exploding Li-ion batteries from Wicked Lasers?

[ixfd64]

Has anyone seen this thread on LPF? Pretty scary stuff, if you ask me.

 

[bshanahan14rulz]

Some newer arrivals are reporting to have shipped with orange MNKE 1400mAh IMR's.

Makes me think they tried to cheap out on a bad brand that claimed IMR, might have been just a bad battery.

 

[Athoul]

I've confirmed that batteries being shipped now are Sanyo UR18650A 2250mAh. These are much better then the greens that were first shipped.

 

[LuxLuthor]

What do you expect when buying crap, using a crap charger like that, next to a TV on a wood table? Fortunately, Mother Nature has a way of selecting out who's genes get passed on.

 

[mvyrmnd]

The charger looks like one of those awful DX cheapies. I had one of those, and it not only doesn't cut off when the charge is complete, it doesn't even slow down. I'm not surprised a nasty 1300mAh battery gave it up while in that deathtrap.