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"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
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?
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"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
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? If you buy from a "genuine" dealer then you can get branded items instead of unbadged. |
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The Peeler wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:00:10 -0000, Dumb Guy 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? I keep asking myself: are YOU for real, Dumb Guy? LOL Is this tonights entertainment? Yet another trolling load of **** from PHucker, the clown of Usenet? |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On 06/01/2016 17:27, Bob Minchin wrote:
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? If you buy from a "genuine" dealer then you can get branded items instead of unbadged. there are plenty of supplier online, try using a search engine |
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On 06/01/16 17:10, The Peeler wrote:
On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:00:10 -0000, Dumb Guy 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? I keep asking myself: are YOU for real, Dumb Guy? LOL http://www.battery-force.co.uk/categ...Batteries.html -- If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State. Joseph Goebbels |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:27:44 -0000, Bob Minchin wrote:
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? If you buy from a "genuine" dealer then you can get branded items instead of unbadged. Errrr, that's what I'm looking for. My question, again, is simply "Are batteries without a Panasonic logo actually Panasonic?" There are many dealers selling "Genuine Panasonic" batteries but there are no badges on them. Are Li-Ions classed like the type you'd buy to fit into a drill battery - i.e. non-consumer so no logo? -- Two blondes living in Oklahoma were sitting on a bench talking, and one blonde says to the other, "Which do you think is farther away... Florida or the moon?" The other blonde turns and says "Helloooooooooo, can you see Florida ?????" |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 17:35:12 -0000, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 06/01/2016 17:27, Bob Minchin wrote: 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? If you buy from a "genuine" dealer then you can get branded items instead of unbadged. there are plenty of supplier online, try using a search engine [Shakes head in disbelief] I've looked at many suppliers. Many suppliers sell "genuine" batteries that don't look genuine. My question is NOT where can I buy genuines, but it's "are they genuine without a badge?" -- When the Viagra virus comes to your PC, all your software becomes hardware. |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
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. |
"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. That's all very well for bog standard AAs. Not for high capacity Li-Ions, shops just don't do those. Anyway, shopping on a high street is impossible, have you not noticed they don't let you take cars on the high street anymore? High street shops have been killed off. If it's not in a supermarket, I buy it online. -- There are 10 kinds of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't. |
"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. -- NEWSFLASH!!! Bouncing elephantiasis woman destroys central Portsmouth |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
"Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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. |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:34:04 -0000, 879 wrote:
"Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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!) -- The three most common expressions (or famous last words) in aviation a "Why is it doing that?", "Where the hell are we?", and "Oh ****!" |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
"Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:34:04 -0000, 879 wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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. |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 01:53:51 -0000, 879 wrote:
"Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:34:04 -0000, 879 wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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. Agreed. -- What do you call it when a blonde drives down the street with her head out the window? Refueling. |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On 07/01/2016 01:53, 879 wrote:
"Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:34:04 -0000, 879 wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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. the 'Panasonics' I can see on line have Panasonic printed on the battery |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
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Cursitor Doom wrote: 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. Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? -- *Bigamy is having one wife too many - monogamy is the same Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:03 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? One selling mobile phones might have spares for sale. A computer shop. A powertool shop (the one on my High St has sadly closed, but there must be one somewhere). Argos: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/3896170.htm regards, Ian SMith -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |
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On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 13:01:00 -0000, Mrcheerful wrote:
On 07/01/2016 01:53, 879 wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... On Wed, 06 Jan 2016 23:34:04 -0000, 879 wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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. the 'Panasonics' I can see on line have Panasonic printed on the battery What about a Li-Ion 18650 flat top? -- Confucius say lion with small penis must compensate with mighty roar. |
