I don’t have the package anymore but I can find the deal I bought it from and show it here.
I don’t have the package anymore but I can find the deal I bought it from and show it here.
Ali express skysper Co. Ltd. I bought it on 26.1.2014 for 23.70 usd
Just received my ebay charger and validation says code has been used year ago….
I've recently purchased 2 D4's from edisonbright on Ebay. Validation was authentic.
I did send message to seller and response was
Hey
Received this charger today. I have heard there is fake nitecores on the market so i did test this validation code. It was hidden under scratch film, so how code was used 03-01-2015……
New message from: love_dogs586 (6,781Green Star)
hi friend
Good day
Thank you for the message
we received the pictures which you send to me ,
the facotry tell me it was good one
it that working for you
Thanks
Just opened this charger and there is unbranded capasitors inside… so paypal dispute incoming
When did Nitecore start this validation code on box practice? [Ans - Dec 1, 2014]
My first Nitecore charger bought March 2015 didn’t have one, but the rails/positive terminals are nonmagnetic. Bogus or old stock?
Second Nitecore charger (with code) - “The Nitecore product you purchased is legitimate. Thank you.”
No nitecore capasitors inside. seller promised to refund half, but i’m not satisfied with half.
Had the genuine one here.
All the things were right
it failed on me, so I took a closer look.
Nitecore says the contacts and slide for the cells are made of copper and you can test that with a magnet.
I found these part were very light and had the same feel another really cheap charger I took apart had as well.
So I snapped 1 to look beneath the silver colored surface, only to see more silver colored metal, not the yellow or reddish yellow one would expect from copper.
My new batch of D4 arrived from a reputable source about a week ago. I did a quick magnet test for both and this was what I found.
Both positive contact plates and slider rails of a real Nitecore D4 charger do not attract magnet. As for the fake charger, every single metallic parts that you see inside the charging bay will attract magnet. More info will be updated in OP soon.
Well after my previous post here I broke off another piece of the genuine Nitecore D4 , not magnetic but again silver color no yellow or reddish yellow one would expect from the copper Nitecore says is used
Seems alu to me, do how real are even the genuine?
Can you link to where Nitecore says that these parts are copper?
It’s in the pic in the OP where they explain to use a magnet
Sure enough, it is. Thanks!
From the photos I can see that the positive contacts have different shapes.
That’s a good point, but I’d prefer to stick to the manufacturer’s guide for identifying fakes. For example Nitecore could use more than one shape depending on supply. They’ve already specifically listed many clues.
Odd thought — I was talking to some contractors about tools, and they said that it’s common for brand name manufacturers (talking power tools now, saws, drills and such) to have several apparently identical production runs of different quality that go to different resellers. One specific mentioned was steel gears for the quality line, and plastic gears for the Home Depot cheapy line. Others chimed in saying everything at Home Depot is seconds or cheap versions of things you can find better made elsewhere.
Not to nail Home Depot per se, but to point out that it could well be the same place and the same people are making Nitecore and Nerdcrap, on different shifts, for different wholesalers. Could be these aren’t “counterfeit” except that the Nerdcrap innards got put into the Nitecore boxes by someone who figured out how to get more for his money, er, more of your money for his money.
So far I’ve seen a lot of analysis of the new batch of fakes but after 3 weeks, the OP has still not told us who sold them. Only that they have 100% positive feedback. Well that certainly helps narrow it down. Has OP been instructed to not reveal the name lest (s)he face legal consequences?
Kudos to the several other people who’ve posted in the thread with names of sellers both fake and legit.
any comments about the Nitecore 18350 batteries? In HKJ’s test, he purchased them from Fasttech, but there is no mention of Sysmax nor Nitecore on packaging and battery wrap.
Good point. Freeme,please identify “this new store” that “had positive ratings with 100% ”good”
Where were these ratings posted, Amazon? Ebay? Somewhere else?
That’s 100 percent out of how many total reviews? And over what period of time?
And is there anybody who can corfirm my findings that the contact points for the cells are not looking like copper?
Nitecore claims they are but they look nothing like copper on the inside, more aluminium in color nd alu also does not attract magnets
I find this disturbing, Nitecore is supposed to be an A brand but if they do not provide correct info on this I have to write them off.
I did check it by breaking the contacts for both the + and - side for cells in half.
And then look at the metal.
If you have a broken down charger, please do the same.