I ordered directly from Simon, you can write him here on BLF in PM or via customer care of Shockli official page.
It’s the same cell? I’m dying to find any cells in stock that are shipped to germany. (for a normal price)
Very nice review. Thank you.
Ok. I have to say i am very impressed it with the shockli imr… i got the lumen tube, so i get better reading…
Thrunite tc20 with shockli imr
Turn on… 3820 lumen
@30 seconds… 3740 lumen
Thrunite tc20 with thrunite oem 26650
Turn on. 3860 lumen
@30 seconds… 3210 lumen
As you can see shockli imr maintain 3740 lumen after 30 seconds…
Capacity test of the Shockli cell I just got from MTN Electronics. Not sure if it’s the same cell as HKJ tested since the wrapper is different. Discharge current: 500 mA.
Yes it is the same cell, they changed the wrap shortly after it was released.
Idk why, I liked the one with the red warning.
They just changed the wrapper.
Thanks. Yeah, the older label looked more professional, IMO.
Also, the mfg stated max charging current is only 2A, so that’s only about 0.35C. Seems a bit low, given the cell’s low IR and overall capacity. Are there safety concerns about charging it at a higher rate, say 3A?
Or is the 2A rate given to maximize the cell’s life?
Standard charge current from the actual manufacturer, powerlong battery, is 0.5C or 2.75A.
.35C is said to be ideal for longevity, .5C is the “standard” rate, and 1C is a fast rate, for lithium ion batteries in general.
Foul looking chinese market wrapper, in my opinion. “IMR 30A”, incorrect and misleading.
Given that OEMs do not seem completely happy pertaining with direct consumer sales of their cells and we have to live dealing with rewrapping companies, I'd sincerely hope for at least a handful of them to give straight OEM based specifications in their wraps. The rewrapping procedure, as it is, destroys OEM information and alters its specifications. I am not willing to condone this, I fully endorse truth and honesty.
Cheers ^:)
Poor markings, incorrect English translations, and spelling mistakes from a cheap Chinese company? Unheard of. 
Your going to be let down if you expect truth and honesty all the time!
I go by HKJ testing. This is a good battery. I am NOT concerned what the wrapper looks like its what is inside the cell that counts! 
Shockli emailed me this morning[out of the Blue] and are sending me 2 X 18650 3600mAh batteries supposedly the same performance as GA/MJ1,we will see.
Totally looks like it. Send them this PLB INR26650-55A OEM link and ask for product confirmation.
Good luck with Alibaba, tell us how it goes if you do. Purchasing agent maybe?
Cheers :-)
Let’s try to find some difference together? 
“PAC-5500” & “PLB-5500”
Hi, I’m new to the forum but some time I’m following the shockli 5500 post, I recently got a D4S and would like to buy this battery but unfortunately I can not find it. Today I saw an interesting offer of this battery in the site 192led.com and they deliver in Brazil …. anyone can tell me if this site is reliable? I do not want to buy fake product or lose money …. if anyone can help thank you.
Thank you for your help volchyonok!!!
I'd say give it a go, Cesconetto. The site is young as volchyonok asserts, you can also check the related available information in the well known who.is site. Found some good reviews for 192led.com at sitejabber.com.
If I were you I'd buy from them, they look good to me and their pricing for the Shockli 1C 5500mAh 26650s is really good. Bookmarked. ;-)
volchyonok, the people here would thank greatly if you were to make some efforts learning english. It can be hard to understand what you say because machine translation is bad and it oftens distorts the actual translated meaning.
By the way, the cells rewrapped here (Shockli IMR26650 5500mAh, also Vapcell INR26650 5900mAh) are from PLB, not from PAC. Hint: battery OEMs do not usually sell to consumers, they deal by the truckload or larger to companies if you know what this means.
Let me show you something which may serve of inspiration to you: Test/Review of LiitoKala INR 26650 5000mAh cells @ candlepowerforums.com
The above is a very early review (more than two years ago) and cells were shipped in their original OEM wraps with just a transparent LiitoKala sticker above:
In that review the editor said cells A and B were from “Hengji Battery”, whereas cell C was attributed to Power Long Battery.
Distinctive PLB markings can be clearly seen in the above picture, rightmost cell. Zoom the photo if needed.
Cheers :-)