read as a relentless interrogation of that sentence. What counts as "the nation"? What counts as "the people"? What if the nation itself is unjust? What if protecting the people means turning against your own master? Gu Long went in a completely different direction. His version of Xia doesn't care about nations or grand causes. It cares about how one person keeps their soul intact in a world that's lonely and absurd. Gu Long's protagonists are always drinking, making friends, losing friends. Li Xunhuan (from Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Sword) has tuberculosis, is arguably the best fighter alive, and spends his entire life paying the cost of good deeds he's already done. Jin Yong's wuxia is worldly — it cares about society, justice, the fate of nations. Gu Long's wuxia is solitary — it cares about loneliness, friendship, existence. Both are wuxia. That's how wide this genre really is. Jianghu: The Wuxia World Engine "Jianghu" literally means "rivers and lakes." What it actually means is a parallel social order running underneath official society. In the wuxia world, there are courts, officers, laws. But wuxia characters don't live in that world. They live in the Jianghu — a parallel society with its own rules, its own factional hierarchies, its own system of debts and blood feuds. This concept alone is a complete world-building kit. You don't need to invent a magic system. You just need to ask: What does the underground layer of this society look like? Who has power there? What are the rules? What happens when you break them? If you're a writer, think about it this way: Jianghu is the "second society." In Sanderson terms, it's your world's second magic system — except this one doesn't run on energy. It runs on favors owed and grudges held. What Combat Actually Does in Wuxia Here's something a lot of Western readers miss: In good wuxia, martial arts aren't the point. They're the vehicle. Fight scenes don't exist to show who's stronger. They're narrative engines: - A duel between two characters is actually a collision between two philosophies of life - Learning a new technique doesn't mean "leveling up." It means understanding something - The lineage of martial techniques through sects is really about loyalty and betrayal between masters and students The best fight Jin Yong ever wrote — Qiao Feng fighting a hundred men alone at Juxian Manor in Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils — isn't about Qiao Feng being strong. It's about a man who just learned the truth about his identity, who's been abandoned by everything he believed in, choosing to face everyone alone. The fists are the action. The story is identity and choice. If you're thinking about writing in this space, a few things worth keeping in mind: - Wuxia's central conflict isn't "beat a stronger boss." It's moral dilemma — what's the cost of doing the right thing? - The power system can be dead simple (internal energy + techniques). Complexity comes from relationships and jianghu politics - Don't measure wuxia characters by "level." Measure them by the choices they make - Wuxia's closest Western parallel isn't fantasy — it's closer to noir, hardboiled detective fiction, and 1970s kung fu films - Recommended study: Jin Yong's Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, The Smiling, Proud Wanderer; Gu Long's Sentimental Swordsman, Ruthless Sword, Legend of Chu Liuxiang III. Xianxia — Less Power System, More "What Am I Becoming?" If wuxia asks "how does a person live in an unjust world," xianxia asks "can a person become something that isn't human?" The literal meaning of "修仙" (xiuxian): to cultivate toward immortality. Not getting stronger. Not fighting bigger enemies. It's about transforming yourself from a mortal being into a different kind of existence. This is one of the sharpest differences between xianxia and a lot of Western progression fantasy. Take Cradle as an example — Lindon goes through deep changes over the series. The arm fusion, the soul mutations — real transformations. But they're mostly changes in what he can do. In good xianxia, a realm breakthrough hits deeper than that. How the character experiences time shifts. Their relationship with mortals changes. What "death" even means to them changes. Not a stronger version of the same person. Something else wearing the same face. That's what "修" (xiu) actually means. You're not improving. You're turning into something else. Daoist Internal Alchemy: Where It All Started Xianxia's cultivation system wasn't invented by web novel authors. It has a real philosophical foundation: Daoist internal alchemy (Neidan, 内丹学). Here's what Neidan looks like: Three Treasures: Jing, Qi, Shen (精、气、神) - Jing (Essence) — base life energy, bound to the physical body - Qi — flowing energy, tied to breath and meridians - Shen (Spirit) — consciousness, awareness, the spiritual Three Dantians: - Lower Dantian (abdomen) — stores Jing - Middle Dantian (chest) — processes Qi - Upper Dantian (between the eyebrows) — condenses Shen Four Stages of Transformation: 1. Refining Essence into Qi — converting bodily energy into flowing energy 2. Refining Qi into Spirit — converting flowing energy into spiritual power 3. Refining Spirit into Void — dissolving individual consciousness back into emptiness 4. Merging Void with the Dao — becoming one with the fundamental principle of reality Notice the pattern? You never "get more" of anything. Every step replaces what you were with something new. That's why calling xianxia a "leveling system" misses the point entirely. Most web novels simplify this system. 99% of xianxia novels use a single dantian (the lower one) and reduce the whole process to "absorb energy, break through, get stronger." Authors know the full system exists — they're cutting it down on purpose. Serialization demands simpler systems. Readers need to keep up without getting lost. But the best xianxia authors know how deep the original system goes, and they selectively pull from it. A side note — orthodox Daoism has a bunch of concepts that get borrowed by web novels but rarely understood correctly. Like "Wu Wei" (无为) — it doesn't mean "do nothing." It means "don't force against natural law." This shows up in a lot of high-level breakthrough designs: the harder you try to break through, the more you fail. Or "Yin and Yang" (阴阳) — not a good-vs-evil binary, but two forces that exist simultaneously in everything and are constantly transforming into each other. That's why some cultivation systems have a principle of "extreme Yang births Yin" — cultivate to the extreme and you have to face your own opposite. And the Five Elements cycle (五行相生相克) — not just "fire beats metal." It's a circular system of checks and balances. Good authors use it to design factional dynamics and counter-relationships between sects, not just as an elemental attribute table. Qi vs Qi (气 vs 炁) I mentioned this in a previous reply, but it's worth saying properly. The "Qi" (气) most xianxia novels use isn't actually the same concept as what Daoist classics talk about. The classic texts use "炁" — same pronunciation, different character. 气 (qi) — breath, air, generalized energy. You can sense it, direct it, quantify it. 