Are both of these batteries legit?

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Clark Kent

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I know Efest has changed there design latley, although I only own a few, I really don't use them that often, as there are a ton of threds here that rip Efest batteries, not really up to their claims. They are overpriced reraps of unknown batteries. Others will probley chime in soon. I stick with Samsungs,Sonys,and LG. and only buy from places I know that don't sell clones.
 

EpicureanVaper

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I know Efest has changed there design latley, although I only own a few, I really don't use them that often, as there are a ton of threds here that rip Efest batteries, not really up to their claims. They are overpriced reraps of unknown batteries. Others will probley chime in soon. I stick with Samsungs,Sonys,and LG. and only buy from places I know that don't sell clones.
Surprisingly, these have been my best performing batteries to date.
 

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Fuel to the fire >_> <_<



Efest, IMren, MXJO, and several others you never know what battery they have re-wrapped, could be an LG HE2 from B or C quality bin that LG themself won't put their own wrapper on, or it could be a B or C bin Panasonic NCR18650B, the LG HE2 A Bin Spec is a 20amp CDR 2500mah, the Panasonic is a 10ish amp CDR 3400 Mah, yet the purple wrapper says 3000mah 35amp CDR????

You should be fine using them in that T8, but still for the price of one of those Efest, you could have got a pair or 2 pair of the authentic A Bin cells.

Check out @Mooch and @Baditude 's blogs, they got a lot of good battery info to guide you on a better purchase in the future, and FYI there is no true 35amp CDR battery on the market, max CDR rated battery is a 30amp.

Excellent Vendors for authentic batteries
Illumination Supply
Liion Wholesale
IMRBatteries
RTDVapor
Orbtronics

Currently the best brands are LG, Sony, and Samsung

LG HB6 (1500 true 30amp)
LG HG2 (3000mah 20amp)
LG HE2/HE4/HD2 (20amp)
Sony VTC5 (20amp)
Samsung 30Q (3000mah 20amp)
Samsung 25R (2500mah 20amp rough and tough workhorse)
Sony VTC4 (2100mah capable of doing 30amps, not a true 30amp, another workhorse like the 25R)
Sony VTC3 (1500mah true 30amp)
 

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My biggest thing is just the claim of an extra 100mAh on what seems to be the exact same battery.
That's not what bothers me about Efest...my rub is with them claiming 35A continuous on a cell that's probably 20A CDR at best and providing no form of testing or reasoning with how they reached their inflated drain numbers.
 

EpicureanVaper

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That's not what bothers me about Efest...my rub is with them claiming 35A continuous on a cell that's probably 20A CDR at best and providing no form of testing or reasoning with how they reached their inflated drain numbers.
Yeah, in the future I'll definitely lean toward cheaper more authentic batteries like LG's, Sony's, or Samsung's.
 
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