In the past several years I’ve owned several variegated kinds of plastic Chinese cased shower packs, including a 13.5Ah 52v NCRb ‘Shark pack’ (reviewed here in 2016), and two 13.5Ah 52v GA ‘Shark Packs’ (reviewed here). I think I’ve replaced a total of 3 BMS’s in all these packs and I’ve replaced the plastic Shark Pack cases for various issues at least 3 times. Lunacycle has been manufacturing a new style specimen tabbed the ‘Wolf Pack’ right here in California and I’ve tested the v1 12Ah 52v 30Q Wolf as well as a v2 12Ah 52v naked 30Q Wolf pack. This vendible is well-nigh all the differences I can find well-nigh these very variegated two frame packs and which one I recommend ownership (spoiler alert, it’s the Wolf packs).

The v2 52v Naked Wolf pack as it arrives from the factory

I’ve decided to unravel lanugo the pros and cons of each pack into groups

52v Wolf Packs

Pros

• The shower diamond is waterproof (the whole pack is potted)
• In V2 the shower connectors are molded into the case
• About $50-100 increasingly than a comparable shark packs (depending on options)
• BMS can do 50 Amps continuous (vs 30Amps cont for shark packs)
• Never had a BMS goof yet
• Magnetic Mounts work very well, maybe too well, with the new mounting subclass ($25 here) it can take a LOT of gravity to remove the battery
• You can get it in 30q cells for upper power or GA cells for long-range
• The pack is ultrasonically welded not spot welded
• The pack can mount scrutinizingly anywhere on the magnet making this pack a fit for scrutinizingly every velocipede frame out there
• Made in the USA

Weight of naked pack without the magnet

Cons

• No easy way to lock the shower to the bike
• About 1.5 lbs heavier than a comparable plastic Shark\Dolphin\Hailong case
• On the v1 specimen design, the connectors are external on wires and the wire insulation can one-liner and wear over time
• There are no waterproof connectors for the charging subscription plug (you can make your own easily)
• It takes so much gravity to remove the shower you may compromise your water snifter mounting bolts
• The pack can wiggle when mounted on the frame (need rubber tube mounting adapters to help)
• Can’t replace BMS must replace unshortened pack

Weight of Shark pack without mounting adapter, note only 2 of the original 6 plastic tabs are left which is a frequent problem with these cases

52v Shark\Dolphin\Hailong Frame packs

Pros

• A bit cheaper than the Wolf packs from Lunacycle (available here for $495). If you buy uncontrived from China, they are a lot cheaper but beware of unverified cells. They are everywhere and can hands shrivel lanugo your house (it happens).
• Mounting brackets are unseemly and you can get them for all your bikes and move one shower around
• Lighter than the Wolf packs
• Most ebikes on the market come with these style packs

Any shower you buy in a Hailong specimen is likely to just have spot welds

Cons

• Only comes with a slower 3 Amp charger instead of the 5 Amp charger you use with the Wolf packs (although you can use a 5 amp charger with a whisk adapter)
• Pack is not waterproof, some people have had issues with water getting into the plastic specimen and destroying the shower (this never happened to me)
• The BMS is somewhat wimpy, on my NCRb pack there are several times it stopped working and I had to take it untied and unplug the sensor wires and replug it when in to get the BMS to start working again
• The BMS only does 30 Amps on a good day
• Packs are spot welded and there is little to no shock traction inside the case
• The specimen has 6 plastic tabs which have a nasty habit of breaking off, this is the primary reason I’ve had to replace so many cases
• Made in China, unaware of anyone towers these packs in the USA
• Can come off the subclass over bumps if it’s not locked
• The mounting subclass might not fit on some frames if the water snifter bolts are too upper or too low

The v1 wolf is a few oz lighter than the v2 pack, you can no longer purchase the v1 packs but mine has hundreds of hours of violent thrashing on it with no issues

I’ve used both of these packs extensively and while I’ve had nothing but issues with the plastic Hailong frame packs (Hailong is the visitor in China that makes all the plastic cases) I have yet to have any issues with the Lunacycle Wolf packs. At one point I plane submersed the Wolf pack completely in water (but not the connectors) and ran it to make sure it was indeed waterproof. Although I am a rare successors of ebike weight weenie, I still finger like the uneaten lb or so of weight is worth the reliability and indestructibleness of the Wolf packs.

This is the original neodymium magnets that were used to mount the v1 of the wolf pack that moreover work with the v2 packs, you can buy extras for all your bikes on ebay for cheap

No matter what kind of frame pack you use, if you wrap it with 1″ Velcro it will rationalization it to be much increasingly firmly tying to the velocipede and will create less stress on your water snifter mounting bolts. The water snifter bolts are meant to hold a pound or two, so they are ill-equipped to deal with a large 9lb battery. I recommend using Blue Loctite on the threads to alimony the bolts from loosening up. Be enlightened that the studs may unravel or loosen up on an transfuse framed velocipede from the stress of trail riding with a large shower unfluctuating to the water snifter bolts. I like to use the plastic tube adapters that come with the Hailong cases to help support the Wolf magnets and alimony the shower from wiggling side to side. I moreover recommend that if you have a wolf pack that you just tuition the shower on the velocipede as it can take a lot of gravity to remove it and that gravity directly transfers to the poor overworked water snifter bolts.

Velcro will help stabilize any frame pack and reduce stress on the water snifter bolts

The Luna Wolf pack is available here for $550 for the 30Q version and $600 for the GA lamina version. If you are running with a BBSHD or any other upper power momentum unit I recommend the 30Q version. If you are using a BBS02 or a lower power ebike (think something legal) then I recommend the GA version. I’ve been very impressed with both of these cells and have had no issues with either of them yet. As far as I know, there is no one else who is towers Ultrasonic welded packs that are completely potted anywhere else other than Lunacycle. These packs pretty much are the wearing whet shower packs for ebikes. Spot welds had their day in the sun, but the future is ultrasonic, baby.

Ride On.

The Wolf has redundant connectors on the when of the pack in specimen you shrivel one of them out, you can see the hand made waterproof plug for the charging port that I made in 5 minutes

Another shot of the handmade charging port plug for my well-loved v1 Wolf pack, just a cheapo ebay XT60 male connector with some silicone and heat shrink tubing