炁 (qi) — Primordial Qi. The original essence from before Yin and Yang separated. Can't be quantified, can't be stored. Can only be experienced through transformation. Most web novels use 气 because it's easy to understand, easy to write with, easy to build stat systems around. But some of the more literary xianxia novels use the concept of 炁, and you can feel the difference — cultivation in those stories doesn't feel like "charging a battery." It feels like molting. Side note for anyone building a cultivation system: you don't need to use 炁 to write well. But knowing this distinction exists helps. If your cultivation system feels like "numbers going up" instead of "qualitative change," the reason might be here — you're using 气 logic (accumulable energy) instead of 炁 logic (irreversible transformation). Cultivation Paths — Each Path Comes With Its Own Character Design Xianxia isn't one road. Chinese web fiction has developed a huge number of branching paths, each with its own logic, its own costs, its own narrative flavor: Body Cultivation (体修) — Refining the physical body. Minimal dantian work, minimal meditation. You torture your body through extreme methods until it becomes something else. Pain is the progress bar. Soul Cultivation (魂修) — Advancing through Spiritual Sea (识海, a mental space). Power manifests in spiritual forms — illusions, mental attacks, consciousness invasion. Sword Cultivation (剑修) — Binding your entire cultivation to a single sword. Person and sword become one. The sword is the dantian. Extreme focus traded for extreme attack power. Spirit Cultivation (灵修) — The "standard" path. Using dantian and meridians to circulate spiritual energy. The default mode for most xianxia novels. Formation Cultivation (阵修) — Cultivating through building and understanding formations. Not personal combat power — it's spatial control and rule manipulation. Here's the thing that matters: which path you pick for your MC directly determines where the narrative gravity of your book sits. Body cultivation stories naturally lean toward physical limits and willpower. Soul cultivation stories lean toward psychological horror and consciousness exploration. Sword cultivation stories lean toward focus and sacrifice. This isn't just "swapping abilities" — it's changing the entire tone of the book. The Real Problem with Realm Design Every Western author who wants to write xianxia spends a lot of time naming their realms. Qi Condensation, Foundation Building, Core Formation, Nascent Soul... The names don't matter. What matters is: what does your character give up at each step? In the original Neidan process, each transformation from Jing to Qi to Shen is irreversible. You're not upgrading. You're abandoning part of who you used to be in exchange for a new form of existence. The best xianxia novels preserve this: a breakthrough rewrites what you are. You gain abilities you never had, sure — but you also burn away things you can't get back. Your connection to mortals. Certain emotions. The option of going home. If your realm system is just "numbers go up each level," it's closer to a Progression Fantasy that happens to use an Eastern aesthetic — which is totally fine. Lots of very successful novels do exactly that. But knowing the difference helps you see what kind of design choice you're making. IV. Xuanhuan — Half the "Xianxia" You've Read Is Actually This Alright. Here's something most Western readers have no idea about: A lot of the "cultivation novels" you've read on WuxiaWorld and WebNovel aren't xianxia. They're xuanhuan. Xuanhuan (玄幻) literally means "mysterious fantasy." It's a broader category: it can have cultivation, it can have levels, it can have Eastern elements, but the core doesn't necessarily root itself in the Daoist system. Battle Through the Heavens? Leans xuanhuan. Soul Land? Xuanhuan. Coiling Dragon? Xuanhuan. Martial Universe? Xuanhuan. These novels all have cultivation systems and realm progression, but their systems have a weaker connection to Daoist internal alchemy. Their cultivation mechanics are largely author-original — they use "Battle Qi" (斗气) instead of "Spiritual Qi" (灵气), and their world-building often blends in Western fantasy elements. (Of course, the boundaries between these categories are always blurry — lots of novels have both xianxia and xuanhuan elements. Think of it as a spectrum, not boxes.) Why does this distinction matter? Because if you bring xianxia expectations to a xuanhuan novel, something feels off. You go "why doesn't this cultivation have any Daoist feel? Why does this system feel so gamey?" Answer: because it was never xianxia to begin with. The flip side: if you're writing a story that has cultivation elements but doesn't want to root itself in Daoist principles — congratulations, you're writing xuanhuan. Nothing wrong with that. Some of the most commercially successful Chinese web novels are xuanhuan. Battle Through the Heavens alone has generated enough adaptation revenue to buy a small city. Quick comparison: Wuxia Xianxia Xuanhuan Core People in the Jianghu Cultivating toward immortality Mix whatever you want Power Base Internal energy, martial techniques Spiritual Qi, Dantian, Daoist systems Author-defined End Goal Justice/survival through righteousness Ascend to immortality / merge with the Dao Up to the author World Ancient China + Jianghu Cultivation world / Immortal realms Any setting Western parallel Noir / Hardboiled No direct equivalent High Fantasy Representative works Jin Yong, Gu Long A Mortal's Journey, Renegade Immortal Battle Through the Heavens, Coiling Dragon V. The Terminology — Design Tools, Not Just Labels Heads up: this section gets into the weeds. If you just want book recommendations, skip to Section VIII. But if you're interested in how any of this works under the hood — or if you're building your own system — this is the good stuff. Chinese xianxia novels have a massive vocabulary of specialized terms. Most translations give you an English equivalent and call it a day. But these terms aren't labels — each one represents a design choice. Spiritual Root (灵根) The innate condition that determines a character's cultivation aptitude in xianxia. Common design: Five-element roots (Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth). The worst is having all five (you can cultivate everything but master nothing). The best is a single root (one element, extremely pure). Deliberately counter-intuitive: "More versatile = worse." This is the opposite of Western RPG logic where maxing all stats = strongest. The reason? Mixed roots create Qi interference. Purity > versatility. This is Daoist philosophy at work — the Great Dao is simple, less is more. A Record of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality's Han Li starts with bad spiritual roots and works his way up through careful planning and patience. The "Mortal Flow" (凡人流) subgenre was born from this — no cheat, no system, just a mediocre-talent person using brains and patience to cultivate. Meridians (经脉) Channels through which spiritual energy flows in the body. Unblock more meridians = more energy bandwidth. Western readers might recognize this from traditional Chinese medicine or Avatar: The Last Airbender. In xianxia novels, meridian design is usually more specific — different cultivation methods require opening different meridian routes, and getting it wrong causes "Qi Deviation" (走火入魔, your energy runs wild inside your body — minor case: injury, major case: