Mentioned in the reps deal posting but not in title .
Thought it deserves a deal on its own as it beats previous mushtato deal by ~ $7
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Warning: Some users have reported issues importing Powerbanks from overseas, see comment here & here. Purchase at your own risk and contact the store for more information/ any issues.
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https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/265014#comment-3987373
Do power banks from China even make it to our shores anymore? FYI - I had to get a refund on an order from Banggood after 6 weeks.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/265014#comment-3987451
I had to get a refund off the last Banggood Xiaomi battery pack order (ordered 3 August) did not arrive.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/265014#comment-3987462
I got a refund for my Blitzwolf P3, ordered late July and never arrived.
Beware, customs are slowly stopping these come through. The extra cost of Mushtato/Geardo could mean a lot less headaches (not to mention your power bank getting delivered within a week, vs ~4 weeks for HK/China post)
Well kudus to BangGood for offering a refund.
The extra cost of Mushtato/Geardo could mean a lot less headaches
for a 30% saving ($7), I'm willing to give it a go
Beware, customs are slowly stopping these come through
please link to an official source before making such accusations
please link to an official source before making such assumptions
You want an official source, or the countless reports of power banks getting refunded?
Like the deal that you posted for a power bank at GeekBuying, deal got removed because it wasn't available to Australia… now you need some official proof?
Right…
such accusations
What accusations? That it might not come through, based on other members' comments? That's not an accusation, that's a statement.
please link to an official source before making such accusations
This is highly unlikely to have anything to do with Australian Customs aka Border Force
Here is a list of currently prohibited/restricted imports:
Why are they doing this? I would understand if customs stopping fake power banks, but this is genuine one! This is getting really crazy especially that most shipping companies is finding more and more excuses to charge more money on items equipped with batteries.
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/265037#comment-3987869
It's not our Customs, it's an international requirement now.
Are customs wanting to be paid to let power banks come through?
Was there a fire or safety incident?
Please link any websites that explain the reasons why
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/265037#comment-3987869
It's not our customs, it's the International Transport Authority.
From what I can gather, there's a lot of paperwork and stuff involved in shipping them, hence why companies are still able to get their shipments (Mushtato etc), because the suppliers will obviously ensure the i's are dotted and t's are crossed, but explains why your average HK seller CBF having the necessary docs, and packaging it properly - too expensive I'd imagine, too many man-hours to bother with it.
So power banks are coming in, wrongly packaged and without necessary paperwork, and then just shipped back to the company.
No, I have no idea why they can make it here first before Customs go through the proper procedure (which should be happening at the HK/China end), but I'm sure it's a matter of time before they don't even leave Asia without the necessary stuff.
Anyone know why customs are obstructing power banks?
They aren't - see above.
Lol at the negs. Meh if you want your money tied up for the next 2 months for no reason, go right ahead.
Geekbuying, Everbuying and AliExpress have already stopped selling to Aus. How much longer until BG stop as well?
Meh if you want your money tied up for the next 2 months
Worth the risk . No risk, no reward
Enough said
Weird, I ordered the Xiaomi 10000mah pro (13 August) and it just arrived today (8 September).
My XIAOMI 16000mAh Portable Power Bank died after 50 cycles in 20 months. Won't be buying another one again.
Pop it open and get the 18650 cells from inside and then buy a DIY power bank case and pop them in.
http://www.dhl.com.au/en/express/shipping/shipping_advice/li…
A wide variety of electronic goods powered by Lithium Batteries are affected by the new regulations, regardless of whether they are rechargeable (Lithium Ion) or non-rechargeable (Lithium Metal). The regulations apply when:
Lithium Batteries are packed and shipped as individual items (loose/bulk). Example: Loose Batteries/Power bank
Due to increasing safety concerns raised by the aviation industry, the IATA regulations governing the shipping of Lithium Batteries have been tightened and airlines consequently have to enforce these regulations more rigorously.
Please note that the safe transportation of such contents by air and the full compliance to IATA regulations is the legal responsibility of the Shipper. In view of this fact, IATA has produced a guide to help Shippers understand and comply with the regulations.
Following an IATA/ICAO decision to ban loose Lithium Metal batteries on passenger aircraft as from January 2015, DHL Express is unable to accept these batteries on its network. The IATA /ICAO regulation applies to loosely packed Lithium Metal batteries adhering to Section II, PI-968 while Lithium Metal batteries packed with equipment (PI-969) or contained in equipment (PI-970) are acceptable for transport.
For PI-967 and PI-970 there is the requirement that the consignment is limited to a maximum of 2 packages (each containing maximum 4 cells or 2 batteries contained in equipment).
