Massive fraud on 18650s in the Littokala Aliexpress stores!

Got the same returned and new tracking number message. The new one seems usps traceable

Finally! I had to look at a useless EKC (South Korea) website until now.

Try tracking here: https://track24.net

Hope it is of any help. In eBay fake tracking numbers are usual.

Cheers :-)

In Track24 it tells me the estimated delivery dates are between July 6 and July 26. Hopefully it won’t be that long.

I bought 26650 battery from aliexpress before, normally take 15 days…

I think mine from Ali took about 2.5 months. Very slow shipping, but at least it was free.

Just got my six 30Q delivery. Ordered through the link in the OP. The batteries have the 4 legs to the positive post, not 3 as my other 30Q cells.

Going to test voltage, then drain and then charge in a VC4 to see about capacity. Will report back with more info.

Update: All six were at 3.62V

I would no doubt open a dispute. I'd recommend choosing “product is not as described” or “counterfeit goods”. If you choose counterfeit goods and the seller doesn't cooperate you'll have to convince the AliExpress Case Management Team with proper evidence, at least like photo-comparing the cells with known good 30Q samples.

YMMV, though.

Cheers :-)

If only I coule order one without paying huge shipping costs.

Using my 20A constant current tester, it would have been easy to see if these were real Samsung 30Qs, by capacity and internal resistance.

It’s interesting that the original link now shows the 30Q cells with 3 legs, not 4 like they used to show and the version you received.

Anyway, it’s very likely you got fakes. Whether they’re still sending fakes remains to be seen.

What’s the first 3 characters of your postal code? (PM me, maybe) If shipping isn’t a lot of $, I’ll send you one of the ones I got.

The problem is that I live in Canada, so that was why the shipping costs were so abhorrent in the 1st place.

So, even if you were to ship me one, it would cost both you and me way too much.

I wouldn’t mind a reasonable shipping cost but I forgot about customs/tax on your end. Makes sense.

All I’m able to do with my equipment is discharge with a Lii-202 (using that to charge a large portable battery pack) and then charge the cells in a VC4.

Yeah, still better than nothing.
But it could be a 3000mAh cell with high internal resistance for all we know.

If someone in Canada actually took the plunge, I could check.

Do you have some power resistors?

If you can parallel some resistors to get a load of about 10A, then connect and record the voltage instantly, you could easily calculate internal resistance and compare it to HKJ’s measurement.

Send him at least a couple cells to take a peek at cell consistency.

Cheers :-)

Good idea. Thanks Barkuti.

I’ll leave two as they came, in case I get some equipment to test. Until then, I’ll try the others in my regulated lights.

I ordered 6 30q
Tracking won’t work. I hope they are the real deal. What should the internal resistance be? I have an opus analyzing charger.

Just tested a couple 30Qs I got super-cheap as protected 26Fs (found 'em :-) after removing the protection) in my optimized Lii-500:

  1. After first seating in slots 2 & 3: 29mΩ & 32mΩ.
  2. After second seating: 31mΩ & 29mΩ.

Cells have little use.

Cheers :-)

P.S.: each slot's DC resistance adds up onto its AC cell IR, if I'm not mistaken.

Thank you, I ordered them when this thread started. As soon as they arrive I will check them