Ultrafire fakes, opened up and refunded !

Ooopps ... Blue beam states the very obvious .... I fell out of my chair on that one ..

Welll.. he meant for chinese vendors who are selling known fakes who are purposefully jerking you around ..He didn't have a digital camera available ,,,>> meaning it was in the other room and might need the battery charged .

Very nice catch though ..I liked that .

"Welll.. he meant for chinese vendors who are selling known fakes who are purposefully jerking you around ..He didn't have a digital camera available ,,,>> meaning it was in the other room and might need the battery charged ."

Very very close,

Out of 6 cells none are the same is very scary... but he didn't know .. because they were for manufacturer use .. yeah right .. those dang manufactureres use lots of bad batteries

What wrapper was on those cells before you removed them? Did they all have the same wrapper?

Langcjl, Yes they where all the same wrappers, the standard red/black Ultrafire 3000 BRC. I would like to propose this, anyone who has some bad or dieing cells to open up the wrappers and post some pics before sending them off to be recycled. It might be interesting too see whats really inside maybe start a database? It looks like there was NO attempt at removing the factory markings.

So I wonder, how many of the Ultrafire / Trustfire / Whatever fire are fakes? It looks to me that there are more Fakes out there than the real thing. I would love to get my hands on some Genuine Ultrafire 3000's if such a thing exists (not saying their any better but it would be fun to see)

BRC 3000 mAh is old news, BRC 4000 mAh is the new thing: http://www.buyincoins.com/details/1-x-uf-18650-3-7v-rechargeable-battery-4000mah-with-tab-product-3059.html

BRC 3000 mAh is old news, BRC 4000 mAh is the new thing: http://www.buyincoins.com/details/1-x-uf-18650-3-7v-rechargeable-battery...

I'm holding out for the 5000mah myself

I made some complaints for batteries and i absolutely hate when they tell me:

These batteries were made for manufacturer use. The quality may not as good as the branded batteries, but the difference of capacity should not be this much.

What a load of...

Buy the xtar 2600's. Mine are great

There is a group buy for XTAR atm, check there if interested.

Xxllmm4, thanks for posting that picture. I’ll be sure to avoid those.

I was just amused at the fact that he told the guy he didn't have a camera and yet he post pics here instead.

Sarcasm doesn't type well I guess! But funny none the less!

I wouldn't jump through any hoops for the guy, just file a claim and demand full refund!

xxllmm4 can you look at the bottom of PCB. Does it write anything like UltraFire on it?

These are obviously not real Ultrafires.

I know that, but I want to know how good is their mimic and to compare with mine.

I bought some 18650 Ultrafire 3000's cells off Ebay<< ?? ouch ...

I'm only trying to warn others

Ebay and batteries is a BAD mix

junk chargers and ebay are a bad mix

ultrafire 3000 batteries are garbage and everybody on the planet knows it ..

if you don't know it ..learn it right here ,Everyone hates this battery ..i think they hate the real ones not just the fakes ..i am pretty positive this battery hasn't ever gotten a real decent review... If anyone ever says made for manufacturers use...RUN . it means Junk . There are places to be cheap , there are places you can get away with spending less or cutting corners ,healthcare ,tires ,brakes and batteries aren't those places .

Chinese batteries stink ... Japan makes and has always made the best batteries in the world ..

only buy batteries that are made in Japan .... and you'll be a happy camper :p

I bought 20 Panasonics for $41 shipped that's hard to beat

I just bought 20 of those too. $2 and a big 'ole nickle each. YEAHbaby!

thereverendgotbatteriesFoy

Kids .. this is the deal on batteries ... they are unprotected ..So don't put them in the toaster or play crazy lets experiment games with them .. show some respect to these and they will probably impress you .. the price is unbeatable

Panasonic even knows how to spell

Only if you live in USA

Buying 18650's on eBay is a serious gamble. Sounds very similar to the fake Trustfire flames from last year. The scary thing is that somebody is buying these and not realizing just how awful they are (and potentially hazardous). I'm guessing for there to be so many different battery types under the wrapper that maybe they are taking them out of old laptops or something? To me the lesson isn't to buy some better brand, it is to only buy from sellers that are known to be good.