you explode). Qi Deviation is one of the best built-in risk mechanisms in fiction. You don't need to invent external enemies to create tension — cultivation itself is dangerous. Every step of progress carries the risk of losing control. Golden Core / Nascent Soul (金丹 / 元婴) The two most iconic realms in xianxia. Golden Core: condensing all your spiritual energy into a pill-like core inside your dantian. A qualitative shift — from "borrowing the world's spiritual energy" to "having your own energy nucleus." Nascent Soul: growing a "soul infant" inside the Golden Core — another you. This is where xianxia gets truly ontological: there's now an independent life form inside your body. The point here: these aren't "upgrades." They're metaphors for something scarier. Golden Core = you stop depending on the outside world. Nascent Soul = you start splitting into plural existence. No going back. And every step changes how you relate to everything around you. Heavenly Tribulation (天劫) Lightning from the sky during critical breakthroughs. This isn't a boss fight. It's a filtering mechanism. The Heavenly Dao (the universe's rule system) doesn't allow too many beings to break through to higher levels, so it actively tries to kill you. The stronger the cultivator, the more terrifying the tribulation. And if you ever need a climax scene that writes itself: Heavenly Tribulation. A character accumulates an entire volume's worth of cultivation, then faces the test. Succeed and you transform. Fail and you die. You don't need an external villain for tension — the sky itself is the enemy. Dao Heart (道心) A cultivator's will / core conviction. Dao Heart isn't "courage." It's closer to "absolute certainty in the path you have chosen." Dao Heart shatters = you start doubting the path you've been walking = cultivation regresses or collapses entirely. Honestly, this might be the single cleverest thing about xianxia as a system: your psychological state becomes a hard combat stat. Waver internally, and your power drops — doesn't matter how much energy you've stockpiled. Which means the most dangerous enemy in a xianxia novel isn't the guy who hits harder. It's the one who makes you doubt yourself. Emotional manipulation, faith attacks, even plain old heartbreak — all can be lethal strikes. If your cultivation system doesn't have something like "Dao Heart," consider adding one. It solves one of progression fantasy's biggest problems: when a character is powerful enough, what can still threaten them? Answer: themselves. Fortuitous Encounter (机缘, Jiyuan) A once-in-a-lifetime cultivation opportunity that can't be forced — ancient ruins, mysterious inheritances, rare treasures hidden in the world. This is one of the most important plot drivers in xianxia. It explains why the MC can surpass people with better innate talent: talent determines your ceiling, but encounters determine your trajectory. Many xianxia plots are structured around the pursuit, discovery, and competition over these encounters. Karmic Fortune (气运, Qiyun) A character's "fate score." High fortune = encounters come to you, disasters turn into blessings. Low fortune = everything goes wrong. Some novels design this as a lootable resource — kill a "Child of Fortune" (气运之子) and you can steal their luck. This creates one of xianxia's darkest narrative tools: the MC might not just be fighting for power, but literally stealing someone else's destiny. Divine Sense (神识, Shenshi) A higher-order perception ability that advanced cultivators develop. Lets you scan your surroundings, identify objects, and communicate remotely using consciousness. You'll see this in virtually every xianxia novel. It's basically radar, but it also creates interesting limitations — stronger cultivators can detect weaker ones using Divine Sense, which means stealth and concealment become real tactical concerns. Lifespan (寿元, Shouyuan) Each cultivation realm has a corresponding maximum lifespan. Foundation Establishment might give you 200 years. Golden Core, 500. Nascent Soul, 1000+. Running out of lifespan before breaking through = death. This is one of xianxia's strongest narrative pressure tools. A character might be powerful enough to handle any enemy, but they're racing against a clock that never stops. Storage Ring (储物戒) A spatial artifact where the inside is much larger than the outside. Standard equipment in xianxia — every cultivator carries one. Think of it as a pocket dimension on your finger. Kill someone? Grab their storage ring first. It's also a common source of plot-driving treasure discoveries. Karma (因果, Yinguo) Actions generate karmic bonds. At lower realms this doesn't matter much. At higher realms, accumulated karma becomes a real obstacle to breakthrough — you carry the weight of everyone you've killed, every debt unpaid, every oath broken. Some novels make Karma Tribulation a specific type of Heavenly Tribulation. Split due to Reddit's character limit. Part 2 | Part 3 Edit: Corrected the Avatar/Five Elements comparison per reader feedback. The bending system's martial mechanics are Chinese, but the four elemental categories aren't a direct simplification of Wuxing. submitted by /u/No-Ride-3370 to r/ProgressionFantasy [link] [comments]

If an EGO 56V battery is truly dead or defective, you should recycle it at authorized locations like The Home Depot, which serve as Call2Recycle stations, or check with local hazardous waste facilities. Never dispose of them in regular trash. Before recycling, check for a 3-year warranty at 1-855-EGO-5656. Options for "No Longer Good" EGO Batteries: Warranty Check: If under 3 years old, call EGO Support to file a warranty claim. Attempt Repair/Reset: Reset BMS: Hold the check-button on the battery for 10–25 seconds. Charger Reset: Unplug the charger, wait a minute, plug it back in, and then insert the battery. "Drop Method": Some users on Reddit found that dropping the battery from 1-2 feet onto concrete can fix internal connections. submitted by /u/Ok-Challenge6697 to r/aifails [link] [comments]

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A break from the politics for some low stake drama. In short shiny hunting in pokemon is the act of collecting pokemon that can spawn with a different colour. The odds of these pokemon spawning is 1/8192 in pokemon fire red. The act of shiny hunting one pokemon can take days to weeks to months so you can imagine how long it would take to shiny hunt 151 of them. This was OP's original post https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonFireRed/comments/1qr6100/im_going_to_cryhappily/ Oh my fucking god...I did it...I just hatched my last Pokémon for my 99% legitimate shinydex... I started this FireRed cartridge 12 years ago, and I told myself I will play this damn game until I had every shiny in it or the battery died and I lost all of my save file, and every day I grinded a shiny, every day for 12 years even if it was only 5 minutes somedays, the hell I went through to get some of these were insane, the trades I had to make, the resets upon resets, but it paid off, I have all 151 Pokémon, in shiny form, and best believe, I am NOT doing this again, for any game. (The Mew is the reason it's 99% legit, I don't consider the ACE method or any method post-event 2005 in Pokémon Emerald to be legit, the rest are all traded, bred, or caught by myself over the