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On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:03 +0000 (GMT)
"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: In article , Cursitor Doom wrote: 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. Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? Maplin - probably not actually on the high street any more but still real retail outlets. Does RS count? They have 16 branches in the UK. |
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In article ,
Rob Morley wrote: On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:03 +0000 (GMT) "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: In article , Cursitor Doom wrote: 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. Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? Maplin - probably not actually on the high street any more but still real retail outlets. I'd be surprised if the majority of the Maplin shops stock their entire range of batteries. Does RS count? They have 16 branches in the UK. Think that is stretching the 'High Street' a bit far. ;-) Obviously, my first choice would be mail order from a decent UK electronics supplier. -- *The fact that no one understands you doesn't mean you're an artist Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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In message , "Dave Plowman (News)"
writes In article , Rob Morley wrote: On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:03 +0000 (GMT) "Dave Plowman (News)" wrote: In article , Cursitor Doom wrote: 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. Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? Maplin - probably not actually on the high street any more but still real retail outlets. I'd be surprised if the majority of the Maplin shops stock their entire range of batteries. Does RS count? They have 16 branches in the UK. Think that is stretching the 'High Street' a bit far. ;-) Obviously, my first choice would be mail order from a decent UK electronics supplier. There as number of established and reliable battery sellers online. I think it's a rather quaint idea that buying on the high street is necessarily anymore reliable nowadays -- Chris French |
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In article ,
Chris French wrote: Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? Maplin - probably not actually on the high street any more but still real retail outlets. I'd be surprised if the majority of the Maplin shops stock their entire range of batteries. Does RS count? They have 16 branches in the UK. Think that is stretching the 'High Street' a bit far. ;-) Obviously, my first choice would be mail order from a decent UK electronics supplier. There as number of established and reliable battery sellers online. I think it's a rather quaint idea that buying on the high street is necessarily anymore reliable nowadays Well, quite. Unless you want coffee or an estate agent. ;-) I did a long time ago buy some tagged Sub C cells off Ebay at a price that looked too good to be true. From the far east. And so it proved. They were useless. No problem getting a refund, though. -- *Real women don't have hot flashes, they have power surges. Dave Plowman London SW To e-mail, change noise into sound. |
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On 07/01/16 17:05, charles wrote:
In article , Dave Plowman (News) wrote: In article , Chris French wrote: Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? Maplin - probably not actually on the high street any more but still real retail outlets. I'd be surprised if the majority of the Maplin shops stock their entire range of batteries. Does RS count? They have 16 branches in the UK. Think that is stretching the 'High Street' a bit far. ;-) Obviously, my first choice would be mail order from a decent UK electronics supplier. There as number of established and reliable battery sellers online. I think it's a rather quaint idea that buying on the high street is necessarily anymore reliable nowadays Well, quite. Unless you want coffee or an estate agent. ;-) or a hair cut. They don't do those on line yet well in fact they do. There are itinerant hair dressers who will trim you at home...available on the end of an email or mobile phone. -- Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas? Josef Stalin |
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On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:40:11 -0000, Ian Smith
wrote: On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:03 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote: Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? One selling mobile phones might have spares for sale. A computer shop. A powertool shop (the one on my High St has sadly closed, but there must be one somewhere). Argos: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/3896170.htm regards, Ian SMith http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search...Term/18650.htm says sorry don't know about them as we (were anyway) talking about cycle lamp batteries, not powerpacks for drills -- Bah, and indeed, Humbug |
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On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:15:28 -0000, Kerr Mudd-John wrote:
On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:40:11 -0000, Ian Smith wrote: On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:03 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote: Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? One selling mobile phones might have spares for sale. A computer shop. A powertool shop (the one on my High St has sadly closed, but there must be one somewhere). Argos: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/3896170.htm http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search...Term/18650.htm says sorry don't know about them as we (were anyway) talking about cycle lamp batteries, not powerpacks for drills I wouldn't expect to find 18650s at Argos, no. However, whatever you were talking about, I was answering the question "Which High St shop would sell Li-ion batteries", and of the many High St shops that sell Li-ion batteries, Argos is one. If you want to move the goalposts over to "Which High St shop would sell Li-ion 18650 cells", then the closest to me would be Maplin, in the next town north from my own. It seems I have to order online, but I can them collect them from the High St in three days time. regards, Ian Smith -- |\ /| no .sig |o o| |/ \| |
