Your thread listing is misleading, it makes it sound like you have had confirmation by Nitecore that this charger is Fake, but then I read through the thread and it seems that all you got was an automated response.
To call out BangGood without being 100% positive of this is not wise.
Just because the guys NiMh batteries got hot does not make the charger defective. Maybe the batteries have issues.
Maybe the charger does not like the resistance of the batteries.
The guy who says he had hot batteries did not note voltage readings, just stated the issue with the “code”
Too little solid info at this junction IMHO to call out the dogs.
Thanks,
The second time i tried to validate the same code i got :
“The code has been verified at 25-02-2015 06:02 and it is invalid. Please contact 400 886 9828 for assistance concerning this matter. Thank you.”
So i think there is a problem with Nitecore site/validation logic.
Hi Keith, l bought my charger from BG, when I entered my code, first time, it told me the code had been verified and was invalid. It was then that I changed the title of my thread.
The thread is not misleading at all! It is also quite serious especially if people are getting very hot cells from their chargers that then turn out to be fakes.
For all those who say the validation system is crap, It may well be, it looks like it. But what worries me more is than no has mentioned it, meaning, I guess, that no one has checked. Which also renders the system pretty useless.
@banggood, may I suggest you contact Nitecore immediately for a response or some kind of explanation.
@Marcl - I have an email to Sysmax about this so that they can respond directly. I do have to agree with others here that the phrasing of your title is just wrong without having an actual conversation with Sysmax. You should change it until you get actual confirmation from Sysmax - it is afterall only proper etiquette.
FYI - Their validation system does NOT work with any of their D-series and only some of the I-series 2014's. As I have stated before, I have several. To me it is pointless if the charger is working properly. If you think your charger is not working properly then that too requires an email to Sysmax.
@ I will change the title. But you have to understand when a company like Nitecore set up a system like that, I use the system to check my product, to be told the code is invalid, at the first time of entering. To that is conformation from Nitecore afterall it’s their website. I felt I was right to post here in such a way.
This is how XTARs works. If the fake has a legit number, and is verified prior to the genuine item, the fake will appear to the buyer as legit, and the genuine item will appear as invalid. I would assume the key is that the numbers are not consecutive, and therefore it would be less likely a number used by fakes would be unused, or in the XTAR/NITECORE system as a released number.
Its unlikely they use consecutive numbers, or that every possible number is in their system. A block of numbers, however selected, would be released with stock and the stickers applied to them. No other unused numbers would exist in the system. I could be wrong though.
Banggood may or may not be selling fakes. It could be someone has predicted some numbers and Banggood just happens to be selling the legit unit. Again, I could be wrong though.
without being able to identify circuit components and engineering like layout etc, it might be near impossible to tell them apart with some fakes. Others will stand out… Depends how committed people are. Worth noting there are definite fakes that are almost as good as the originals round here but a lot cheaper, generally they are referred to as clones.