span of the last 12 years) OP claims to have put 12 years of their life behind it and made sure to reiterate many times that it was legit. OP was mostly praised on their post but some people tried to call cap. Cheated his ass off btw OP: Her* and just because you can't do it doesn't mean I cheated 🫶🏻 they replied back: You cheated your ass off. OP: If that's how you cope, keep telling yourself that I guess 🫶🏻 Another example comment: Nice bro. I like to use cheats too! OP: Why can't people just be celebratory for once? Like sorry you can't do it but don't hate on me 'cause I did legitly This post was posted around 12 days ago and received around 3.4k upvotes making it the subreddits second highest rated "tweet". Then 10 hours ago this post was posted to the subreddit https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonFireRed/comments/1r3e24n/this_person_posting_a_shiny_dex_absolutely_faked/ Posting absolutely no proof, they're using a "Gameboy camera" to get their screenshots, and are completely defensive about it. There's really no chance it's legit right? To make things worse, they posted again on the pokemon emerald subreddit showing off their "thousands of hours" cartridge also apparently completely legit. The comments calling the original OP fake came rolling in The part that gets me is they’ve been at this for 12+ years and this is the first they’ve mentioned it? I would’ve expected some progress reports, or some discussions on things like “what’s the most optimal way to hunt this mon or that mon” Or just some sort of comment along the lines of “Ya I’m currently in the process of completing a living shiny dex, this one was rough lemme tell ya” I just can’t imagine committing that much time to something and not talking about it in any relevant communities. the original OP then replied: I don't live my life on Reddit it was supposed to be a one time share of an achievement I was sharing to every platform I also don't need advice from strangers when Google has been here all 12 years of playing :3 A commenter points out OG OPs ego The extreme defensiveness is the biggest sign to me, this person talks like he’s just so above everyone and we are no life losers for asking for proof. Arrogance drips from everything they say and instead of taking a few minutes to post some simple pictures that would prove us all wrong he instead decided to spend an hour arguing. No way it’s legit and if it is legit who cares at this point. I can’t be happy for an asshole Another comment causing OG OP to reply This original post made me so upset because I have been working on this legitimately for 17 years and I don’t even have the OG 151 done. I have a ton of progress but the amount of phases on Zubats and Spearow spawns is insane. I’m to the point I don’t even get excited over them anymore. To get all of these in this timeframe would require 24/7 play for those 12 years and you could not phase hardly at all Original OP: Not true! Do the calcs statistically with dupes if u play 4hrs a day everyday for 12 years you'd have roughly 180 shinies if I remember the calculations correctly! You're just unlucky bud :( This all culminates with quite possibly the biggest ego post from OP Hi everyone I am the OP of FireRed subreddits 2nd most popular tweet, where I have dedicated 12 years of my life to shinydexxing FireRed, let me clear some things up for my fellow patrons as I see the comments asking alot I will provide picture evidence from my Gameboy with the said save cartridge when I have the time to do so however it may not be soon so don't expect me to just immediately post it to "cover my ass" or whatever I don't actively surf Reddit nor do I usually share things like this in general because I have often been called out for being a fraud like many in this comment section and I don't usually have the time to bicker with internet strangers, if you choose to believe then you choose to believe but I have a life to attend to, shouldn't have or need to justify my progression in gaming to a bunch of strangers if I don't feel like it This is not an emulator, I will happily explain and send the current screenshots I have of all 151 pokemon, they are all legit except for Mew and I have these on hand for anyone who wants them, name a Pokémon and I'll send a screenshot, my OT and no illegimate gameshark codes, etc. If you have questions to ask me feel free I will respond when I can Thanks! :3 Notice they said they will post proof on their gameboy. This never happened. OP of the callout post then went in asking some valid questions you said you took these pictures with the official Gameboy camera the Gameboy camera doesn't take screenshots the Gameboy camera came out on the original Gameboy and is incompatible with the Gameboy Advance, which is the console Pokemon Emerald is on for context the gameboy camera isnt a capture card. its a literal selfie camera made for gameboy colour. this is an example of the quality of a gameboy camera https://imgur.com/gallery/i-fixed-battery-game-boy-camera-VBwkJB9#/t/gameboy_camera as you can see its a pretty laughable claim Original OP then replies Camera was the wrong term when I explained it to others, I was under the impression that it was a camera, it is not, it was a GB capture card which I had taken said screenshots on, which you can do via USB! OP of the callout post then claps back with proof that the OP lied your comments are there on your profile... https://imgur.com/a/BrAqccZ for those that dont want to click the link. OP claims to use the camera and edit the photo to look like a screenshot which is such a strange hill to die on. Original OPs reply to this It's funny how dedicated you are to trying to get satisfaction out of me to witch the callout OP replied Wdym, u just said "actually I used a capture card with usb" when in the screenshot I just posted you said "I used the Gameboy camera to take a photo and used editing software to make it look better," it don't get more cut than that after that the original OP couldnt take the heat and deleted their account but not before trying to save face on the original post TO ANYBODY WHO DOES NOT BELIEVE MY ACHIEVEMENT IS REAL: It is. I have dedicated most of my teenage and early adult life to this in specifics, I do not post on reddit often as I feel the people here are strange and not interesting in the slightest, I posted this here not for the praise or attention but to share my accomplishment with people who may find it cool. And I appreciate all of you who do believe me when I say I personally spent 12 years of my life tied to this achievement but I don't have the time nor care to bicker with grown men/women over a reddit post either you believe me or you don't but I won't sit here and waste countless hours going back and forth with people because they refuse to accept it — With Kind Regards, Kai 🐾 and that basically concludes it. OP refused to post a simple photo of the game in their gameboy so its probably safe to say they just hacked the pokemon into an emulator. Sorry if formatting is bad, this is my first post here. 