"Mr Macaw" wrote in message news
On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:34:04 -0000, 879 wrote:



"Mr Macaw" wrote in message
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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.

Odd that they don't properly brand what they sell tho.

I think it's because they're classed as cells to make packs with
(especially flat tops). Like the tagged NiCads you used to get (which I
can't find to replace the cells in my dead drill battery). I bought the
wrong drill battery so I can swap them over (the right one cost twice as
much!)

Still no reason to not properly brand them with fakes so common.