I ordered some of the yellow-wrap Liitokala 21700s last month. They don’t look like the ones HJK reviewed. The tail ends are plain, rather than having a concentric ring embossed in the metal.
That’s one of the reasons I wanted to get some of these Sofirn branded cells.
Yes, assuming it can handle a bit of extra length.
I have a generic light that accepts 3xAAA (with the common 3xAAA battery holder), I decide to try putting in the Sofirn 4000mAh 21700 (bundle with C8F-21700) on that generic light, and it worked!
I got a weirdo tracking number, “DDU”+bunchanumbers, never saw that before, no idea what carrier, the recommended 17track site doesn’t even load(!), and nothing else I threw at it shows anything, either.
Asked about it on AX, just got an unrelated salesblurb answer. Getting a bit concerned…
I’m not worried, its only been a week and a half since ordering and its a busy postal time in China. I don’t expect to see my order for another few weeks at least.
Also not worried, they seemed pretty legit when asking a non-shipping question. Also, aren’t they the official Sofirn battery Ali store, as per the OP?
I didn’t get any tracking number from Hank even though it was over the necessary $ amount to get tracking, but my D4/D4S still got here in 17 days from China.
I think battery shipments are generally smuggled into the country by way of trained dolphins. So we won’t get tracking information until after their cargo has been dragged onto shore and into a truck on the next moonless night.
I’m sure you two will be getting them soon. The Zanflare F1 I ordered 11.11 from Madeline’s Ali store for ~$12, on the other hand… no idea, not even an emailed shipping notice yet.
Hope you don't freak out with the shipping thing in AliExpress. In my experience some orders from some sellers may take a few days to ship. I believe this is understandable but certain folks overreact with this, which is not good. When you shop for cheap free shipping stuff on eBay it often happens the items are reported as “shipped” in a fairly brief timeframe, something which at times makes me suspicious. However, since the provided tracking numbers for these items are fake, there's no way to know this (this way, that is).
This is about realizing how much a shipment can take to get ready for the shipping services. I am overall happy with the AliExpress thing. FastTech, for example, usually takes a nice deal of days to get an order shipped once a it has a few items, as a rule.
Do you want to be provided with faithful order information? Do you deserve to be provided with faithful order information? The latter ≠ the former.