Preface: I typically do not order cells from China, almost exclusively from liionwholesale, and I have several of the gold Vapcell 14500 1000mAh’s in use and have been more than pleased with them.
The 11.11 sale from Vapcell on aliexpress was to good to pass up and I bought 2 pair, they arrived a few weeks ago between 3.2 and 3.6v and I charged them right away (at 300mAh charge rate).
I put one in a light immediately (and set the other 3 in my ready to use container) and the light gave me a low battery warning and totally shut down, including aux LED, within 48 hours. Now typically I get a few weeks out of the light before I decide to charge at around 3.3ish volts, before lvp has even started in (in truth I’ve never once seen lvp kick in on this light as I typically use it at very low power and replace the cell before necessary). Strange but ok. So I pull the cell and it’s reading 0.4v, I go to get another one of the same batch and it’s at 2.8v having sat unused, another is at 3.6v, this is < a week from being charged the first time!
Vapcell Dennis says it must be me cause they only use legit cells from big manufacturers but these 4 received no different treatment then the liionwholesale cells do.
What gives? Is it really my fault or does Vapcell just not want to have to refund me? Do note these 4 are flat top, all the liionwholesale ones I’ve ever got are button tops.
I will NEVER buy Chinese cells again, between the fake Banggood 30q’s and now these I’m zero for 8 on Chinese sourced cells in 2019! In the mean time what recourse do I take with these 4?