If the shipment exceeds 2 packages, the application of the lithium battery handling label (and the subsequent requirements) apply.
This limitation of 2 packages per consignment enters only in force as of 1st of January 2017, since the regulations foresee a 12 month transitional period, however, shippers are recommended to implement it as soon as possible.
This is for Australia , not overseas shipments entering the country .
This means we might as well stop posting Gray import mobile phones as they all have lithium batteries
Feel free to post this comment in every deal that posts a overseas phone (unless ur intentionally trying to crap in my deal post, let's see now sir)
while Lithium Metal batteries packed with equipment (PI-969) or contained in equipment (PI-970) are acceptable for transport.
Feel free to actually read the information available to you, I've clearly linked to the site which has fact sheets you might like to read.
To summarise though, since you obviously don't want to take the time to learn something today, a power bank is treated differently to a phone.
And wait , you up voted a lithium battery phone deal here
Looks like someone has double standard
a power bank is treated differently to a phone.
they are, since the newer phones have high capacity batteries equivalent to some power banks
And FYI, Australia post won't ship any device with a lithium battery via air , only road transport
You replied yet didn't read what you're replying to.
Comprehensions not your strong point huh?
You only quoted DHL , it's far more than DHL .
Everything nearly goes through AU post after entering the country via trade agreements , exception is Amazon that gets delivered from an AU warehouse via couriers please
DHL almost always use AU post for local shipments
FedEx varies depending on location in Australia
DHL are quoting the information from the IATA. Know what the first I stands for?
Hence these laws will become policy in every country, for every transport option.
Feel free to read over the guidelines and actually learn something, rather than arguing for the sake of arguing.
That is only recommendations. Each carrier is free to modify according to local government policies, hence why AU post only ships lithium batteries in road transport only
https://www.couriersplease.com.au/service/prohibited-goods
Please read the list of Prohibited Goods below before booking an International delivery. CouriersPlease will not transport prohibited goods.
Batteries This includes devices with enclosed batteries such Mobile Phones, Laptops, Tablets. These devices contain Lithium-Ion batteries which are classified as dangerous goods.
Any other courier company you wanna try?
I don't care what your personal experience is, I'm quoting hard facts here, yet you still can't understand. Or do you feel this is personal because it's on your post? Would you rather this was on another post?
please link to an official source before making such accusations
Apparently this isn't enough
I ordered a powerbank though Gearbest
Tracking shows it entered australia but i never received it.
Next i ordered through Banggood using free shipping option.
Did not receive it.
Then ordered though DX.com
Did not receive it
This is the info i got from dx.com
We're very sorry to inform you that your package xxxxx from order xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx has been returned to us as it failed to pass the customs security check.
We were constantly trying different shipping companies to deliver your package, but unfortunately, since the airlines recently implemented an unprecedented strict control policy for battery product, the delivery hasn’t been possible. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience it has caused you.
Again i ordered through Banggood and this time i received it!!
I had taken the "Air parcel register" option which usually costs a few dollars more than the free option but is also free if the value of item is more than $40.
Who was the air parcel post through? Which company?
From memory, I think it could be China Post, if that's any help.
That's because they scanned it and put into a 5M tall metal basket and they won't ship them until it's full. It may take up to a week until you see the tracking numbers appear on the tracking site.
Can't see a way of making the air parcel shipping "stick". You can select it, but in checkout it goes back to default shipping only…
http://www.chinapost.com.tw/business/global-markets/2016/02/…
WASHINGTON — Cargo shipments of the rechargeable lithium batteries used in countless consumer products should no longer be allowed on passenger planes because they can create intense fires capable of destroying an aircraft, a U.N. aviation agency has concluded.
The decision late Monday by the Montreal-based International Civil Aviation Organization's top-level governing council to ban the shipments isn't binding, but most countries follow the agency's standards. The ban is effective on April 1.
"This interim prohibition will continue to be in force as separate work continues through ICAO on a new lithium battery packaging performance standard, currently expected by 2018," said Olumuyiwa Benard Aliu, the ICAO council's president.
Namrata Kolachalam, a U.S. Transportation Department spokeswoman, called the ban "a necessary action to protect passengers, crews, and aircraft from the current risk to aviation safety."
ICAO's decision frees the department to begin work on regulations to impose a ban. Airlines flying to and from the U.S. that accept lithium battery shipments carry 26 million passengers a year, the Federal Aviation Administration estimates.
A law passed by Congress in 2012 at the behest of industry prohibits the Transportation Department from issuing any regulations regarding air shipments of lithium batteries that are more stringent than ICAO standards unless there is a crash that can be shown to have been started by batteries. Since most evidence in crashes is destroyed by fire, that's virtually impossible to do, critics of the provision say.