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January is the month of lies. If you’ve worked in the fitness industry as long as I have, you eventually learn to hate the calendar. January 2nd marks the beginning of the migration of repentant souls. They arrive in schools, wearing lycra clothes that still smell like the store, carrying colorful water bottles, fueled by the fragile determination of someone who spent three weeks stuffing their face with holiday roast and sides and now wants a pop star’s body before Carnival. We call this "Project Summer." I call it "Project Desperation." My name is Danilo. I’m a personal trainer and floor instructor at IronFit 24h, one of those low-cost gym chains that have spread through São Paulo like a fungal plague. Black walls, neon yellow lights, electronic music played too loud, and membership fees that are way too cheap. I work the shift nobody wants: midnight to six in the morning. It’s a lonely shift. The crowd at that hour is usually made up of insomniacs, ER doctors, cops, and a few antisocial meatheads who hate sharing equipment. The sound of weight plates clanking echoes in the empty warehouse like gunshots. The smell is a mix of rubber, citrus disinfectant, and cold sweat. But this specific January, something was different. It started with Mariana. Mariana had been a regular student on my shift for about six months. A nurse, thirty-something, slightly overweight. She was always nice, the type who brings coffee for the instructor and chats about TV shows between sets on the leg press. Her goal was to lose 5kg (about 11 lbs). A healthy, realistic goal. When I came back from my New Year’s break on January 3rd, Mariana was there. It was 3:15 AM. I was at the front desk, fighting off sleep, when she walked in. I almost didn’t recognize her. In less than two weeks, Mariana looked like she had lost 10 or 15 kilos (20-30 lbs). Her workout clothes, once tight, now hung off her body like empty sacks. Her face was gaunt, her cheekbones protruding like blades beneath pale skin. There were deep, purple circles around eyes that looked glazed over, focused on nothing. "Mariana?" I called out, stepping out from behind the counter. "Wow, long time no see. You look... different." She didn’t smile. The old Mariana would have made a joke about cutting carbs. But this Mariana just turned her head slowly in my direction, like a robot with rusted gears. "Need to train," she whispered. Her voice was hoarse, dry. "Sure. But... are you okay? You’re pale." "Spinning Room," she said, ignoring my question. "Kleber said the Spinning Room is closed for maintenance." Kleber was the unit manager. A guy who looked like he was assembled from Lego pieces made of meat and steroids. Teeth too white, a fake orange tan, and an aggressive corporate energy that made me nauseous. He was never at the gym at dawn; his shift was strictly 9-to-5. "Is Kleber here?" I asked, confused. Mariana didn’t answer. She marched toward the back of the gym, where the bike room was located. It was a closed room with soundproofing and glass windows which, I noticed now, had been covered with brown butcher paper from the inside. "Maintenance," read a crooked sign on the door. Mariana typed a code into the keypad on the door. The light turned green. She went in. A blast of hot air escaped the room before the door closed. Hot and humid. And with a strange smell. It didn’t smell like sweat. I went back to the counter, uneasy. Over the next few nights, the pattern repeated. And it got worse. It wasn’t just Mariana. I started noticing a group. There were about ten of them. Men and women, varying ages, but they all shared the same cadaverous aesthetic. Gray skin, sudden and excessive thinness, trembling hands, and that dead-fish stare. They always arrived between 3:00 and 3:30 AM. They didn’t speak to me. They didn’t use their fingerprint at the turnstile (which was against the rules, but the system seemed to release them automatically). They went straight to the Spinning Room, typed in the password, and disappeared inside for exactly one hour. None of them touched the weights. None of them drank water. They walked in, and they crawled out, leaning on the walls, soaked in a sweat that looked oily. I tried to talk to Kleber at the shift change, at 6:00 AM. "Kleber, what’s going on in the bike room?" I asked, grabbing my backpack. "The night crew is using it, but the sign says maintenance. And Mariana... man, she’s sick. She lost weight way too fast." Kleber was drinking his whey protein, scrolling on his phone. He didn’t even look up. "It’s a high-performance group, Danilo. New franchise protocol. Metabolic HIIT. Elite stuff. Don’t worry about it. They pay for a Black Diamond plan." "But they look like crack addicts, Kleber. Seriously. Their skin is melting off. And what is that smell?" Kleber finally looked at me. The white smile vanished. His eyes went cold. "Are you a doctor, Danilo?" "No, I’m a physical trainer." "Then train physiques and leave the management to me. If they get sick, they signed a liability waiver. Your job is to watch the weight room and make sure no one steals the dumbbells. The bike room is rented for a private project. Don’t meddle, stay in your lane." He patted my shoulder. A pat that was a little too hard. " The job market is tough, Danilo. Don’t lose your job over curiosity." I went home, but I couldn’t sleep. The image of Mariana haunted me. I knew what drugs did. I’ve seen people abuse diuretics, T3, Clenbuterol. But this was different. They weren’t just drying out fat. They looked like they were being consumed from the inside out. Last night, I decided I wasn’t going to ignore it anymore. It was 3:40 AM. The "Zombie Group," as I’d mentally nicknamed them, had been inside the Spinning Room for twenty minutes. The gym was empty, except for them and me. I went to the door. I pressed my ear against the glass covered by the brown paper. The soundproofing was good, but not perfect. I could hear the hum of the bikes spinning. But I didn’t hear music. Spinning classes have loud music, shouting, motivation. In there, the only human sound was... moaning. Muffled screams of pain. Crying. And someone vomiting. I tried the handle. Locked. I looked at the keypad. Four digits. I remembered the gym’s anniversary. Nothing. I tried today’s date. Nothing. Then I remembered Kleber’s ego. He had a tattoo on his arm: 1985. The year he was born. I typed 1-9-8-5. The light turned green. I took a deep breath, pulled my shirt up to cover my nose, and opened the door. The heat hit me like a physical punch. The temperature inside must have been bordering on 50°C (122°F). The air was thick, unbreathable, saturated with humidity and that chemical smell of rotten vinegar mixed with boiled meat. The room was dim, lit only by red emergency lights along the baseboards. There were twelve bikes. All occupied. But they weren’t just pedaling. Mariana was on the front bike. Strapped to the machine. There were velcro straps binding her wrists to the handlebars and her feet to the pedals. She was pedaling at a frantic, inhuman pace. Her legs were spinning so fast they were a blur. But she wasn’t doing it voluntarily. Her bike—and the others—were connected to an external motor. The motor was forcing the pedals to turn. If she stopped applying force, her legs would be snapped by the mechanical movement. She had to keep up with the machine’s rhythm to avoid having her bones ground to dust. But the worst part wasn’t the forced movement. The worst part was the masks. Every student was wearing a transparent oxygen mask, connected by tubes that went up to the ceiling, feeding