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I wouldn't have thought so. IMR are a pretty decent manufacturer of own brand batteries, so wouldn't make sense to sell fakes. I bought these from a random supplier on DHgate as they were so cheap. Cheap for a reason...

Timothy Watson Wa yep

Yellow one was alright, but those two brown corrupted it eventually

You have to take that silly sticker off that the Chinese put on there and look at the font size of the lettering also. If the Chinese put the sticker on the battery then guess what? They made the battery as well.

Randy4me normally no actually. They buy old bulk cells. Made from literally anywhere. Whatever is cheapest. Remove the wraps and put on their own. With fake specs or they copy popular battery wraps like the hg2.

For real?

Ed.89 seller? He sells mostly fake cells

@@sunitadhyani1013 his feedback says otherwise. My batteries has performed flawless in high drain flashlights, astrolux s43s and astrolux ec01.

@@vectraB97 all his buyers have no idea, you may have luck to get a real one, but most buyers get happy when they see their battery matching rated capacity. They don't check if they are genuinely high drain. I got a fake Samsung 40t from him. Rest is up to you, don't take chance with batteries just got sake of cheap prices, have a nice day bro. I actually received genuine cell too from him, but it depends from cell to cell

@@sunitadhyani1013 I also bought a Samsung 40t 21700 from this seller. It didn't give me any issues. Performance has been great. But I wouldn't use batteries from eBay sellers on vape/e-cigarett. These are not waterproof flashlights so a potential battery venting wouldn't create enormous pressure inside the flashlight housing.

@@vectraB97 did you test your 40t internal resistance?

IMR is legit, Li-ionwholesale is great too.

Cody Taylor the flat side is negative and the other side is positive

Also, don't forget that if the pvc wrapper on the battery is torn or shows the metal battery in patches or scrapes you are looking at the negative as well. The entire battery except for the very tip of the battery is negative. Very important to not use batteries with shoddy wraps, torn wraps, etc.

Yep, also ones that have a red tint to them are fake as well.

Pat Doherty how can you tell?

So they are not necessarily both fake, but it is very likely. LG Chem only sells cells to OEMs, and on top of that they have to approve any project that the OEM will be using them for which is quite a lengthy process, and to continue doing business with them you need to submit regular reports proving you are actually doing with them what you say you are, otherwise they will stop doing business with you and possibly sue. LG Chem does not sell batteries to individuals or re sellers. Which means the only way they are real is if someone is breaking their contract with LG Chem in which case they wont be in business for long. The same is true for Samsung, and Sony hasnt produced an 18650 cell since 2012 so all those are fake too (it is possible there is some old stock around) Pretty much the only cell you can reliably get from a reputable manufacturer is an a123, which has way lower ratings than anything else you'll see because they rate their cells realistically.

Sorry, but most vape shops are clueless. If you use that as your defense against fakes you are in trouble already. The only thing they know is their profit margin. Can't tell you how many shops are pushing fakes and get angry with you for simply trying to help them understand what obvious signs of fakes to look for.... or just informing them of a website like batterybros who try to inform. It's about trying to help everyone stay safe, not your ego.