..., are these batteries for real?

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Rickajho

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A Google search on that battery turns up a whopping six results, one of which is the eBay seller and the rest are in some context of dubious looking power tool sites. If you can't research the battery you can't tell a damned thing about it. Strongly suggest you look for something else, and not on eBay either.
 

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i already have 6 of those panasonic pfs with the 10amp limit.

I have a 4 aw's on the way from rtd and have a few batteries from that ebay sellers on the way as well. The specs on this lg battery just looks so damn nice.

So, it's not that I need this battery. It's more of a "I WANT THIS" type of thing. Some people have an obsession for tanks. Some have obsessions for drip tips. Some have em for mods. I have this obsession for batteries...

idk why. I know little to nothing about batteries other than what the initial advertisement says. I just always thought having stacks of batteries neatly displayed on your desk looked cool.
 

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LG opened a USA battery production plant. There was kind of a stink about it due to timing issues and grants. But....it is open now and due to make Li-Ion batteries.

I'm wondering if there isn't more to come from them. I hope they turn out to be good batteries.

Can't comment on quality, but have no reason to doubt them either. Time will tell.
 

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A Google search on that battery turns up a whopping six results, one of which is the eBay seller and the rest are in some context of dubious looking power tool sites. If you can't research the battery you can't tell a damned thing about it. Strongly suggest you look for something else, and not on eBay either.

I can't "like" this enough. If I can't find a manufacturer spec sheet or test data, I'm moving on. Especially with fleabay.

If it's legit, I'm sure one of our approved vendors will be carrying them soon.
 

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I thought the OP was talking about 30 amp batteries.

yeah i was but the 2nd or 3rd poster told me to search panasonic 2900mah batteries. So I thought he was telling me to go buy the panasonic pf batteries and I replied to him and said I already have enough of those.

edit: , I was originally asking about the 30amp lgs. I don't think there's any good info out there on the web about this battery so I will approach this one with caution. I doubt they will be bad though.
 
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A 2500 mAh 18650 high drain battery with a 30 amp continuous discharge rate sounds too good to be true.

At least at this stage of the game. I'm sure that someone is soon to come out with a higher capacity high drain battery, but right now I think the big kid on the playground is the Sony 18650VTC4 - 30A and 2100 mAh capacity...
 

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LG opened a USA battery production plant. There was kind of a stink about it due to timing issues and grants. But....it is open now and due to make Li-Ion batteries.

I'm wondering if there isn't more to come from them. I hope they turn out to be good batteries.

Can't comment on quality, but have no reason to doubt them either. Time will tell.

Lot's of mentions on the web about LG cell phone batteries. Lot's of mentions on the web about that Michigan plant - making new technology specialty batteries that will be actually flexible and can even get wet without consequences. No mentions at all about that plant - or any other LG plant - making stock 18650 batteries for resale. Anyone can shrink wrap a battery to say anything. So...

Oh, and C rating - totally unknown.
 

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i already have 6 of those panasonic pfs with the 10amp limit.

I have a 4 aw's on the way from rtd and have a few batteries from that ebay sellers on the way as well. The specs on this lg battery just looks so damn nice.

So, it's not that I need this battery. It's more of a "I WANT THIS" type of thing. Some people have an obsession for tanks. Some have obsessions for drip tips. Some have em for mods. I have this obsession for batteries...

idk why. I know little to nothing about batteries other than what the initial advertisement says. I just always thought having stacks of batteries neatly displayed on your desk looked cool.

The more batteries you rotate, the longer you can go before having to replace them. I've been rotating 4 AW 18650 2000mah lMRs for over a year and a half and they all still go from early morning until way after supper before I have to change.
 

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yeah i was but the 2nd or 3rd poster told me to search panasonic 2900mah batteries. So I thought he was telling me to go buy the panasonic pf batteries and I replied to him and said I already have enough of those.

edit: , I was originally asking about the 30amp lgs. I don't think there's any good info out there on the web about this battery so I will approach this one with caution. I doubt they will be bad though.

Thanks for clearing that up for me. I should pay more attention to what I read.
 
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