into the AC vents. Inside the masks, a yellowish gas was being pumped in. Mariana looked at me when I entered. Her eyes were red with burst blood vessels. Her skin glistened with sweat, but also with blisters. Small burn blisters covered her arms. She tried to scream, but the mask muffled the sound. She was cooking. Literally. "My God!" I shouted, running to her bike. I tried to undo the velcro. They were locked with industrial zip ties. I looked at the bike’s panel. There was no stop button. The wiring went straight into the wall. The other students didn’t even look at me. Some seemed passed out, heads hanging low, but their legs kept spinning, spinning, spinning, driven by the motor, tearing muscles and ligaments in unconscious bodies. "What the fuck are you doing here?" The voice came from the back of the room, from the shadows. Kleber was there. He was wearing a white hazmat suit and a professional gas mask. He was holding a tablet. "Turn this off!" I screamed, coughing from the heat and the chemical smell. "You’re killing them! Mariana is burning up with fever!" Kleber walked calmly toward me. He looked huge in that suit. "They’re not dying, Danilo. They’re metabolizing. Do you know what DNP is? 2,4-Dinitrophenol?" He pointed to the tubes in the ceiling. "It’s an industrial compound. Used to make explosives in World War I. The workers who handled it lost weight until they vanished. It uncouples oxidative phosphorylation. Basically? It makes the cell stop storing energy and turn everything into heat. Fat turns into fire." "This is poison!" I tried to lunge at him, but the heat was making me dizzy. My legs felt like lead. "It’s efficiency!" Kleber shouted, his voice muffled by the mask. "They signed the contract, Danilo! They wanted to lose 10 kilos in a week. They begged for this. I’m just giving them what they asked for. The gas raises their basal body temperature to 40 degrees. They burn 5,000 calories an hour sitting there. Yes, it’s uncomfortable. Yes, it cooks the internal organs a little bit. But look at her!" He pointed to a woman in the second row. She was skeletal. "She walked in here wearing a size 14 on Monday. Today is Friday and she’s a size 4. Her 'Project Summer' is done. Who cares if she needs dialysis for the rest of her life? She’ll look skinny in a bikini!" "You’re sick!" I tried to punch him. It was a mistake. I had been breathing that toxic air for two minutes. My strength was gone. My punch was slow, pathetic. Kleber just grabbed my arm and shoved me. I fell onto the rubber floor. The floor was hot. It burned my hand. I saw Mariana looking at me. A tear of blood ran down under her mask. She mouthed something. I read her lips: "Kill me." I stood up, stumbling, and ran for the door. I needed to call the police. I needed to get out of that oven. I grabbed the handle. Locked. "The session isn’t over, Danilo," Kleber said, typing something on the tablet. "The locks are automatic. They only open when the thermal cycle ends. Thirty minutes left." I heard a mechanical click come from the ceiling. The hissing of the gas got louder. "And since you’re here... and you’ve seen the franchise’s trade secret... I think you need a workout too. You’ve been looking a little bloated, Danilo. Too much beer over the holidays?" I felt my throat close up. The air was turning yellow. Kleber walked toward me. He wasn’t going to put me on a bike. He didn’t need to. Just being in that room was enough. "DNP in gaseous form is absorbed through the skin and mucous membranes," Kleber explained, as if giving a biomechanics lecture. "Without the mask, you’ll absorb a lethal dose in... let’s say, ten minutes. Your temperature will rise to 42 degrees. Your proteins will denature. Your brain will cook inside your skull. It’s a quick death, but... hot." I ran to the windows covered with brown paper. I pounded on the glass. Double tempered glass. Unbreakable without a hammer. I screamed for help. But who would hear? The gym was empty. The soundproofing was perfect. Kleber sat on a stool in the corner, crossed his legs, and kept monitoring the data on the tablet. "Save your oxygen, Danilo. The more you move, the hotter you get." I felt sweat break out on my forehead. It wasn’t normal sweat. It was a flood. My shirt was soaked in seconds. My heart started beating out of rhythm. I felt a burning in my stomach, as if I had swallowed hot coals. My vision began to blur, yellowing at the edges. I looked at Mariana. She had passed out, but her legs kept spinning, spinning, spinning, driven by the relentless motor. I heard a dry snap — CRACK. Her knee had broken. The bone tore through the skin, white and shiny, but the machine kept forcing her leg to turn, grinding the joint with every rotation. Kleber didn’t even look. I fell to my knees. The floor was boiling. I tried to crawl to the door. My skin was red, throbbing. I could feel my blood bubbling in my veins. It felt like being inside a giant microwave. "Twenty minutes left," Kleber’s voice sounded distant, metallic. "Hang in there. Think of the results. Think about how shredded you’ll look in the coffin." My eyes are swelling. I think my tears are evaporating before they fall. I’m writing this on my phone’s notes app, with fingers slippery from sweat and the grease leaking from my pores. The battery is dying. The phone is overheating too. If anyone finds this phone... if anyone finds what’s left of us... Don’t believe the official report. They’ll say it was a fire. They’ll say it was a short circuit in the sauna. It wasn’t. It was Project Summer. Kleber is standing up now. He’s coming toward me with a syringe. "To speed up the process," he says. I’m so hot. I just wanted the air conditioning to work. Mariana stopped moving. The machine keeps spinning her legs, but her head has fallen back. Her mask is full of black vomit. Kleber is smiling. It’s January. It’s the month of "Project Summer." 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I have come across plenty of posts complaining about diminished battery life within the 3 year battery warranty but haven't seen anywhere someone was successful. I'm looking at getting a blower but haven't seen any reservations if this expensive brands batteries crap out so quick submitted by /u/ExternalUpper8542 to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

