BackerKit Peripherals/Upgrades

[mstride]

So if we add the LiPo to our order will it delay the arrival?

TLLIM:  Would appear that the shipping carriers are concerned that the rechargable Lipo batteries originally sourced for the Pine64 project may not be certified (tested) by any reconized authority that the carriers depend on to insure safe transport (that also applies to end user use and the liaibilty that may arise from failures in the field (ins companies)). If the manufacture of said battery maintains a paperwork trail of production and is a certified supplier the item in question is submitted to appropriate testing labs and gets a seal of approval than there should be no issues.  If this is not the case and/or will take to long or otherwise, to meet shipping goals than the alternative is to use a product that is already on the market and is certified, produced by a certified mfg'r. Cost may or may not change, be delayed or otherwise, but there are other mfg'rs that have the production and supply chain along with certification out there. There is a solution to most issues when it comes LiPo batteries, but because of thier nature they do come with a "liability" attribute attached to them, even the ones produced by the best of manufacture's. Sure someone has the knowledge of this issue and how to deal with it.

Few shipping policy have been changed due to the "Hoover" board incident. Our LiPo battery vednor is a reputation one (I don't mess around on Lithium battery) and has proper paperwork. However, the shipping company, particular China post, very cautious on the package the contains Lithium batteries, anf most shipping service have say "NO". We still try to explore on the alternative, prefer not to accept order and tell the backer that we cannot ship. For US backer, we already have a solution but costs us to bare the hefty shipping cost. For ROW, no good solution.

TLIM: So when you say for the rest of the world there is no good solution, I assume you are including Canada? Are we then going to have to find a LIPO on our own instead of ordering one through Pine 64?