Ok so this guy now says they are ultrafire. I don’t know because of the language problems. I sent him an e-mail and will update this and let everyone know.
I’m sure these are pulls and will be hit and miss. However, for this price I gave them a shot. I have enough flashlights now that take single 18650’s, plus a multi-meter to check them with so I figured why not.
I suppose that as long as they are checked out and matching they would also be ok for multi-cell flashlight. I will be using them only in single cell lights that have protected drivers though just to be extra safe. Plus of course I will check them before and after charging. I’m sure they would be fine in flashlights like the Sky Ray Kings as well.
No paypal but credit cards are just as easy to do a charge back on and the protection is longer than 45 days. Plus with aliexpress the money goes into an escrow and isn’t paid to the seller until you take delivery and approve of the sale.
Yep they are red with light blue rings on the tops. I have seen the light blue rings on many of the unprotected Sanyo’s that are high quality. They are used in battery packs and laptops things like that.
Buying these is still a risk though. It’s hard to tell if they have been used or how old they are. The only thing for sure is that they were high quality cells to start with. Unlike most of the ….fire batteries what could be anything under the wrappers.
I just ordered so I will be able to tell you in about 4 weeks. Right now I’m just hoping for the best. But they do look good and all the signs point to quality cells.
I ordered some cells from another aliexpress seller and wish I had bought more. They were long gone by the time mine showed up to get tested. I figured I would share the sale before it gets changed. Even from aliexpress this is by far the cheapest I have seen them.
Looking at the pics in the link under product details, 1st pic, 3rd battery to the right: the date code appears to be O37C… at least to my eyes. So these appear to be 37st week of 2010, which would be 1st week in October, 2010. If Im right about the code and the dates in the pics are representative of the actual items being sold, and the cells have been stored in a cool dry place without moisture, these should still be good.
From this example:
L37A is their production date code.
K=2006
L=2007
M=2008
N=2009
O=2010
P=2011
37=produced in the 37th week
