Massive fraud on 18650s in the Littokala Aliexpress stores!

Aaah, then you have a 4-wire battery holder. Well, this confirms your “3000mAh” cell is a battery of pretty standard discharge. The following is what likely it is:

Source: https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/High-Capacity-INR18650-3200mAh-Dlg-3_60805797151.html :-)

Ordered one of these just for the fun of it, looks interesting.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000144172951.html

Think we getting OT here :)

Does their software do English?

Yup :)

Well Dang, but that’s sure a pretty little critter.
I look forward to hearing about how well it works.

Anyone know if the “147”, “151”, etc., is the date code for 30Qs? Ie, the last line, under “SAMSUNG SDI”.

Pain in the ass Opus was getting heat-stroke again, would drop to 0mA, then back up to 1000mA, then stop, then go, etc., that I redid the cap test at 500mA just to get all 4 uninterrupted. Just put on the second group of 4 this morning. :confounded:

All finally clocked in in the 2800s, all within like 60mAH but still just a hair under 3000mAH.

Wondering if they may be from a coupla years back and need some “exercise” or whatever to get up to speed.

Damn, I bought six 21700 batteries from this seller https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32846442786.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.782c4c4ddz8ljP

It actually looked pretty legit, but I doubt the batteries are. Does anyone know where to get proper batteries with international shipping?

I’m not trusting eBay sellers even though their price seem realistic either.

The wraps say 40A, but the description says 15A.
I’d probably trust them to be 15A…

Do yourself a favour, buy a 12cm computer fan and place it above the charger while 1A discharging. Of course, power it up.

Lishen LS21700SA cells, 3C manufacturer rated (12A). According to Henrik's review the cells get slightly above the maximum recommendable temperature when discharged continuously at 15A.

NKON may ship to Norway for affordable money.

For genuine cells here in Canada, i buy all my Li-Ion cells from https://18650canada.com

If they’re 15A they’re good enough for my use, but I’m worried they might leak.

I bought some legit Samsung 40T from a french eBay seller to be sure I have some decent ones.

See what I said above. They still hold their voltage well at 15A and can be considered “15A”, albeit technically they're not 15A, just close.

How is a li-ion cell going to leak? Without puncturing the can, that is. And you don't want to puncture a standard li-ion cell, my dear:

Source thread: Testing 18650 Safety - Russian Ukrainian Style

P.S.: some people has managed to make cylindrical cells leak, spot welding the cells wildly by hand. Proper spot welding requires precise timings and current flow.

Mon, 10/28/2019 - 21:15

No, the code format has changed somewhat over the years, but it’s on the metal can itself. See HERE. We also recently discussed this somewhat HERE.

More OT: This is par for the course, but the page repeatedly says it has “6-Bit” high-resolution display, but I’m pretty sure that it actually means 6 digit resolution; a 6-bit resolution would be rather useless :slight_smile: .

I'll try and do a mini review and post it when it arrives :)

So often I see reviews that aren’t tech reviews. People give 5 stars because the cell is cheap and arrived quickly in a sturdy package.
Some ad some technical information how great it is that their previous AAA cell was just 700 mAh and the new one 2000 mAh :slight_smile:

But you are right some people have tested a certain cell before they ordered at the Liitokala store.
But… those tests are only useful if the (rewrap) they bought is really what they tested before.
And that’s the core topic of this thread; are the cells at Liitokala as advertized? That can only be known by testing.

I can add my personal experience with the official store is good. Runtimes are as expected. But then, I bought only 2 different types of cells, so in no way I’m qualified to claim all cells they sell are great or that types I bought before are still a good deal because a rewrap can contain even a piece of wood :slight_smile:

I like the EBD-M05 device, the fact it can connect to a computer and obtain discharge graphs with adequate software makes it nifty. It would rock for it to have an Android app…

That’s mean!!!
I’m on a buying detox and now you post a gadget to feed my habit :slight_smile:
(10A max would make it even better)

Kewl, tnx! I found that thread last night, didn’t realise it was just on the can and not on the wrapper. :person_facepalming:

I ordered from that same link a few weeks back , they are not terrible

Not sure id want to try dragging 10C out of them but they seem perfectly happy at 10 or so amps