Hehe there's forum requests at DX by the clients there, why wouldn't anyone show them the link before they actually had it for sale.
Actually one of the guys there says for the 26650 that the cells are rated 500mAh but they tested them to be 4000mAh. They may have very well not tested them, as on Taobao there's the same mention.
BTW there's the mention of a 3.2A max current discharge on the 26650 TFflames.
I just received 4 of these batteries from MF. I'll have to test them and see what kind of capacity they are putting out. I was really hoping that these would perform as HKJ's original test. I'm traveling at the mo so it'll be a while
There are a couple of good threads around that cover it in detail. Just search for fake trustfires. The biggest problems were an eBay seller and then more recently Dino Direct.
Making a blanket statement like that does not make you come off any better. There is nothing wrong with being patriotic with regards to the things you chose to spend your money on and I can respect anyone's personal views on that. I'm American and proud of it, but I tend to buy what's the best value regardless of where it is made.
I would agree with Space Cowboy in that there's an old saying: "You get what you pay for". Interpret that however you want, but I do believe it's a saying or statement that has merit.
I've tried some of these TF 3000 18650s as well, my first batch of 4 I ordered from Manafont, 1 was DOA. I ordered 4 more and they all worked but I haven't measured anything yet. I have a Pila IBC Charger that I believe is one of the best chargers out there, it wasn't cheap compared to ultra/trustfire level chargers, but to me well worth it.
Recently I decided to order a batch of Xtar 2600s that are the Sanyo Cells...looking forward to getting those just to see if I can tell a perceivable difference in actual use versus measurements.