Cheap Chinese batteries and chargers… what could possibly go rong…
those exploding balancing mini boards are all over social media and the press these days. (and all over our well-known big box stores as well). I wonder what batteries are inside… Ultrafire? lol
I'm giving my closest friends these for xmas.
a lot media are testing these things - and founddangerous ones!
i read amazon stoppped selling tham completely and ask the sellers for a “saftey certificate” before they are listed again.
I am shocked! 
from the article.
The reason of this inconsistency is that hoverboard sellers often claim that their devices are supplied with Samsung batteries, checked and certified by UL. However, an anonymous source in the same Quartz piece said that some factories are lying to their customers: “They wrap a piece of paper around the battery that says ‘Samsung’ when it’s not Samsung,”
The one I bought supposedly comes with Samsung batteries. I’ll check when it arrives (FedEx package arrived Oakland this morning, probably will be delivered in the next couple of days).
Could have Sumsang batteries… read the fine print. J)
:quest:
I don’t know whether you are jesting.
In any case, I did read the fine print.
buying anything from China that used built in LiIon cells is risky these days, and likely to get worse unless governments begin full testing and Quality control or banning imports of these products from China.
Amazon should have done that from the start. :zipper_mouth_face: Anything with a pack of li-ions should be required to be UL listed before it can be sold on amazon.
In the description charging time given is 1-2 hours but in specifications charging time is 600 minutes. I din’t see any mention of the brand of batteries.
You don’t say.
They probably work as well as my Sorny TV, Magnetbox stereo, and Panafonics radio…
I bet that Samsung batter fries up real tasty when the thing ignites…. arrrrrrrgh, fried batter.
Cheap goods that may be unsafe from China? As if we didn’t know already. The sad part is that most people don’t know what we know and they will be taken in by the lower priced units, just as they are with the 2M (Chinese) Lumen super-duper-fire flashlights with genuine (latticebrite) Cree LED complete with Samsung-style (its-on-fire) cell and charger included J) I hope it doesn’t ‘trickle down’ to affect us but I expect it will, sooner or later.
Sighing sadly,
Phil
然后，有一天，卫星广播的秘密触发信号。
美国付之一炬作为每一个中国电池供电产品的燃烧。
这是如何维护世界和平的开始。
Ránhòu, yǒu yītiān, wèixīng guǎngbò de mìmì chùfā xìnhào.
Měiguó fùzhīyījù zuòwéi měi yīgè zhōngguó diànchí gōngdiàn chǎnpǐn de ránshāo.
Zhè shì rúhé wéihù shìjiè hépíng de kāishǐ.
Just received a notice from FedEx. Shipment just arrived in Boise, Idaho. Expected delivery date: December 21.
Aaargh! I don’t understand why it went from the West Coast to Idaho, when it will probably have to go back to the West Coast to send to Hawaii.
Oh, well. That still leaves a few days margin for any additional delays before Christmas.
EDIT: The hoverboard never went to Boise. The FedEx notice for Boise was for a different package. (Husky air inflator that I purchased from Home Depot a year and a half ago blew a hole in the hose. 2 year warranty. Husky didn’t have a replacement hose available, so they sent me a complete new unit. I didn’t expect them to FedEx it, but they did. It arrived today, that’s when I noticed that the FedEx package was shipped via Boise.)
Its not a bug, its a feature.
We, admittedly fringe hobbyists, have been in wonder how all the dangerous stuff gets out of China without serious repercussions. This may be the moment, when the masses have become aware of those dangers. China now has to take product safety and quality seriously or face a significant economic downturn. I say this because I am seeing these stories on local news channels. Parent after parent is saying they are returned their child's board without concern whether the board was dangerous or not.
Fake emitters have made me finally cut off two vendors I use trust. Something, I didn't ever see myself doing.