4 pcs protected NCR18650B (free international shipping and tracking number included) = 26US$ from Banggood (with mentioned discount code)
vs
4 pcs protected NCR18650BF (Registered Airmail via Sweden Post $2.05+) = 36.16US$ from Fasttech (with BLF discount code)
or
4 pcs unprotected NCR18650B (free international shipping and tracking number included) = 24US$ from Banggood (with mentioned discount code)
vs
4 pcs unprotected NCR18650BF (Registered Airmail via Sweden Post $2.08+) = 29.30US$ from Fasttech (with BLF discount code)
So, how about you provide some proof to your claims (like a link to a store where we could buy NCR18650BF for less than 6$(unprotected)/6.5$ (protected) with included free international shipping and tracking) or stop spamming the forum
I only bought cells once from GB. They seemed like genuine Samsung cells, but they came as 4 naked cells, packaged loose in one shared little ziplock bag.
This little bag was loose inside the regular padded shipping envelope, without any other means of protection.
One cell arrived dented. It took a hit from either the other items in the order, or the other cells.
For the safety of the mail and shipping systems, and myself, I will not order cells from GB again.
FastTech ships in bubble-wrapped 18650 plastic storage boxes and I never had an issue with these.
ME takes special precautions when shipping, never an issue there either.
BTW Ali E. has a good protection plan and if these prove to be fakes you will get your money back
so
i also have 2 Liitokala lii-500 on the way that measure the real mAh rating its the 1st thing i will do when they come BTW lii 500 is LE$$ THEN $24
BTW while i am newish to 18650 (only about 3 years) i am a long time purchasing agent and i find low prices
one possible reason is that with the newly released NCR18650GA @ 3500mAh the now old are being dumped in favor of the new
I am sorry if I am judging too soon but it looks to me like you work for that shop!
Anyway those prices are lowest I saw and that makes this cells a bit suspicious to me,
BG or GB or FT sales thousands and thousands of this cells (so they should have lowest
possible price) opposite to this seller that only has 159 sold items.
i agree this is the 1st time i am buying a BRAND name item made in Japan from China
i will be glad to post my finding when everything comes (could be weeks) BTW that amazing amazon deal i got must be all real ones in my use the NCR18650B @ 3400mAh really last 2x as long as the used laptop pulls of 2200mAh to 2600mAh used Sony Samsung LG and Sanyos
BTW i have about a 75% success rate with Ali about 15% the cheap stuff i buy is just that too cheap
and at least 10% are total lairs cheats and worse but all in all i do on with Ali E
and i never lost a claim yet and i usually get to keep the junk 1 time i needed to return the items (the LED lights i bought were very YELLOW and not Warm White
to start with all of the NCR18650BF have a charge of 3.66v
i am doing a long “NORM” test of the cells if i understand the ENGRISH instructions this mode charges discharges and then charges to give me the full mAh rating (i know that Li-ion do not need to be conditioned RIGHT??)
it also have a “FAST” testing mode
i am doing
1 300mAh 15mR 1 500mAh 16mR
1 700mAh 16mR 1 1000mAh 17mR & at 4.00v the mR was 15 it went from 3.66v - 4.24v in 1:40min and now its discharging
all 4 together are pulling only 16w on my power meter (seems like not a lot 2 cells in my i4 use 10w
OH and all the NCR18650BF have a mR (internal resistance aka iR) of 15-17
the charger and the 1000mAh 700mAh cells get warm but so does my Nitecore i4
so far the only thing i really do not like is that the Liitokala lii-500 charger while its got a great BIG screen it can only display info on 1 battery at a time there is no indication that bank #2 is done if its displaying another bank
the sale just ended they were $5.40 each
to each there own i prefer the NCR18650BF and get those for ~$3.86 for 20pcs
BTW the NCR18650BF are better then the NCR18650B