Rep. John Mica, R-Fla., who authored the provision, has said that since batteries are an international industry there should be a single, international standard, otherwise it would be too confusing for shippers to follow multiple rules.
Lithium-ion batteries are used in a vast array of products from cellphones and laptops to some electric cars. About 5.4 billion lithium-ion cells were manufactured worldwide in 2014. A battery is made up of two or more cells. A majority of batteries are transported on cargo ships, but about 30 percent are shipped by air.
The ban doesn't apply to batteries packaged inside equipment like a laptop with a battery inside, for example.
PRBA — The Rechargeable Battery Association, which opposed the ban, said in a statement that the industry is preparing to comply with the ban, but there may be "significant disruption in the logistics supply chain," especially for batteries used in medical devices.
Aviation authorities have long known that the batteries can self-ignite, creating fires that are hotter than 1,100 degrees. That's near the melting point of aluminum, which is used in aircraft construction.
Safety concerns increased after FAA tests showed gases emitted by overheated batteries can build up in cargo containers, leading to explosions capable of disabling aircraft fire suppression systems and allowing fires to rage unchecked. As a result of the tests, an organization representing aircraft manufacturers — including the world's two largest, Boeing and Airbus — said last year that airliners aren't designed to withstand lithium battery fires and that continuing to accept battery shipments is "an unacceptable risk."
More than other types of batteries, li-ion batteries are susceptible to short-circuit if they are damaged, exposed to extreme temperatures, overcharged, packed too close to together or contain manufacturing defects. When they short-circuit, the batteries can experience uncontrolled temperature increases known as "thermal runaway." That, in turn, can spread short-circuiting to nearby batteries until an entire shipment is overheating and emitting explosive gases.
It's not unusual for tens of thousands of batteries to be shipped in a single cargo container.
The U.S. delegation to ICAO decided last October to back a ban, calling the risk "immediate and urgent."
Since 2006, three cargo jets have been destroyed and four pilots killed in in-flight fires that accident investigators say where either started by batteries or made more severe by their proximity. The International Federation of Air Line Pilots Associations lobbied the ICAO council unsuccessfully to extend the ban to cargo carriers.
Dozens of airlines have already voluntarily stopped accepting battery shipments, but others oppose a ban. KLM, the royal Dutch airline, made a presentation to a lower-level ICAO panel arguing against a ban, according to an aviation official familiar with the presentation. KLM and Air France are owned by a Franco-Dutch holding company. Representatives from the Netherlands and France on the dangerous goods panel voted last fall against a ban.
The official wasn't authorized to speak publicly and spoke on the condition that he not be named.
KLM officials didn't respond to requests for comment.
I am looking to buy the 10000mAh Xiaomi Power Bank posted on Geardo. I don't want to risk the powerbank being held up by customs on the way in to Australia from China.
Can someone please tell me what colour the Geardo Xiaomi 10000mAh Power Bank is? Is the default colour sent out Silver?
THANKS OZBARGAINERS!
Banggood can no longer ship battery bank to AUS, I've confirmed this with a live chat agent.
LOL, well one of them is talking crap then!
I ordered a few 18650 batteries which just shipped today. Hopefully they make it to my house!
I got this exact one from banggood a week or 2 ago. Took almost a month, but I got it and it works well.
I must've got lucky… I bought a powerbank from everbuying in June based on this post: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/253066
Arrived without a hitch!
Received 2 of these powerbanks from banggood from the last deal without any issues.
Spackers ease up there, champion.
Which date did you order? I had an order on 16 Aug arrive today, but have two more orders on Aug 25 & 26 that I am worried about.
4 Aug, i think i received one on the 18 aug and one early the week after
Thanks, yeah seems like the issues started appearing after the 20th, RIP my two powerbanks.
Hmm, didn't need one but ordered one just to see what would happen. Ozbargain champion or just idiot?
You are a champion to me :3
Ok the one I ordered arrived this morning, looks genuine too! :)
Can we stop posting these shitty power banks, keep seeing them every day. They stop charging after a few cycles
Maybe you got a dud/fake, ours has been going fine for maybe a year now, multiple cycles.
I received 3 just two weeks ago, be advised that shipping took a month but they all arrived eventually. You can try your luck, some will get through.
Received mine
Good to hear . Proves the previous accusations are not fully true
Ditto received a pair of these as well for a friend of mine.
Received both of mine (in same package)
Received my 20000mah Powerbank just fine today. Charging on my desk as we speak.
waiting on my 10000 mah purchased 09/09 and cable
Comes up as $20 for me?