What do I have here? Just more Ultrafire crap?

[Tmack]

Looks like a 16340 in a sleeve to me.

 

[bshanahan14rulz]

This is an actual 18650 cell. Certified refurb, guaranteed to be cylindrical! 100% qualities! Here we work very hard to test each individual battery for usability. Is round? Can put sticker?
http://static.businessinsider.com/image/51390301ecad04913c000037/image.jpg

@Tmack, you are recalling a very small LiPo pouch, like the ones used for RC helicopters, stuffed inside an 18650-sized roll of plastic. Some folks even find e-cig cylindrical pouched cells inside 18650 sized tube. At least pouch cells have better discharge characteristics compared to LiCo of similar size. Although, comparing an ICR18650 with a tiny RC Helicopter LiPo pouch isn't quite a valid comparison. At least they don't have a sealed steel tube to fragment when it blows. You can't say they aren't looking out for our safety

I don't know if any name-brands make 16340 that is available to us as hobbyists, but I've seen sanyo 16650 and 14500 (although folks informed me that a lot of them came from NOS batches, still, better than *fire)

 

[Tmack]

I get efest 16340 imr.

I consider that name brand.............. Right? (shrug)

 

[TEEJ]

OMG, I love that pic Bshanahan!

Used cells piled up all the way to the windows....gotta love it.

 

[oKtosiTe]

I'm as amused as I am worried. So glad I did a lot of research before getting my first Li-ion flashlight.

 

[välineurheilija]

Well many say if it ends in fire you keep away.

Except Surefire of course

 

[Swedpat]

This is just ridiculous! And it makes me even stronger in my standpoint: the only Fire I will ever have is SUREFIRE!

 

[TEEJ]

One clue as to the bogus nature of a cell is the claimed mah, as there are several std mah ratings, so 2400, 2600, 2900, 3100, 3400 and now, some 3600 mah cells.

When you see a mah above or below the standard mah's, it typically means a marketing attempt to appear to be "better" than a standard cell...so if the cell claims 3,000 mah, 2,800 mah, or 4,000 mah, etc, that SHOULD BE a large red flag as to its bogusness.