The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
DC-coupled battery
Stores DC energy and relies on system power electronics outside the battery product for household AC.
- Product role
- The published battery record covers the storage stack, controller and stated capacity range.
- Published range
- 5–30 kWh
- Phase
- Not recorded
- Backup boundary
- Installation-specific
What the documents establish
Published evidence, source-reviewed non-disclosure and unresolved questions remain separate from the product score.
Usable capacity
100% of this battery’s nominal capacity is usable, 5 kWh in the scored configuration.5 kWh usableScored configuration: Smart Battery S0 5 kWh. Published range 5–30 kWh.
No reserve is withheld at the stated depth of discharge.
At a sourced 100% depth of discharge the usable and nominal figures are the same number, so no separate nominal capacity is stated.
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
64 / 100#40 of 66 batteriesWhole-home (via hybrid inverter)
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 range uses one to three 5 kWh modules per system and up to two systems. The score remains anchored to one reviewed 5 kWh configuration. Scored model: Smart Battery S0 5 kWh · checked 2026-07-27. Evidence.
Australian warranty decision
1 product record
Read the Australian warranty as a claim pathway: the headline term is separate from remedy, labour, freight, site work, transfer and registration conditions.
iStore Smart Battery S0 5 kWh · Home battery
Australian evidence checked 2026-08-07.
Covered6 sources
Australian warranty scope: Australia; the March 2026 governing document is issued under iStore branding but does not name the legal warranty entity. It covers IS-BATT-5000-S0, IS-BATT-10000-S0 and IS-BATT-15000-S0 for 10 years or 18.25 MWh at 70% end-of-life capacity, whichever occurs first.
Structured claim terms: Recorded.
- Term
- 10 yr productStated in the structured comparison
- Product remedy
- CoveredReplacement with an age-, type- and condition-equivalent device or a market-value credit note.
- Labour
- Not coveredA discretionary AUD 150 installer or retailer rebate may apply; it is not a full labour entitlement and is not paid to the end user.
- Freight
- CoverediStore covers return postage after replacement when the defective unit is returned within 15 business days.
- Removal and reinstallation
- Not coveredExchange must be performed by an appropriately accredited and iStore-trained installer; full removal and reinstallation cost is not promised.
- Transferability
- CoveredNo subsequent-owner transfer process is stated.
- Registration and conditions
- Not statedMonitoring-platform connection, installation within 31 days and fault notice within two weeks are warranty conditions.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-07
Strong evidence coverage
29 of 29 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.
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- AU market evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
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Our reading
Smart Battery S0 scores 63, placing 34 of 53 in the Performance & Value class against a class average of 64.4. Its strongest scoring dimension is capacity & usability (94), running 8.9 points above the class average on this dimension. Energy Ecosystem (48) is the dimension with the most room to move. Key specifications: LFP, 2.5 kW continuous output.