THE CASE FOR TABLESS CELL This is a post I’ve been meaning to put out there for some time now as everyone really needs to know about what new technologies are available to us as consumers especially when it comes to our batteries, specifically for this group EGO batteries. I’m going to warn you up front this will be long but it’s all really good information that I think you will appreciate! Now we all know the batteries of our EGO tools are the life blood to them and without them our tools are basically worthless. So having good strong batteries that last a long time is very important cause we all want to know we got our moneys worth out of them. I have a lot of information to share but I’m going to try to condense it as much as possible so I don’t bore all of you out there but this is important to know especially when these batteries cost $200-650, I don’t know about you but when I invest that kind of money in something I want to know everything I can about it! So real quick for those that don’t know EGO uses 3 different types of cells in all their batteries currently. The most common cell is the Samsung 25R and that’s found in EGOs 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, & 10.0. What you need to know most about these cells can be broken down into 3 groups: capacity which is 2500mah, discharge current (or amps it outputs while discharging) which is 20amps, and the one I consider the most important and that’s cycle life (charge and discharge) which for these cells is rated at 250-300 cycles to 60%. Basically that means after you’ve done 250 cycles on these cells their capacity will be close to 60% and when the capacity gets this low the cells are about useless at that point. The other cells they use are EVE ICR and they are found in EGOs 4.0, & 6.0. And here are the specs for the 3 groups: Capacity - 2000mah Discharge current - 30amps Cycle life - 300 The last cell group that’s used is Samsung 30Q and these are only found in the 12.0AH batteries and here are the specs on them: Capacity - 3000mah Discharge current - 15amps Cycle life - 250-500 As you can see from the different cells that each one is stronger in on group than another, so there are trade offs, not one of them excels in every single group………. That is until now!!! So I’ve talked about tabless cells for awhile now to many of you out there and I’ve even built a bunch of custom EGO batteries with tabless cells in them for a bunch of you out there too and let me tell you that these new cells are absolute game changers! Just so everyone knows the technology behind tabless cells is very new within the last few years and it was invented by Tesla. It’s basically a complete redesign of the internals of a cell making it possible for them to do things that couldn’t be done before. And as of just this year this technology has become available that us the consumers can finally get our hands on them. Ok so here are the specs of these new tabless cells that I’m now able to offer to put inside of any EGO battery. The cell is Ampace JP30 Capacity - 3000mah Discharge current - 36amps Cycle life - 600-1,000+ Ok so if your mouth isn’t hanging open right now it should be cause you can now get a cell in your current EGO battery that offers very high capacity, which let me break that down for you: A 2.5AH would become a 3.0AH. A 4.0 or 5.0 would become a 6.0AH. A 6.0 or 7.5 would become a 9.0AH. And 10.0 would become a 12.0Ah Next is discharge current, so this is the amount of power your battery can deliver to your tool while it’s discharging and I’ll break down every size so you can see the comparison. The 2.5AH gives you 20amps The 5.0AH give you 40amps The 4.0, and 7.5 give you 60amps The 6.0 and 10.0 give you 80amps What power output would be with the new tabless cells: The 3.0AH gives you 36amps The 6.0AH gives you 72amps The 9.0AH gives you 108amps The 12.0AH give you 144amps As you can see your tools will run at peak performance with the new cells as they can output a lot more power than what the other cells offer. And the one I really think is the biggest game changer is cycle life. So many of you out there that have messaged me complaining about your EGO battery not holding a charge and it’s only 3-5 years old, that’s a major issue cause I think all of us would expect our batteries to last more than 5 years! But a lot of us have bad habits when it comes to these batteries just because we don’t know any better. One of the biggest bad habits is using rapid charges all the time, that alone is going to cut off a lot of cycles from your cells, the manufactures know this but they push these rapid chargers like they are some great thing knowing that you’ll be needing to buy another battery sooner than you should. I don’t know about you but I would rather charge my battery slowly and it last a few years longer versus charging my battery quickly and it’s no longer good anymore after 3 years. Yes that is real and I’ve seen it happen so often it’s not even funny. So these new cells as you saw earlier offer an amazing 600-1,000+ cycles!! And you ask why such a large range well these cells actually can handle most rapid chargers without the same affects they have on all the other cells. So if you use a rapid charger all the time then 600 cycles is where you’re going to land which is still impressive as that’s more than twice as long as all the other cells and that’s while using the rapid charger. But if you use the standard slow charger all the time then you will easily get to that 1,000+ cycles which is more than 3 times what the other cells can offer! So if your batteries are lasting you on average 5 years before they start to not really hold a charge anymore then let’s triple that as your average and you’re now looking at 15+ years of use from the same battery!! I don’t know about you but that’s what I want to expect from all my batteries in this day and age of so many amazing new things becoming available to us. And there is one more amazing thing about these new cells that’s really worth mentioning because it’s the greatest enemy to battery cells and that’s heat. So until now heat has always been an issue with the battery cells, if they get to hot not only does the battery shut down but it also robs you of cycle life over time. You never want to overheat your battery so much that it’s forced to shut down that’s just super bad for the cells. And many of you out there are using EGOs new CXS5000 chainsaw, I don’t have one myself but what I’ve heard is it destroys batteries. I’ve heard of it overheating batteries in just minutes. The tool is awesome there just aren’t any batteries that can really handle it until now. And on the other end of the spectrum you have EGOs tiny little 2.5AH battery which is what I have pictured with this post. Now I’ve never been a big user of the 2.5s but may many of you out there are and I get it you have a small yard don’t need anything bigger, you like the light weight and it’s easy to carry around, believe me I get it. Well the biggest issue with the 2.5s is overheating, well that use to be the case but not anymore with these new tabless cells. Many of you have asked me to rebuild 2.5s with new cells and until now I’ve always turned you down cause it just wasn’t very practical for me to do. Most of you probably don’t know this but the 2.5, 4.0, & 5.0 batteries all have something extra added to each of the cells that’s called phase change material, (PCM) and basically what it does is help the cell dissipate heat. The material used varies from paraffin wax to a carbon material, but it’s wrapped around each cell and then a wrapping goes over that material. If you look at the pictures I posted you can see the green stock EGO cells all have a bulge in the middle of the cell that’s the (PCM). Well transferring the PCM to a new cell is extremely difficult to do and honestly just not worth my time and effort so I’ve always declined in replacing those cells. Well I’ve been building with these new tabless cells for awhile now but I haven’t done it in any of the smaller batteries until recently. I knew that these new cells generate considerably less heat when used but I didn’t know how good they actually were so I decided to build a tabless battery pack out of a 2.5AH and test it against a brand new 2.5AH and see what the differences were in temperature after being used very hard. Well needless to say