Is this a fake?

riverrat1

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Is this a surefire way to spot a fake Ultrafire 18650 3000?>>>
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Are you referring to the "3000mah" which I can't see in the picture?

If you're asking abut the capacity. It seems that 18650's limited to 2600-2800mah at the very most by the best cell companies. It's unlikely that Ultrafire has a true capacity of 3000mah and it's likely closer to 2200-2400mah.
 
That is probably real. I doubt anyone would clone these oversize, overrated cells. :D IIRC, they do get about 2.9Ah of capacity though at very low discharge currents. They're also way too big for many lights.
 
I think he was caught off guard by the claims of extended sheef-life.:D


Also, the now common, poorly translated Chinese to English.
 
Chinese doesnt seem to translate very well. The last time I ordered an LED light it showed up marked as HID Xenon Troch. wth is that?
 
Many Ultrafire cells have spelling errors. Why can't they just invest 5 minutes into using a spell checker?

Chinese doesnt seem to translate very well. The last time I ordered an LED light it showed up marked as HID Xenon Troch. wth is that?

You got a LED Maxabeam! HID Xenon = Xenon short-arc :nana:
 
Many Ultrafire cells have spelling errors. Why can't they just invest 5 minutes into using a spell checker?

you'll be shocked to know that this is the end result of feeding raw data to low-end spellcheckers.

A program is only as intelligent as its creator, and if its creator sized accuracy based on transliteration of enlish rather than actual english terms..then, yeah..sure doesn't put us asians in a good bargaining position as a trader on the international market now does it:laughing:
 
Having done a few semesters of Chinese at uni I can safely say its a wonder anyone with a character based first language can learn English.. It really makes you realize how simple a language can be.

With its illogical grammer rules, complicated tenses and influences from so many different backgrounds I doubt any of us could sit down and type a page of text with out making a dozen mistakes.

I would also be willing to bet that anyone with fluent English skills in China would be a relatively expensive person to employ.

**Disclaimer** Any spelling/grammar mistakes in this post... is purely to prove a point... :whistle:

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hey so if you have a Fake Ultrafire, does it work better than the real one :wave:
If you peeled off the label and see that they substituted a sanyo or matshusta cell in there, , , , :crackup:
 
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