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jasonandsarah

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Why didn't my last batteries say this on them?
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Khassy

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Probably because those are for battery packs/integrated use only and not for e-cigs?
 
jasonandsarah

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Mattp169 said:
this is a new warning label printed on LG and i think Samsung batteries
its the battery manufacturer's covering their asses in case of lawsuit and from the FDA trying to regulate the batteries as a tobacco product
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Ok thanks, this led me in a good direction to do a little reading. At first I was worried they only stamped this on "bad batches" or lower binned batteries.

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jasonandsarah

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So after this battery stuff earlier... like any sane person would do, I went and started reading about batteries and then I read a few other things about batteries, and then.... well you get the point lol

Anyways I read this write up about spotting fake batteries (rewraps) and they basically said to hold the positive side up to the light with a known "real" battery and check how reflective the insulator is. Now the batteries I bought from vapordna is my comparison thinking they should be real. But my problem is I'm not seeing any reflective shine from any of the 4 new hg2's. The article I read said the fakes would be overly reflective?
Any help would be greatly appreciated


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jasonandsarah

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Oh yeah I bought the batteries from imr batteries and they seemed to have good long standing reviews.

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jasonandsarah

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jasonandsarah said:
So after this battery stuff earlier... like any sane person would do, I went and started reading about batteries and then I read a few other things about batteries, and then.... well you get the point lol

Anyways I read this write up about spotting fake batteries (rewraps) and they basically said to hold the positive side up to the light with a known "real" battery and check how reflective the insulator is. Now the batteries I bought from vapordna is my comparison thinking they should be real. But my problem is I'm not seeing any reflective shine from any of the 4 new hg2's. The article I read said the fakes would be overly reflective?
Any help would be greatly appreciated


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Anyone? ^^^^^ I think the volts are going to high!

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Khassy

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Mattp169 said:
this is a new warning label printed on LG and i think Samsung batteries
its the battery manufacturer's covering their asses in case of lawsuit and from the FDA trying to regulate the batteries as a tobacco product
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Weird. I just checked and none of my recently-purchased Samsungs have it. I wonder why.
 
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Khassy said:
Weird. I just checked and none of my recently-purchased Samsungs have it. I wonder why.
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Only the high powered ones have it.
And they only started doing it late last year.
Might want to check the date codes on your batteries?

I was not aware that samsung was doing it, only LG as far as I know.
But then I am often wrong. Just ask my wife.
 
whiteowl84

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Anything from IMR and the other site I can't think of will be legit.
Vape sites are notorious for selling fakes.

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Rickajho

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nightshark said:
Yes, from what I've read if they have a matte finish and are not shiny they should be authentic.
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That has to be the weirdest thing I have ever heard regarding a test for battery authenticity. Do we have a "shiny scale" yet? :facepalm: I think mine are 70% matte so that must be pretty good.

If you want authentic batteries buy them from a reputablereuptable dealer that has been in the business for years, and only deals in batteries or batteries for vape gear. Not IMSchmuck3492 on eBay - who also wants to sell his 10 year old Kenmore washer. Needs a new belt.
 
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Rickajho said:
That has to be the weirdest thing I have ever heard regarding a test for battery authenticity. Do we have a "shiny scale" yet? :facepalm: I think mine are 70% matte so that must be pretty good.

If you want authentic batteries buy them from a reuptable dealer that has been in the business for years, and only deals in batteries or batteries for vape gear. Not IMSchmuck3492 on eBay - who also wants to sell his 10 year old Kenmore washer. Needs a new belt.
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Pretty much.


You can also just use the batteries. Should be pretty obvious.
To be 100% sure you don't look at the wrap, you take it off and look at the positive side. Mooch has pix somewhere.

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Train

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That was specific to a particular battery - don't recall which...
But it doesn't pertain to all batteries...

It may well have BEEN LG HG 2, which was faked quite a bit...but I'd go back to the source and see what battery it was talking about!

And I agree that both stores, VaporDNA and IMR would likely stand behind their product and replace if they don't seem authentic.
Legit vendors HAVE been "fooled" in the past - and made things right...

jasonandsarah said:
So after this battery stuff earlier... like any sane person would do, I went and started reading about batteries and then I read a few other things about batteries, and then.... well you get the point lol

Anyways I read this write up about spotting fake batteries (rewraps) and they basically said to hold the positive side up to the light with a known "real" battery and check how reflective the insulator is. Now the batteries I bought from vapordna is my comparison thinking they should be real. But my problem is I'm not seeing any reflective shine from any of the 4 new hg2's. The article I read said the fakes would be overly reflective?
Any help would be greatly appreciated


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jasonandsarah

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Rickajho said:
That has to be the weirdest thing I have ever heard regarding a test for battery authenticity. Do we have a "shiny scale" yet? :facepalm: I think mine are 70% matte so that must be pretty good.

If you want authentic batteries buy them from a reputablereuptable dealer that has been in the business for years, and only deals in batteries or batteries for vape gear. Not IMSchmuck3492 on eBay - who also wants to sell his 10 year old Kenmore washer. Needs a new belt.
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Well after reading these messages I wanted to find where it was that I read this and it was on liion.com
https://liionwholesale.com/blogs/re...116708676-lg-hg2-fake-batteries-on-the-market

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Carambrda

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The Cromwell said:
Only the high powered ones have it.
And they only started doing it late last year.
Might want to check the date codes on your batteries?

I was not aware that samsung was doing it, only LG as far as I know.
But then I am often wrong. Just ask my wife.
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Mooch said more brands have started doing it because they want nothing to do with us.
 
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