I have one matching cell in the comparator.
The protected Soshine may also be the same cell.
I think itβs baby blue, not cyan.
(yes, very important⦠)
Mitko can you show βrealβ VS βfakeβ ?
Edit : I guess the difference is on the words over the barcode.
@ HKJ,
Many Thanks.
Confirms what those of us who have these already know, they are really good batteries.
Interesting what Mitko said re. look-alike batteries.
He had already informed us that the 2nd batch seemed inferior, so, good to be able to tell them apart from the photoβs.
Cheers,
S-L
@ Mitko,
Thanks for helping us with the pictures of the Non-Original batteries.
Very Useful.
Cheers,
S-L
Thanks, I think Iβll try a pair of these.
Nice I got some of these from Banggood back in early November for <5$ each, but now they donβt seem to carry them anymore. I wonder if Banggood may be getting out of batteries due to the shipping restrictions.
Thanks for the review!
I only have 2 of the old batch and theyβre great.
Did any of those underperforming β26650-50Aβ cells came from GearBest? Banggood? Aliexpress maybe?
Cheers ^:)
Aliexpress maybe , or other shops .
Banggood and Gearbest had/have βoriginalβ Liitokalas .
Thank you Henrikβ¦
The next fightβ¦β¦
Liitokala VS Ijoy β¦β¦β¦
The IJOY is better at high current delivery; take a peek at the graphs:
LiitoKala INR26650-50A (HKJ)
Cheers ^:)
This 5000mAh cell is actually manufactured by PLB (INR26650-50A, link). They also have a 5500mAh 26650 available (INR26650-55A, link), which is indeed the best 26650 known in the market (almost 6000mAh with 0.2C discharge!):
Shockli IMR26650 5000mAh is also the INR26650-50A cell from PLB, but some of them are of lower grade, i.e., smaller capacity. HKJβs Shockli 5000mAh samples are also the ones of smaller capacity. 1 out of my 9 Shockli samples shows less capacity than the usual INR26650-50A (as HKJβs test), while all the others are identical to the common INR26650-50A.
Nice info, toobadorz. That 5500mAh cell looks impressive. It has a bit higher IR from looking at the discharge curve, but not too bad.
Thanks for the review HKJ.
I bought four of these last summer from GB.
They still have them although they are to restock on Feb 8 - tomorrow. However and from the actual pictures on GB, they look exactly like the supposedly fake mentioned aboveβ¦
Mine look genuine but donβt have the exact same marking above the bar code. It reads β+ 3.6V 18.0Wh -β (no F3) and below it differs in the VBxxxxx number. I remember testing them with the my BTC 3100 and they all ranked above 5Ah.
One thing thatβs worth mentioning is that the LiitoKala logo is not printed on the wrapping like the other informations but applied as a sticker.
toobadorz, that INR26650-55A is nothing but a paper launch. Well, there's nowhere to get 'em, as far as I know.
I'd also prefer to buy non-rewrapped products, but that's a different story and, thus far, LiitoKala is doing nice. :THUMBS-UP:
Cheers ^:)
Hello Barkuti,
Itβs difficult to get that INR26650-55A, but not impossible. Some Chinese sellers, like JAXMAN, do source some of this cell from PLB directly and sell them retail. I have some INR26650-55A and get satisfied with its performance. About 10% more runtime compared to INR26650-50A.
Regards.
Thank you HKJ for reviewing these cells as well and adding it to your impressive list of other great reviews!!! :+1:
The thoroughness & accuracy of your reviews never ceases to amaze me.
Mitko, if your theory is correct (and it appears to me like it may very well be⦠:+1: .); have I labeled the pictures of the cells below correctly???
Real
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1 Real & 1 βProbablyβ Fake
Top = Real
Bottom = βProbablyβ Fake
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βProbablyβ Fake
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I had the impression that the manufacturer was the BAK from Korea.