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Default "Genuine" lithium ion batteries?

On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 20:10:18 -0000, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:00:10 +0000, Mr Macaw wrote:

I'm finding it rather difficult to buy real Lithium Ion batteries (like
18650s) online. By real I mean something like Panasonic etc. I've had
Chinese unbadged ones before and they've held 1Ah instead of the rated
2.6Ah. The "Genuine" ones don't seem to look like they used to, no
makers badge and fancy colours, just a plain green shell with some black
writing. Are these real?


IME it's a waste of time buying batteries online. There are so many
forgeries out there and they look *so* convincing these days it would
take an expert to tell them from the real thing.
Swallow the extra expense and buy your batteries from a well established
high st. retailer would be my advice.


Well I bought some genuine Panasonic online that don't say Panasonic on them, and tested them. They do actually hold 3.1Ah like they say. If they hadn't, I'd simply ask for my money back and/or report them to Panasonic. They hate people forging their stuff.

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