No code testing. Magnet is enough for me at this point. I’m having to spend more time with this than I really should be considering other life’s immediate needs. No disrespect meant and I appreciate your help. For some reason everything seems to hit at once when we are already too busy, so further checking doesn’t seem to be immediately required but I see your point. I can check a couple codes asap and post. Thanks again.
Well my legit died after a few times used. Screen did not display info so could not trust it.
Please buy my Olight intimidator, for just $20. You’ll receive an Ultrafire zoomie with “Olight Intimidator” written on it with a silver sharpie and a cough 5600mAh Ultrafire cell installed (on that I will write Olight as well no worries ;))
You must like that a lot! Getting what you pay for
I will avoid Nitecore since I found their own specs to be untrue on a genuine one.
Reading they do not show interest in these matters when it comes to fakes makes this decision seem more legit.
I’m starting to think like you are Miller, Nitecores validation site is not accessible for some reason. Either I have a virus or it is not available for some reason.
So what do you reckon my D4 is freeme, real or fake ?
My positive contacts do not attract a magnet but negative contacts & slider rails do ?
It passed the authentication code test & upon opening up the charger the components are labelled Nitecore ?
I can”t see it being anything but real due to passing the authentication code & having internal components labelled Nitecore but if that is the case how come my negative contacts & slider rails attract a magnet when Nitecore state that genuine chargers do not ?
I can’t speak for anyone else, but if I’m buying a knock-off, I want to know that it’s a knock-off. Give it a humorous name (Nortcore, Nitecar, Won Hung Lo, etc.) and shove it off the back of a truck in Shenzen market for all I care, just don’t lie to me about it being authentic.
+1 Yeah, that’s pretty much how I feel, too. We buy clones of clones of clones around here already. It’s just that the clones have their own name. A “fake” is not the same as a clone. It is a deception right from the start. I suppose most of us have heard the saying “no honor among thieves” at some time. That’s what I think about. Copying someone’s good idea is expected. Stealing their name is dirty.
This makes me laugh. Nitecore obviously have a problem with people copying their products. But sometime ago they or Niteye were blatantly copying the spy007 light. They didn’t seem to have a problem then.
FWIW
I recently bought their DigiCharger D-4. The validation code checks and says it is an authentic Nitecore product and it is correct in every way except that the power cord recipticle is square and not clipped in the two top corners as indicated in one of the early posts.
It is true for D4, D2, i4, i2. I have also tested on UM20 and UM10. My memory is faint for UM series, but I am 90% sure that they gave the same results too.
I recently ordered the UM10 and can confirm that the negative contact is magnetic whereas the positive contact is not (the verification code is also valid).
This thread made me a little nervous, since I just plugged my D4 in.
Haven’t taken it apart, but the AC-input socket, the spacing in the logo and the magnetic test is ok. The box is gone, and I didn’t know there was a validation code on it. But I’m pretty confident that it’s a genuine Nitecore product.
Thanks for this thread. I bought a nitecore i2 2014 version a year ago and never pondered if it was a fake charger. So just today I checked the validation code and it is authentic. I couldn’t get it to validate until I realized I was adding the spaces in the validation code.
I bought mine from EdisonBright® (notice the registered trademark at the end) via amazon. Here is the link.