Pneumatic switch failure

[Kate]

Yep, Mike is a star. You still haven't posted a picture of him for us Leaford, don't forget

[greenie]

Interesting update
Now it has been about week and 2 days after I got the mini. I replaced my first battery 2 days after.. it was not holding charge and flashed just after few puffs off the charger.. I charged it for 12 hours but it was useless..
After another 5-6 days of usage both batteries failed, one with the pneumatic switch failing and the other like the first one - no charge holding and very weak smoke.
Luckily the e-cig.bg reseller grants 1 year guarantee so they exchange failed batteries without problems.
Today I replaced both batteries, gone to work and put the first on the charger. After about 6 hours I had to go home so I took the charger and the batt out of the wall. I was going to put it on charge at home for some extra hours .
At this point I noticed that the battery looks strange. It does not have the tiny stripes imitating real cigar, plain white and its not glossy but mat. The original one are little yellowish but this is plain white. It also does not have SLB mark at the bottom as explained Here.

Are these fake? anyone noticed such batteries?

yes yes and yes

My 801 battery does the very thing you discribe and so did one of my 901s. I've been nursing the 801 until my 808 pass through gets here.

EST batteries seem to be the good ones, that said I just killed one of them trying to fix it. lol.

It looks like VK sells the same ones as EST. Now in my unprofessional layman's terms they 'feel real' and not like a plastic toy.

Fake is a pretty good word for the products I've had in my hand lately.