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On 08/01/2016 15:39, Ian Smith wrote:
On Fri, 08 Jan 2016 13:15:28 -0000, Kerr Mudd-John wrote: On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:40:11 -0000, Ian Smith wrote: On Thu, 07 Jan 2016 14:02:03 +0000 (GMT), Dave Plowman (News) wrote: Which High Street shop would sell Li-ion batteries? One selling mobile phones might have spares for sale. A computer shop. A powertool shop (the one on my High St has sadly closed, but there must be one somewhere). Argos: http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Produc...er/3896170.htm http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Search...Term/18650.htm says sorry don't know about them as we (were anyway) talking about cycle lamp batteries, not powerpacks for drills I wouldn't expect to find 18650s at Argos, no. However, whatever you were talking about, I was answering the question "Which High St shop would sell Li-ion batteries", and of the many High St shops that sell Li-ion batteries, Argos is one. If you want to move the goalposts over to "Which High St shop would sell Li-ion 18650 cells", then the closest to me would be Maplin, in the next town north from my own. It seems I have to order online, but I can them collect them from the High St in three days time. regards, Ian Smith Buying a drill battery would be the cheapest way to get 18650s, but you would not know the make. |
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"Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html |
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On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote:
"Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. |
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On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. E Fags have propelled 18650 development, one linked is an INR as against IMR or ICR 18650 lion https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_...to_know_about/ |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:59:14 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote:
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. E Fags have propelled 18650 development, one linked is an INR as against IMR or ICR 18650 lion https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_...to_know_about/ That link doesn't tell us everything about every type of cell. Which ones have higher internal resistance? How much of a resistance increase is it? And is there any other significant difference? (Apart from the capacity which you can obviously see from the rating on the side). My Panasonics are NCR18650A, so what type are those? Is it a combination of INR and ICR, hence the NC? I'm happy with the Panasonics anyway - I tested them and they have the full rated capacity of 3.1AH when drained over several hours in a torch, unusual for a battery to actually do what it says on the tin! -- "The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words." -- Atlanta Journal |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. If your after cheap, these are 2 Samsung 2200 ICR ( dont use for efags) wrapped together, the tabs lever off. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172008907654 |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:08:52 -0000, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:59:14 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. E Fags have propelled 18650 development, one linked is an INR as against IMR or ICR 18650 lion https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_...to_know_about/ That link doesn't tell us everything about every type of cell. Which ones have higher internal resistance? How much of a resistance increase is it? And is there any other significant difference? (Apart from the capacity which you can obviously see from the rating on the side). My Panasonics are NCR18650A, so what type are those? Is it a combination of INR and ICR, hence the NC? I'm happy with the Panasonics anyway - I tested them and they have the full rated capacity of 3.1AH when drained over several hours in a torch, unusual for a battery to actually do what it says on the tin! After reading a link from your link, it seems I've managed to buy very good ones, they're used by Andrew Wan for rebadging. http://industrial.panasonic.com/cdbs...A4000CE254.pdf -- What is the difference between a female jogger and a sewing machine? A sewing machine only has one bobbin. |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:08:59 PM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:59:14 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. E Fags have propelled 18650 development, one linked is an INR as against IMR or ICR 18650 lion https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_...to_know_about/ That link doesn't tell us everything about every type of cell. Which ones have higher internal resistance? How much of a resistance increase is it? And is there any other significant difference? (Apart from the capacity which you can obviously see from the rating on the side). My Panasonics are NCR18650A, so what type are those? Is it a combination of INR and ICR, hence the NC? I'm happy with the Panasonics anyway - I tested them and they have the full rated capacity of 3.1AH when drained over several hours in a torch, unusual for a battery to actually do what it says on the tin! -- "The Ten Commandments contain 297 words. The Bill of Rights is stated in 463 words. Lincoln's Gettysburg Address contains 266 words. A recent federal directive to regulate the price of cabbage contains 26,911 words." -- Atlanta Journal "NCR batteries are a new type of bat- tery manufactured by Panasonic. NCR batteries use a Cobalt cathode like ICR batteries but have the same hybrid makeup with nickel which IMR batteries have. This provides for higher drain capabilities while also having higher overall battery capacity. " http://vapetv.com/forum/thread/80/ba...ed-and-safety/ Big subject http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...ased_batteries |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:09:47 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote:
