Smobot Battery

Jcrosson

During my first run of my Smobot, my battery pack worked great for about 10 minutes. After that, the Smobot turned off. Battery pack was 98%charged. I assume the battery turned off due to the low voltage pull from the Smobot. I plugged the usb plug into an outlet and it worked fine for the rest of the cook. Any recommendations for a battery pack that will not turn off will the smobot?  

RRP

Yuppers...return it for a replacement! 

HeavyG

The thing I don't like about the battery that ships with the Smobot is that on/off switch on the side - it takes to little pressure to function. On more than one occasion I've needed to move the Smobot aside and accidentally turned off the power.

I use this battery instead as it has a power button on one end and needs to be really firmly pushed to power on/off:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B005X1Y7I2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Jcrosson

RRP said:

Yuppers...return it for a replacement! 

I don’t think this is a smobot problem. I think it’s a battery problem. I’ve read about this but can’t find the thread it was discussed on. 

Jcrosson

HeavyG said:

The thing I don't like about the battery that ships with the Smobot is that on/off switch on the side - it takes to little pressure to function. On more than one occasion I've needed to move the Smobot aside and accidentally turned off the power.

I use this battery instead as it has a power button on one end and needs to be really firmly pushed to power on/off:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B005X1Y7I2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks. My smobot didn’t ship with a battery. I think that was during the beta time period that they included the battery.   I will go to amazon and check out your battery recommendation. 

RRP

Jcrosson said:

RRP said:

Yuppers...return it for a replacement! 

I don’t think this is a smobot problem. I think it’s a battery problem. I’ve read about this but can’t find the thread it was discussed on. 

Sorry...I spoke with NO knowledge of what that unit came with for power. 

HeavyG

Jcrosson said:

HeavyG said:

The thing I don't like about the battery that ships with the Smobot is that on/off switch on the side - it takes to little pressure to function. On more than one occasion I've needed to move the Smobot aside and accidentally turned off the power.

I use this battery instead as it has a power button on one end and needs to be really firmly pushed to power on/off:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B005X1Y7I2/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks. My smobot didn’t ship with a battery. I think that was during the beta time period that they included the battery.   I will go to amazon and check out your battery recommendation. 

They also sent batteries with units purchased via their Kickstarter project.

If you happen to have/use any 18650 batteries you might consider one of these:

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01L77JXTI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The circuitry in mine seems ok and has worked well with my Smobot the couple of times I've used it.

StillH2OEgger

I do know there was an issue with the initial battery that was included with the Smobot for early backers, but there were issues with it that I believe are similar to what you describe. It's a shame, too, because the battery looked great with the logo and everything. Anyway, after they figured out what the issue was they included a different type of battery that eliminated the issue. I would be surprised if their website didn't include some info on the type of battery that will and won't work well with the Smobot. Either way, good luck.

HeavyG

StillH2OEgger said:

I do know there was an issue with the initial battery that was included with the Smobot for early backers, but there were issues with it that I believe are similar to what you describe. It's a shame, too, because the battery looked great with the logo and everything. Anyway, after they figured out what the issue was they included a different type of battery that eliminated the issue. I would be surprised if their website didn't include some info on the type of battery that will and won't work well with the Smobot. Either way, good luck.

I found that the Smobot labeled battery they originally included actually seemed to work fine. I used it once just to run the Smobot for a few hours and never saw that it created a problem. They may have just had a few batteries that had iffy quality control (not uncommon with many low end Chinese made products). But it was good of them to step up and ship a different battery with their Kickstarter units.

Anyway, there is no shortage of battery packs to choose from. I have had "two thumbs up" experience with all the Anker brand products I've used but I do like that cheap 18650 shell as I prefer products with user replaceable batteries (and I have/use a lot of 18650 batteries).