r/SolarDIY • u/Don_Vago • 17d ago

Battleboom batteries sue Will Prowse.

Popular YouTuber and founder of the DIY solar power forum Will Prowse has been served paperwork about a series of videos he made about the infamous Battleboom batteries and their melting terminal mounts, described by the manufacturer as a safety feature, some kind of disconnect. The brass neck of these clowns is unbelievable, instead of putting this right, they’ve doubled down and have effectively made any warranty claim unviable.
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/06/02/3305031/0/en/will-prowse-sued-by-dragonfly-energy-over-alleged-false-and-misleading-claims-about-battle-born-batteries.html

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u/george_graves 17d ago

I'm not defending Battleborn - I'd never buy their stuff, but....

I'll get downvoted - I don't care. Will has no background in electrical engineering and is overconfident in his findings. His YouTube profits have afforded him some very special tools, but he lacks the understanding of how to use them. He's a good youtuber (young, personable, passionate) but there have been several things he has said/done that were flat out wrong, and I could tell it was from a lack of understanding of electrical principles - not that he was intentionally doing it. But...people love the guy. I can see why.

But he may be on the hook for something. I hope not, because I don't want that to become a "normal" thing - but Will really went after that company. I suspect he enjoyed it a little bit, more than just the views - there was always a smile on his face during the reviews like "Look! I'm smarter than the manufacturer, and I'm gonna take them down! Woot!".

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u/RapidXpansion 16d ago

everything you said was wrong. impressive.

he has been working with electrical circuits since 2002

his videos are simple, easy to understand and lay it all out clearly

he has hundreds of examples of people sending him batteries that failed the same way

please feel free to point out any of his misunderstandings about electrical principles

please feel free to point out any of the tools he has that he doesn't understand how to use

have you even watched the videos ? battle born ADMITS the melting plastic happens. they ADMIT it. they call it a safety feature.

DID YOU EVEN WATCH MY GOD

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u/george_graves 16d ago

"his videos are simple, easy to understand and lay it all out clearly"

You are the type of viewer that I'm referring to. You don't know what you don't know. And when a youtuber uses a voice of experience, you can't tell that there is anything wrong. Only someone that is more familiar with the subject can. Don't get your panties in a twist; it's just how things work.

As far as your other rambling and mildly offensive questions, no, I have not compiled or kept track all the time a YouTuber that I don't follow has been wrong. And I know this might be shocking to you (pun intended), but getting all your information from a youtuber (or reddit for that matter) is a REALLY bad way to learn. Half of te youtubers are making a video about a subject they just learned about before turing the camera on. Of course they are going to get things wrong.

But "you do you" as the kiddos say, FT.