Just bought some of these on ebay out of curiosity:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251106675460
Tested capacity was 2029mAh at 1A. Wrapper states “precise digital protection circuit” but the batteries are unprotected.
Best avoided.
I have been told that it also has been counterfeited, but there should be a small 1/2-inch square silver label on the cello wrap around the TFFs. As long as I get that little label on the package, the TFFs are always “real,” whatever real is. A better description might be: That with that little label, the TFFs always (in my case) seem to be great. SO I always look for that little label. And so far so good, about 20 TFFs later.
Before I started looking for the little label (July?), I got some of the unprotected TFFs from DX that were obviously fake. :–0
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As I said: Some others say they have received fakes with the little label. I have not so far with 20 batteries in probably 10 different transactions.
Hope this helps.
These ones have the label. I have never had such a low result with 2400s bought directly from Trustfire.
As far as I know, no one has ever got fake Trustfire Flames from ManaFont.
Just out of interest, did your fake ones have holograms on the packaging?
The outer wrapper has a genuine looking label:
The wording on the wrappers is the same:
The genuine Trustfire (bottom) has sparkly writing on the wrapper and a pcb. The fake Trustfire has a burnished body which shows through the label to give a sparkly effect, and no pcb:
thanks for the post.
yep, look like fakes.
i dont trust trust fire ;)
I thought it was just Ultrafire that was to be avoided up until now
you’re lucky to get at least 2000mAH from it.
I know, It’s still better than most Ultrafire.
I hope you leave negative feedback
They offered a refund of £1. Very generous.
Nice ! Mind you, it was worth you paying out to see what those batts are really like.
Thanks for taking the time to test them and sharing the info.
I guess the general rule of buying 18650 batts is don’t buy any brand with the word “fire” in the name. 
stick’em for the full value and if they don’t comply, file a Paypal dispute. it’s what I had to do recently for a defective emitter from a Chinese company.
It started with Dinodirect (actually i have got some, the initial batches were ok and they made good with the unprotected cells by sending protected cells again……BLF folks purchased like 100 pairs of them in total i think), then spread to all the other dealers that you see over here. It does not depend on the reputation of the sellers (quite a few know next to nothing about them cells that they are selling), but the main supplier.
Look like as of now I cannot recommend TF Flames 18650s already.
The other incident is scary, i think i will junk all my unprotected TF Flames even though random testing showed them to be 2200-2300mAh @ 1 amp discharge (some 18 of them, they were replaced by DD with protected ones)