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A vendor sent me a box of fakes, dozens of batteries, that he received after saying no to the supplier’s offer to send samples. They were sent anyway. This vendor will not be named because they do not sell fakes and were never going to sell these samples. They were sent to me for testing and to help warn the community about how widespread fakes really are.
The fakes in the box were 30Q’s, HE4’s, 25R’s, HG2’s, 30T’s, VTC5’s, VTC5A’s, and VTC6A 21700’s.
I will be posting about one fake type each day. Please read the following before contacting me or asking any questions on those posts…
– I am unable to tell if your batteries are genuine or fake from photos you send me. Contact the vendor you bought them from if you think you have fakes.
– The printing on the wraps is not a good way to tell if a battery is genuine or not. The quality can vary and what’s printed changes based on which factory and assembly line made them.
– The date/batch codes on the wraps for these fakes might be genuine codes! Do not assume every battery having the same code as these fakes is also a fake. Also do not assume that if you have a battery with a different date/batch code that it is genuine.
– I will not give these fakes a current rating. They’re frakkin’ fakes of unknown grade, date of manufacture, and internal condition. If you have any then just don’t use them, or any fakes.
– There are other fakes for these battery types out there. Do not automatically assume that if your batteries don’t match these fakes that they are genuine.
– Other battery types are being faked too. There is no battery that we can say will never be faked.
– Our only defense is to buy from a trusted or authorized vendor.
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