Latest release Vapcell 21700 5600mah 12.5A battery

Can we say word or two about this in AliExpress Vapcell Store? Is it “real”?

Description: Vapcell original mini lithium 3.7V battery INR 14500 1000mah 10A rechargeable battery for flashlight / power tools

Url: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000594740211.html?spm=2114.12010612.8148356.19.44d01edcalyI26 (AliExpress Vapcell Store)

…and as “proof” in description at aliexpress used this graph of completely different batteries (Vapcell ICR14500 1000mAh (Gold) 2018) rated by HKJ:

The Vapcell store is original. The cell is a new one, not yet tested. If it’s really 1000 mAh 10A - WOW, a real upgrade over what we’ve seen so far.
I agree that it’s dishonest to show a test of a different cell.

Dennis updated the OP with this 10A 14500 cell, great development! , it goes with a different chart which is probably correct. So have a look at the first post. Also a very interesting: a 2200 mAh 18500 cell that does 4A.

I think Samsung 18500 can do 5A if i’m not mistaken

1000mAh and 10A is awesome if true !

First of all, chances of it not meeting its capacity rating are very high if not guaranteed. And we'll see what happens with the maximum continuous discharge rating, it is doable but if also a little bit exaggerated the 10 A curve will look flat/deflated (low voltage). But well, wow.

Suffice to say I am quite fed up with marketing lies, particularly in the battery industry.

Edit. Forgot to say before, but djozz remembered me: it's not really dishonest to show a perfectly identified test of a different cell, it's just plain stupid.

Fri, 01/10/2020 - 16:35

Strangely, Vapcell has two listings for this cell on AE. One references this incorrect graph, and the other one doesn’t. Price is different as well.

I’m not sure that Vapcell is deliberately lying about their batteries, sounds more like clumpsiness that they publish a wrong chart, that shows less performance actually than what the battery in question can do, not a very profitable lie :slight_smile:

We'll see once it gets in the way of HKJ's or Mooch's steamroller.

Yup. My guess is they used the old listing for their ICR14500 cells as a template, and didn’t clean it up properly.

Yup, let’s wait and see.

FWIW, I only have two of their cells (16340), and based on what my Lii-500 reports, their capacity is notably lower than what Vapcell claims.

So far Vapcell had a good feedback. Let’s see what HKJ and Mooch will say

WOW this performance is incredible! If Mooch or HKJ confirms it, it is the new king of 14500. We should be able to expect 1,200 lumens from a GT Micro and still get good runtimes! :+1:

I do not have the cell in queue (I hope it is a yet) and my test station for these batteries are unreliable at the current time.
The problem is either the power supply (used for charging) or the relay (That connect the power supply), I am trying to find out which on and fix the problem, but it will take a couple of days.

Anybody knows which is the actual manufacturer of Vapcell 14500s? The Gold ones for example?

Do you mean the recently released 8 Ampere ones?

I’ve got 4 pcs coming my way, but i wondered why they had a price drop already (which made me decide to order them)

I didn’t know they released an 8A version. Mine are 7A:

Oh, you’re right, they are rated 7 Amperes.
Yes, it’s those cells.

Perhaps they’ll have a bit more capacity after a few cycles.

I just retested mine. Capacity is down by a few mAh, but more or less the same as new.

Sorry, that’s too careless

Thank you very much for your reminder

I contact sales customer service to change the picture