[quote=Tete]
Thanks for the input! I got 4 Keeppower 14500's from Doingoutdoor a while back, mainly because of HKJ's praise in his review... Should have known better, they seemed too cheap for Sanyo-cells.. :( And now you can get them for $ 3,90 a piece from CNQ... :~ Our local dealer, Akkula.fi, seems to have both, €5,30 for DLG and €7,50 for Sanyo...
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Your dealer should be well aware of what batteries they bought. When we bought KeepPower batteries we were asked to specify which internal cell. There are two for the KP14500, either DLG or Sanyo. If your dealer sold you DLG as Sanyo then it's their fault, not KeepPower's. We are well aware of what is inside the KeepPower batteries we sell and label them clearly in our listings. If a dealer did not do his own research or purposely writes vague or incorrect listings, it is no one's fault but their own.
[quote=MRTdiver]
[quote=HKJ]
Keeppower will take any cell and put a wrap around, it basically depends on what is ordered from the dealer.
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yeah this is what I learned. Here's a straight from the horse's mouth...
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This is a misunderstanding. KeepPower labels batteries for many people. The statement "KeepPower will take any cell and put a wrap around, it basically depends on what is ordered from the dealer" means that KeepPower takes whatever battery the dealer or maker SPECIFIES, and wraps it AS INSTRUCTED. It does not mean KeepPower wraps whatever batteries they get their hands on and sells them as something else.
We carry a large selection of KeepPower batteries and all the cells are as we specified, we have found no indication that KeepPower lies about what cells they place on the inside.
As for my thoughts on the "Cell and Protection made in Japan", it's a possibility a batch was mislabeled, but ultimately the dealer or person who SOLD you the batteries should have been aware of what was inside the cell since they specified it themselves.
We take the quality and legitimacy of the products we carry very seriously. If we find a manufacturer has lied about their products we do NOT sell them.
EDIT: I should clarify. There exists two different KeepPower 14500s, one with a Sanyo internal cell and one with a DLG internal cell, this is not a secret. They are not claimed to be the same product. Retailers specify which KP14500 they want.