OK, I must say that shipping was fast, about 1 week, but "packaging" time was more than week (in my case, I bought ITP SA1)
I have you beat. I ordered an L2t from Solarforce-sales on the 25th and got it yesterday. Also, I've ordered stuff from Tmart, another Chinese site and gotten my goods just 2 days later with free postage. They have the advantage though of having a US warehouse they can ship from if your items are stocked there and most of them are, unlike DX's US warehouse where they only have about 60 items stocked.
Thats why I love Tmart. Quick fix. I could love the DX USA warehouse but it seems to be DXs P7 dumping ground. I made one order from DX\USA and the shipping was quick but it still took the about a week to get it into the envelope.
Well these two Trustfire flame 18650 batteries I got are unprotected. I got 3 more sets coming. Not a happy camper.
The ad even says protected as well as my invoice.
http://www.dinodirect.com/trustfire-lithium-battery-18650-2400mah.html
Sorry to hear this as I have some coming my way. Just curious what you are going to do now? Is it easy to contact them or not? Paypal dispute?
thanks.....
Their live support is pretty good, I just canceled my order... now waiting for a refund. They offered a $7 gift card... I declined and insisted on a PP refund. They agreed.
im waiting on my first order from them. took 4 days to reach shipped status. ive got a uf2100 in the cart so if they didnt mess anything up, and it gets here before the big sale ends... ill buy that too
Summer just said he/she have checked with product centre and will make sure they are protected. I like ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS have another 3 pairs coming.
Well Sharon said I will get a full refund for this pair in my paypal account in 2 days. The other order we will wait and see and go from there. My question I wanted answered with Sharon via live chat is how in the hell did I get these fakes from their company. She tried to say that Trustfire goofed. I'm not buying that. They don't even make Trustfire flame unprotected 18650 batteries that I am aware of corrcect me if I am wrong.
I believe they do make unprotected Trustfire flames.
They may. Can you show me a link?
unprotected
http://www.trustfire.com.cn/sh_en/ProductView.aspx?ID=438
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protected
http://www.trustfire.com.cn/sh_en/ProductView.aspx?ID=437
I think/hope(are on my way too xD) that the batteries from DD are original.. or very good fakes
That's good to hear that they took care of you.
That is true.
Thanks for the pictures MixoMaxo.
I have a pair of UNprotected 14500 flames and a pair of protected 14500 flames. The UN put out more current than the protected.
I wonder if these 18650's are the same with regards to that?
Slightly. UniqueFire UF-2100 protected 3.5A and unprotected 3.8A.
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/2284?page=3#comment-67242
My UN-protected took "only" 3,8A but for reference, it is still higher than with my previous TF Flame protecteds with same DMM.
Well I just got done charging both of mine with the Xtar WP2 charger and both topped off at 4.13 volts. That's the exact same as the protected ones I have.
The cells UN-protected have his physical limit, in the protected is regulated(lowered) by the pcb
btw you can't never say how much with chinese batteries, it varies from lot to lot
@ILIKEFLASHLIGHT the protection pcb usually cut at 4,25/4,3v and at 2,7/2,5v down, in my experience, than in that case the charger stop the charge at 4,13v(optimal for make it last long), but I prefer charge at 4,25 volt, cell will give a 10/15% extra power but also will be damaged sightly faster