Who still ships 18650 rechargable batteries to Australia?

Batteries and Chargers Rechargeable Batteries
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HMMM wonder if it will be faster or slower to me in brisbane??

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Just received 4 Samsung 3500mAh 13A discharge INR18650 35E today from here,

https://liitokalahongkong.aliexpress.com/store/217753 (link is external)

Well packed and seem to be genuine, at least they are the same weight as other Samsungs I have, they have been on the charger for about two hours now at 0.5A charge and still sucking it up :smiley:

In the same order I got 8 Panasonic 3400mah 18650 NCR18650B which weigh about right as well, they arrived at 3.4v and will stay that way until the BLF-GT is about due to arrive here :wink:

Shipping through Bpost was slow, but hey they beat the Q8 :beer:

Cheers David

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How long did they take to arrive from China? Glad I stumbled across this thread. It is not easy finding AE sellers that sell genuine stuff!

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Mine were bought from this same store, 40 something days to arrive in Brazil, but sometimes shipping is unavailable, and when it comes back the shipping is usually more expensive than before. My 30Qs are legit, but my lii-35As might either be GAs (according to the product description), which they don’t sell without rewrapping, or 35Es (by actual product appearance) which they do sell without rewrapping

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Batteries I ordered from the Littokala AX shop took One month and three days to arrive from ordering recently. They shipped next day from placing the order.

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i got ripped off by the LittoKala Official Store on Aliexpress . and they wont talk to me about them not arriving after a second go at sending them to me . this is when freight to Aus was $3 for a pair of the new dark coloured 26650 50a just before freight went up to like $30 +

Dave

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As far as I know there's no “official” LiitoKala store in AliExpress; stores can change their store name anytime (?). Just because you call yourself “Butt-head” does not magically turn yourself into a butt-head. :-D

Cheers :-)

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So they sent the batteries twice, and both shipments didn’t arrive?? How long did you wait before contacting them?

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Ordered Sept 15 and arrived Oct 19, about 5 weeks.
They used Bpost for my order the tracking was not very up to date.

Cheers David

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Yes I can. I am a seller on Amazon. Global shipping. Shipping time is 7-14 days.Any one need assistance can feel free to contact me.

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I’ve had a look and cant find any batteries in your amazon store, can you provide a link please?

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can anyone tell me the best method of how to test a batteries continuos discharge amperage?

so for example i just recently received some sanyo 3500mah NCR18650GA and want to make sure they are what was advertised which is a discharge rate of 10amps

is it as simple as grabbing a multimeter setting it to amps an touching the terminals?

sorry if its a super noob question

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No, it is Not.

The continuous discharge rating is defined by the manufacturer, and it is quite complex to determine as many variables come into play for the determination.

If you want to check them perhaps you could check their mAh capacity by discharging them with an analysing charger.

Best Regards,

George

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Most of us will want to know where you got your Sanyo 3500mAh GA batteries from? :smiley:

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I got em from this aussie ebay store.

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/2x-Panasonic-NCR-18650-GA-3500mAh-Li-Ion-Rechargeable-Battery-GENUINE-FREE-CASE/302329541531?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&\_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

I also just yesterday received my Liitokala lii-500 engineer from gearbest, so i ran acapacity test and they came up at around 3300mah. have i been jipped? or is this a reasonable capacity for a 3500mah battery?

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I’ve just receive a couple I bought from Tech Around You in Melbourne recently - two NCR18650GA cells for $16, including postage.

https://www.techaroundyou.com/Vape-Batteries-Australia-Melbourne-Sydney-supply/Rechargeable-Batteries/Panasonic-Sanyo%20-NCR18650GA-3500mAh-Lithium-Li-Ion-battery

I can’t remember how long it took for the cells to arrive, but probably less than a week. The cells were packed individually in thin cardboard boxes, inside another thin cardboard box, in a padded bag.

I don’t know how to tell whether they’re legit, but my Opus BT-C3100 measured ~3,600mAh capacity. I haven’t used them yet.

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3600mah ?? looks like i know where im gunna be buying my next pair of sanyos!

cheers man

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DoNkEyConN, take a look at HKJ's test of the Panasonic/Sanyo NCR18650GA, the cell you got.

You didn't got jipped… unfortunately, even the big brands are to blame for overstating the official capacity figures (discharge at ≈0.2C so, in this case, we should look at the 0.5A and 1A curves). This is a 3200mAh class cell.

The Opus BT-C3100 is an analyzing charger known to overstate measured battery capacities. If you were to test skinny_tie's cells in your charger, DoNkEyConN, I am pretty sure the figures would be very close to the ones you already got.

Cheers :-)

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Thanks for that clarification Barkuti. These two cells were actually the first two I’ve ever tested, and I don’t have another charger or other NCR18650GAs to compare. I should also have mentioned that they were tested at 1A.

I’m working through all my cells, and just this morning a couple of Eneloop Pro AAs measured higher than than their rated capacity. I might need a Lii-500 too. :slight_smile:

I posted submitted my measurements before I saw DoNkEyConN’s, and I didn’t mean to suggest that there was anything wrong with the cells he had received. As both of our chargers are reporting something in the ballpark of the rated capacity I think we can feel confident that the cells are probably genuine, or at at least very usable fakes. :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the info Barkuti…

I got those last numbers using the fast test settings on the liitokala - lii 500. I did another capacity test using the NOR function and 500ma and the results were better than expected. all the cells were between 3450mah and 3550mah so pretty stoked.