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. If your after cheap, these are 2 Samsung 2200 ICR ( dont use for efags) wrapped together, the tabs lever off. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172008907654 I'm primarily after high capacity as they're for a torch I'm taking on trips and I want to carry the least spares possible. That link says Varta, not Samsung, and the capacity is terrible. I've also read a review that Samsung tend to have only 80% of their rated capacity (not quite as bad as Ultrafire/Trustfire's 25%! - why aren't they done for fraud?). I'll stick to Panasonic. -- A woman brought an old picture of her dead husband, wearing a hat, to the photographer. She wanted to know if the photographer could remove the hat from the picture. He convinced her he could easily do that, and asked her what side of his head her husband parted his hair on. "I forgot," she said. "But you can see that for yourself when you take off his hat." |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:20:40 PM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:09:47 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. If your after cheap, these are 2 Samsung 2200 ICR ( dont use for efags) wrapped together, the tabs lever off. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172008907654 I'm primarily after high capacity as they're for a torch I'm taking on trips and I want to carry the least spares possible. That link says Varta, not Samsung, and the capacity is terrible. I've also read a review that Samsung tend to have only 80% of their rated capacity (not quite as bad as Ultrafire/Trustfire's 25%! - why aren't they done for fraud?). I'll stick to Panasonic. -- A woman brought an old picture of her dead husband, wearing a hat, to the photographer. She wanted to know if the photographer could remove the hat from the picture. He convinced her he could easily do that, and asked her what side of his head her husband parted his hair on. "I forgot," she said. "But you can see that for yourself when you take off his hat." cells within are Samsung , bought a few , actually cheaper than pair of AA rechargebles for intended use, cost is inline with capacity marking them out as elderly stock. Is there actually a genuine Trustfire /Ultrafire item anywhere, its just like a generic dodgy name to stick on any old , totally out of spec tat :-) |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:20:00 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote:
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:08:59 PM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 14:59:14 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 E Fags have propelled 18650 development, one linked is an INR as against IMR or ICR 18650 lion https://www.reddit.com/r/electronic_...to_know_about/ That link doesn't tell us everything about every type of cell. Which ones have higher internal resistance? How much of a resistance increase is it? And is there any other significant difference? (Apart from the capacity which you can obviously see from the rating on the side). My Panasonics are NCR18650A, so what type are those? Is it a combination of INR and ICR, hence the NC? I'm happy with the Panasonics anyway - I tested them and they have the full rated capacity of 3.1AH when drained over several hours in a torch, unusual for a battery to actually do what it says on the tin! "NCR batteries are a new type of bat- tery manufactured by Panasonic. NCR batteries use a Cobalt cathode like ICR batteries but have the same hybrid makeup with nickel which IMR batteries have. This provides for higher drain capabilities while also having higher overall battery capacity. " http://vapetv.com/forum/thread/80/ba...ed-and-safety/ Big subject http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...ased_batteries Looks like I've got good ones then. I did look at a load of graphs on reviews to find the ones that had the best capacity. There are so many makes that simply aren't the capacity that it says on the tin, and I have to wonder why they aren't taken to court by trading standards. I mean if you bought a pint of milk in Asda and it only contains 3/4 of a pint, there'd be a public outcry, so why can Trustfire sell batteries rated at 2000mAh which are actually only 500mAh? I guess you could get them free from most Ebay sellers by moaning that they're **** and getting your money back, then they can't be bothered paying for the return postage. -- "Oh god," sighed the wife one morning, "I'm convinced my mind is almost completely gone!" Her husband looked up from the newspaper and commented, "I'm not surprised: You've been giving me a piece of it every day for twenty years!" |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:27:43 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote:
