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Old 05-12-17 | 04:11 PM
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Originally Posted by ExtremeSquared
Don't buy unprotected cells on amazon or ebay. Amazon is absolutely loaded with counterfeit cells. Note that all 18650 cells sold on amazon are "fulfilled by amazon" and none are actually sourced by amazon. Most protected cell manufacturers have reliable supply sources of OEM cells, however. Find a reliable source that has been around a while if you want bare panasonic cells. I use illumn.
Yep, I already know about ebay but I thought Amazon was better. I was about to pull the trigger on the LG's offered on Amazon when I happened to notice that some of the buyers were complaining about getting bogus cells. I figured the sellers were giving some of the buyers the actual brand name cell just to get some positive reviews and then start sending out the fake cells after the good reviews pile up. Nope, once you see a couple bad reviews you know something "not right" is going on. You can buy the brand name cells from the Chinese web sites for less money but sometimes those cells are bought from less than reputable sellers and sometimes the middle-man seller isn't always aware that he has a bad batch. When you buy off Chinese websites, ebay or Amazon for batteries you are almost always rolling the dice.
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