Clone battery's

[markepants]

Just came across a guy on eBay selling clone Sony vt5 18650 battery's?
Surely a clone battery can't be safe? Can it?
I don't think I would trust them!
Any thoughts?


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[Elizabeth Baldwin]

Very unsafe! It's the same as a rewrapped battery! You have no idea about it's real safety and limits!

 

[Romano Cheese]

When there's a battery question, always tag @Mooch but from what I have read in most of his reports of rewrapped batteries, they are usually 20 Amp batteries.

 

[suprtrkr]

The problem with clones/rewraps is not they aren't good batteries; some of them may be. The problem is you can't know. If you don't buy a name-brand from a reputable dealer, the only way to tell what kind of capacity your battery has is to bench test it, something very few of us are equipped to do. My advice is to stay away.

 

[VHRB2014]

Tar and feather that dirt bag. You cant "clone" VTC`s.

 

[WharfRat1976]

You don't know what you are buying and if there is one thing you have to know what you are buying it's your battery. Go to RTD and buy some batterys. Well worth the price.

 

[Rabbit Slayer]

They could be safe, but why bother? You might save a dime or two compared to the real thing, but with an added risk factor of something going terribly wrong, benefit to reward doesn't add up, imo.

 

[ckquatt]

You don't know what you are buying and if there is one thing you have to know what you are buying it's your battery. Go to RTD and buy some batterys. Well worth the price.

This!

I bought a couple of 25r's yesterday! RTD is the only place I buy batteries!


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[GrantJamesHiller]

Would you buy uncooked chicken from a yard sale? It could be safe but you never know, right? I would never buy batteries that I wasn't 100% sure if they were safe. I've personally seen them explode and it is pretty scary. Luckily my employee threw it on the ground before he was hurt. It was a spinning ball of fire on the floor.

 

[markepants]

I'm surprised he can legally sell them?

 

[ckquatt]

I read the listing... Ridiculous!!!

I just typed in vtc5 clone in the eBay search bar for anyone who wants a laugh!


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[WattWick]

Does it matter what it's a "clone" of? The only thing you can be certain of is it's not a VTC5.

Go with authentic batteries from reputable vendors or risk having your face treated to an instant extreme makeover.

 

[leftyandsparky]

It happened to me 2 wks ago on ebay got a spinner 2 with protank mini and case with charger all for 25 thought that was a good deal until I got it now I know the battery is a clone and so is the tank. What ticks me off is the ad said "authentic" lesson learned

 

[r77r7r]

Does it matter what it's a "clone" of?

I think it does. Some people can only afford a cheap battery but want to show off a top of the line one to anyone that is looking.

This has been going on for awhile now.

Some do that here- over buy what they need just so they can say what they have. Vanity.