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:20:40 PM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:09:47 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. If your after cheap, these are 2 Samsung 2200 ICR ( dont use for efags) wrapped together, the tabs lever off. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172008907654 I'm primarily after high capacity as they're for a torch I'm taking on trips and I want to carry the least spares possible. That link says Varta, not Samsung, and the capacity is terrible. I've also read a review that Samsung tend to have only 80% of their rated capacity (not quite as bad as Ultrafire/Trustfire's 25%! - why aren't they done for fraud?). I'll stick to Panasonic. -- A woman brought an old picture of her dead husband, wearing a hat, to the photographer. She wanted to know if the photographer could remove the hat from the picture. He convinced her he could easily do that, and asked her what side of his head her husband parted his hair on. "I forgot," she said. "But you can see that for yourself when you take off his hat." cells within are Samsung , bought a few , actually cheaper than pair of AA rechargebles for intended use, cost is inline with capacity marking them out as elderly stock. Is there actually a genuine Trustfire /Ultrafire item anywhere, its just like a generic dodgy name to stick on any old , totally out of spec tat :-) Well their website says they only make torches: http://www.trustfire.com Must be a load of conartists making batteries FOR Trustfire torches?! -- In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:30:28 PM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:27:43 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:20:40 PM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:09:47 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message ... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. If your after cheap, these are 2 Samsung 2200 ICR ( dont use for efags) wrapped together, the tabs lever off. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172008907654 I'm primarily after high capacity as they're for a torch I'm taking on trips and I want to carry the least spares possible. That link says Varta, not Samsung, and the capacity is terrible. I've also read a review that Samsung tend to have only 80% of their rated capacity (not quite as bad as Ultrafire/Trustfire's 25%! - why aren't they done for fraud?). I'll stick to Panasonic. -- A woman brought an old picture of her dead husband, wearing a hat, to the photographer. She wanted to know if the photographer could remove the hat from the picture. He convinced her he could easily do that, and asked her what side of his head her husband parted his hair on. "I forgot," she said. "But you can see that for yourself when you take off his hat." cells within are Samsung , bought a few , actually cheaper than pair of AA rechargebles for intended use, cost is inline with capacity marking them out as elderly stock. Is there actually a genuine Trustfire /Ultrafire item anywhere, its just like a generic dodgy name to stick on any old , totally out of spec tat :-) Well their website says they only make torches: http://www.trustfire.com Must be a load of conartists making batteries FOR Trustfire torches?! Darn like I need another torch, might have to try a genuine Trustfire Batteries are under accesories. -- In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. |
"Genuine" lithium ion batteries?
On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:43:38 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote:
On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:30:28 PM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:27:43 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 3:20:40 PM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 15:09:47 -0000, Adam Aglionby wrote: On Saturday, January 9, 2016 at 11:07:00 AM UTC, Mr Macaw wrote: On Sat, 09 Jan 2016 10:59:12 -0000, Bertie Doe wrote: "Mr Macaw" wrote in message .... 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? 7Dayshop is a genuine company. I've been using them for a few years, although their own-brand rechargeables, are no more than medium quality. Putting 18650 into their search gives :- https://www.7dayshop.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=18650 http://www.ebay.co.uk/gds/Top-7-1865...8349265/g.html That answers my question - the ones they call genuine Samsung look very plain, I would have thought Samsung would want them to look better than that to avoid copies: https://www.7dayshop.com/products/sa...BATSAMBLU25RX4 -- My ex-wife was temperamental. 90% temper and 10% mental. If your after cheap, these are 2 Samsung 2200 ICR ( dont use for efags) wrapped together, the tabs lever off. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/172008907654 I'm primarily after high capacity as they're for a torch I'm taking on trips and I want to carry the least spares possible. That link says Varta, not Samsung, and the capacity is terrible. I've also read a review that Samsung tend to have only 80% of their rated capacity (not quite as bad as Ultrafire/Trustfire's 25%! - why aren't they done for fraud?). I'll stick to Panasonic. cells within are Samsung , bought a few , actually cheaper than pair of AA rechargebles for intended use, cost is inline with capacity marking them out as elderly stock. Is there actually a genuine Trustfire /Ultrafire item anywhere, its just like a generic dodgy name to stick on any old , totally out of spec tat :-) Well their website says they only make torches: http://www.trustfire.com Must be a load of conartists making batteries FOR Trustfire torches?! Darn like I need another torch, might have to try a genuine Trustfire I just bought a £7 CREE 2500 lumen head torch. Useful for DIY under the floor, cycling, hillwalking, etc. It runs as bright as a car headlamp for 8 hours on two of the Panasonic batteries I bought. Batteries are under accesories. Ah, their website is as badly designed as their batteries. I was only seeing the top sellers. -- Little Tony was staying with his grandmother for a few days.. He'd been playing outside with the other kids for a while when he came into the house and asked her, "Grandma, what's that called when 2 people sleep in the same room and one is on top of the other?" She was a little taken, but she decided to just tell him the truth. "It's called sexual intercourse, darling". Little Tony just said, "Oh, OK," and went back outside to play with the other kids. A few minutes later he came back in and said angrily, "Grandma, it isn't called sexual intercourse. It's called "Bunk Beds". And Jimmy's mom wants to talk to you." |
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