the results were phenomenal, way better than what I was expecting, so good in fact that using PCM on tabless cells isn’t necessary at all! That’s huge cause now it’s completely feasible to put in new cells in the 2.5AH without worrying about it getting too hot. And this goes for all the different size batteries, you have these in a 10.0 and it won’t even get warm lol. So I ran a test between the standard 2.5AH and one with the tabless cells in it, I used them in a 765CFM leaf blower on full power and left it there until the battery died. Before the test I removed all the screws but one so I could quickly open the battery up and take a temperature reading directly on the cells themself to get the best reading possible. Below is the list of the results. Used 765-CFM blower, ran with regular EGO 2.5AH battery and it ran at full speed for (13 mins : 17 seconds) Temps of cells after full speed test: Immediately after test: 152.F 1 min - 148.F 2 mins - 145.F 3 mins - 144.F 4 mins - 142.F 5 mins - 139.F 10 mins - 129.F 15 mins - 121.F 20 mins - 114.F 25 mins - 110.F 30 mins - 106.F 40 mins - 99.F 50 mins - 96.F 60 mins - 94.F Used 765-CFM blower, ran with new Tabless cells 3.0AH battery and it ran at full speed for (14 mins : 31 seconds) Temps of cells after full speed test: Immediately after test: 122.F 1 min - 121.F 2 mins - 118.F 3 mins - 116.F 4 mins - 114.F 5 mins - 113.F 10 mins - 105.F 15 mins - 100.F 20 mins - 94.F 25 mins - 89.F 30 mins - 87.F 40 mins - 83.F 50 mins - 80..F 60 mins - 77.FF As you can see the new tabless cells were a huge 30 degrees cooler than the EGO cells with the PCM on them, and the new tabless cells returned to room temperature far faster as well. I think I have made my case in just how good these new cells are and in case you haven’t figured it out yet I’m offering to install these new cells in any of your batteries that just won’t hold a charge anymore. I can do this for any size EGO battery but to give you an idea of cost, if you send me your 2.5AH battery I can do the upgrade to tabless cells for $160, if I need to provide the battery shell and you just want the battery with the tabless cells already in them then it’s $200. Mind you these new tabless cells cost 3 times more than the standard cells that’s where a lot of the cost comes from but as you can see these new cells will pay for themselves many times over! So any of you out there wanting to get your EGO batteries upgraded to these new cells then just send me a message and we can see about getting you the absolute best EGO battery that you can’t get anywhere else! And also a side note I do sell EGO batteries all the time that I’ve repaired and right now I have 33 batteries for sale if you can believe it lol, those last pictures I posted are of all the batteries I have currently available and they range in all sizes so if you’re interested in purchasing a battery then send me a message and I’ll send you my complete list of what I have available with all their prices and current capacities. Mention that you read this whole post to the end and I’ll take 10% off whatever battery you want to buy! I’ve never offered that before so take advantage of that while you can, and I hope everyone appreciates the time that went into making this post and the service I offer to the community. I know this was very long but it’s all very good information and if you only want to criticize my post for its length or maybe I misspelt something then please hold your thoughts to yourself. This post is meant to inform everyone in the community about their batteries and what can be done to make them better so I ask that you please refrain from any negative comments as this is not the place for them, thank you! submitted by /u/Wise_Signal_6649 to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

NEW EGO 8AH MAX TABLESS BATTERY When will it be lauched to stores? submitted by /u/FitInvestigator8416 to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

I'm placing an order now. Best case, I get *EIGHT* 5Ah batteries for $6.26/each delivered. Worst case, they cancel that order. Link to battery: https://www.lowes.com/pd/EGO-POWER-Starter-Kit-56-Volt-5-Ah-Lithium-Ion-li-ion-Battery-Charger/5014734885 [EDIT] I'll post my shipped or (most likely) cancelation notification when it comes in. Good luck to anyone that orders and may the Lawn Gods bless you with fall overseeding germination and death to all weeds. [EDIT 2 - QUANTITY LIMIT?] - I checked my order confirmation page and it say "Qty: 1" even though I ordered 8. The invoice total reflects that too - $6.26/battery. I think there is a hard limit of 1 per account/order even though it doesn't say any where there is a limit on quantity. The optimistic side of me thinks that because there is a quantity limit, the order WILL go through. [EDIT 3 - DO IN-STORE PICKUP!!] - u/amberlamps03 got theirs with in-store pickup! https://www.reddit.com/r/lawncare/comments/1o0tg3j/comment/nibyevt/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button [EDIT 4 - ITS ALL OGRE NOW] - price has been 'fixed' so now the battery is $370 - $170 off member price, so $200 for the battery. It was fun while it lasted. I need a drink. Expect cancelation of order. Unless you got lucky with in-store pickup. submitted by /u/shifty21 to r/lawncare [link] [comments]

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Ego battery cycles through all the lights and then doesnt go through with charging. How do I go about fixing this? submitted by /u/FreddieSpaghetti_ to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

Background: We've had our Ego lawnmower since 2015. It was amazing, with no issues, for the first many years. Sometime around the early 20s, we started having problems with batteries and/or chargers. Feels like we were getting a new battery every summer. Right now, we just went from 1/5 batteries functioning to 0/5, and it's maddening. I've tried the button reset method (does nothing), and the drop method from up to 1 foot (no effect). I'm not sure I see a much better alternative brand, so I am thinking of giving Ego one last try --- when it does work, it's great! But if I do, I want to do everything by the book, and take the best possible care of the batteries. What should be on my checklist if I decide to stick with Ego? Starter ideas: Keep receipts for everything, and register every product at time of purchase, to get warranty support Always store batteries in our mudroom, for better year-round climate control Buy a slow charger and prefer it whenever possible? Don't store batteries fully charged? ...others? submitted by /u/chiphogg to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]

Anyone have a way to clean the ego battery pack terminals. Trying to determine a battery issue where battery button green until under heavy load on equipment. Then i get blinking red and power loss. Edit: not the best option but here is what i did. Wrapped a gift card in a cleaning wipe and ran it between the contacts on the battery pack. First few swipes came back black. Continued to wipe until it looked clean. Ran a quick test run on my mower and it did not repeat the same issue. Will charge the battery back up and see if issue continues on next mow. Clean your terminals before you throw out and replace a $380 battery! submitted by /u/La3Rat to r/egopowerplus [link] [comments]