Interesting, I haven’t used the Canadian company. Looks like shipping from illumn has gone up a lot since my last order, so it’s a bit more competitive to buy it in Canada now. Still more expensive (especially if you add the tax), but not super-expensive like so many other things.
Yep, lately everything has gone nuts as well as shipping rates, it seems like we always get the short end of the stick
no matter what we shop for in our country.
You have to make sure the store you buy from on AE is selling legit batteries, both in the past and right now. Not many do. I’ve got legit cells from AE in the past, but it’s not something I recommend unless there’s no other option.
Have any Australians purchased from Ecocell? https://ecocell.com.au/
Unfortunately my favourite Aussie li-ion retailer (supersports600) seems to not be selling unprotected batteries at the moment.
18650batterystore is pulling out of the Vapcell brand due to major quality control issues. Had a wee chat with them after my order of 159pcs K30 had 39pcs with high self discharge.
I was looking forward to this arriving at Illumn. Guess I’ll have to ask them about testing their shipment when it arrives.
Did you order Vapcell INR 18350 F14? I was also waiting for this to arrive at Illumn. If the QC isn’t good for their batteries, I might just order the old Vapcell 18350, M11 I think?
Illumn won’t be able to check their shipment when each battery has a plastic wrap covering the positive and negative.
Just the K30, but 18650BS are considering to discontinue stocking the entire range due to bad QC.
They first treated me like a newbie telling me that the discharged ones just needed a charge, but mentioned Mooch confirmed they had high self discharge and that he was looking into it, their response changed immediately to “sorry, and we have also noticed poor QC, and refunded me within minutes” haha
I also mentioned that some were as low as 2.08v and they responded saying it was due to shipping regulations and they ship at 30%. I was shocked at that response
Disappointing to hear as Vapcell has the M11 and F14 18350’s I’m interested in. Besides Keeppower I don’t think there’s anyone else making a competing product.
They have good prices on NCR18650GAs and have some interesting items. But when I tried to contact them, I didn’t get a reply which is a bad sign to me.
I think they generally are, but it’s easy to copy a wrap.
U.K.
Fogstar for batteries, they batch test and send out the cells in plastic tubes even if bulk buying. Deal mainly with high requirements for vaping, which fits our bill here very well indeed for the likes of the FW3 and Emisar lights we need to run.
Blog on fakes:
In a recent thread on here about Sofirn battery vent holes being rough around the edges and causing damage to someone’s connections, I can’t find it now, but it’s a classic example of seconds being sold as firsts.