Test/Review of Keeppower IMR18650 3200mAh (Black) 2014

I guess we will never find out the truth about this battery.
Has it been proven there’s a Panasonic inside ??

LOL are you kidding me? ofc its Panasonic.

As you can see in the review I specify it contains a Panasonic cell.

This is because Keeppower has told me that it is a Panasonic cell and I do believe them.

I have not seen a manufacturer lying about the cell yet, they may hold information back, but they do not lie.

Thank you I now trust it is a panny and a good battery , of course.
Does it’s graph match the graph of an IMR battery ?

Try checking out HKJ's website in his signature to compare graphs yourself. I think you'll be very pleased.

Good Day, :slight_smile:

Does anyone know where we can buy these batteries from (preferably not from US as shipping is VERY Expensive)?….

Thank You Very Much,
George

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1674900

Good Day Dazed1, :slight_smile:

Thank You Very Much for the info…

Best Regards,
George

Neither of these batteries in the two links claims to be an
IMR cell. If it is IMR, why dont they say it at FT and BG. Is this battery in the keeppower shrink wrap
really an IMR cell. ? Is a hybrid properly called an IMR ?
I am confused by this label.
I can not be sure this keeppower battery is a BD ,
because no one else calls the BD an IMR.
Is anyone selling this keeppower branded Panasonic ??

LOL. Stop with this nonsense please. They are IMR cells - hybrids.

:smiley:

For this test, has anyone confirmed whether these are NCR18650 BE or NCR18650 BD?

They are of course NCR18650 BD

C’mon man, look at the posts above yours and do some research.

I'm confident that it's not the BE. Here's a review for the BE.

Here's some of the notable differences:

  • BD is thicker
  • different bottom plates
  • BE has more capacity up to 1A
  • BD has more capacity at 2A and up
  • datasheet for the BE limits current to 3.636A.

I'd hate to see what would happen at 20A.

Whoa, mate, you really need to get that stick out of your arse there.

I did look around and I couldn’t find conclusive evidence myself, thus the question.

But since your post, I went through Fasttech’s website again and compared their BD and BE cells. Their BD cells do look more like the Keeppower cells reviewed here. That leads me to my next question - is there a HKJ review in the works for the NCR18650BE cell?

I’m not very grateful for your foul use of derogatory phrases but I won’t take
offense from someone who themselves is spouting that amount of crap.

You are correct that there is no explicitly explained evidence that identifies the cell.
However, every scrap of information given tells us that this is a panasonic NRC18650BD cell.

The Basen test and this test have very similiar capacities at 3A. I still am not seeing these cells as BD…

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Hello, has it been confirmed what cell this is? Given the massive performance delta between these cells and the verified NCR18650BD ( Test/Review of Intl-outdoor NCR18650BD 3200mAh (Black) ), it can safely be assumed that these keeppowers are not NCR18650BD, correct?

Not necessarily. “Unprotected” vs. “Protected”…

The difference may be due to the “protection”.

To compare… Panasonic NCR18650B ‘unprotected’ vs. Panasonic NCR18650B ‘protected’ by Intl-outdoor

“Protection” is a great parasite. One more reason to avoid them at all costs.