The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
All-in-one energy system
Presents storage and power conversion as one integrated product or product platform.
- Product role
- Battery modules, inverter functions and controls are packaged as one purchasing architecture.
- Published range
- 9.6–57.6 kWh
- Phase
- Single phase
- Backup boundary
- Installation-specific
Usable capacity
95% of this battery’s nominal capacity is usable, 9.6 kWh in the scored configuration.9.6 kWh usableScored configuration: SMILE-G3-S5 with one SMILE-G3-BAT-10.1P. Published range 9.6–57.6 kWh.
The remaining 5% stays in the pack as reserve; the home never draws it.
Nominal capacity is not stated here. The usable kWh and the depth-of-discharge percentage are sourced separately, at times from different documents and different module counts, so dividing one by the other would produce a nominal figure no manufacturer published.
Usable capacity sourceDepth-of-discharge source 1Depth-of-discharge source 2Capacity guarantee: minimum retained at year 10
No year-by-year capacity schedule is published for this product - the manufacturer guarantees only this end-of-term minimum, not a specific decline curve. Capacity figure based on the sourced usable capacity of the base configuration; modular systems scale with additional modules.
Blackout protection
61 / 100#51 of 78 batteriesPartial (essential loads)
The blackout score is a standalone benchmark of outage resilience only - it re-weights sourced specs already scored in this product’s pillars (backup tier, switchover, surge strength, backup power, off-grid recharge) and never affects the overall score. Dots show the full battery fleet; the marker is this product.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score uses one BAT-10.1P at 9.6 kWh usable; the published range describes one to six matching modules. Scored model: SMILE-G3-S5 with one SMILE-G3-BAT-10.1P · checked 2026-08-01. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-01
Strong evidence coverage
25 of 25 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. AlphaESS Australia 2026 brochure, exact BAT-10.1P datasheet and 11 October 2024 AU warranty, rechecked 2026-08-01
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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- Archived copy of the primary sourcePDF ↗
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- EV charging integrationManufacturer ↗
- Financial strength & warranty backingManufacturer ↗
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots. No change to this product record has been published since the change ledger opened on 2026-08-16.
- Australian certification source identity verified
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
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Our reading
Smile G3 S5 / BAT-10.1P scores 67, placing 18 of 63 in the Performance & Value class against a class average of 63.4. Its strongest scoring dimension is capacity & usability (82). Energy Ecosystem (58) is the dimension with the most room to move. Key specifications: LFP, 5 kW continuous output.