Well, hope this is just a proper rewrap of the cell from their provider. I am not a fan of downgrades, and the blue cell has certainly been a top reference by providing capacity above the wrap figures (how many cells from the big ones do that, eh?) and great discharge performance combined.
Even if they've decided to switch manufacturer to Hengji Battery, I see it good (a very bit less capacity, a bit better discharge performance, or thereabouts).
It’s funny that the 50A and 50B have similar markings and use a similar shade of blue. But they are different enough to think they are made by different companies. I agree the 50B also seems like a great cell. I have one of each and use them in series. From that CPF test their capacities are very close so I have no worries about using them in series.
Yeah, I hear you. But it does make perfect sense & matches up with what we found here too concerning the ‘A’ vs. ‘B’.
That being , the ‘A’ cells have more capacity than the ‘B’ cells when “tested” the same way on the same chargers. They were Lii 500’s located in the USA & Wales UK. Best I remember I had/have 10 A’s & 8 B’s…. I think Ian had 8 A’s & 4 B’s.
Other people who reported also had similiar results. ‘A’ has more capacity than ‘B’… though it be slight (around 150 mAh IIRC) and most every cell was above the rated capacity of 5000 mAh.
Personally, I hope these “new” ones are made by PLB & spec in real life as the original ‘A’ cell did/do.
Those are the “new” ones. Hopefully they will be… They should be.
If you have a charger that will check discharge capacity, check them when you get them. That will tell the story… most of it anyway.
Your welcome. Maybe they will, on all the others I have some will & some won’t. No rhyme or reason to it either… just luck of the draw.
That connector is what I use on the one’s that need it. Only bad thing about buying those 1 or 2 at a time is shipping kills you …… :person_facepalming:
So I bought a handful of them last time I bought and the shipping was not much more than buying one.
If you want one PM me your address and I’ll send you one. :+1:
Thank you. I will pm you when I need it… by the way, they shipped out the 4x 26650 within 24 hours from AliExpress. I will update the delivery time and battery status.
Some 5500mAh 26650 did come up a few month ago (can’t remember when or where, but same baby blue wrapping) and i would have expected LiitoKala to follow up…
Testing now a pair of blues from GB i received a couple month ago. No “F1” on the first line of label.
PS: Both cells came out over 5150mAh on my Opus BT C3100 at 1A - which is known to be a tad optimistic. Those are from the last batch GB was selling a couple month ago - they are out of stock now. On their pictures the cells had only one line of text above the bar code whereas the ones i received and tested have two.
+ 3.6V 18.0Wh F1 -
INR26650-50A VB15I19D 03327
I haven’t tried them in serie.
So far they look like the real thing - whatever it is.
Got the code here: Gearbest Official Deal thread (July 8th part 2 - code still works today)
When they arrive I’ll test capacity on my Lii-500 charger/analyzer and post the results here.
Thanks for the heads-up beam0, just ordered a set of 4 and will see how they compare to the pale blue ones I already have. Good deal with the coupon, nice catch!