I realize I could have posted this in 'batteries and Chargers' but thought it might be good for new vapers to see the thread without having to search elsewhere.
Well it looks like I probably got a fake AW IMR 18350 today. As you can see, its a flat-top, and every reliable source here on ECF have said AW do not yet make a flat-top IMR battery (to their knowledge).
While in the B&M shop where I bought it, I was a little suspicious to see all the AW batteries in Joyetech boxes. I thought to myself, hmm... I don't recall hearing of AW having any association with Joyetech.
The owner seems like a decent guy but only a hired staff woman was present when I got it. Like I said, the owner seems decent but I don't really know him well; however, for what its worth, my wife and I have socialized many times with his mother.
Anyway, if it's fake, I rather doubt the owner realizes it. He's not a vaper himself and the e-cig gear he sells, much of it very good, is only a growing sideline within his computer repair shop. He's the only shop in my town that sells vape gear and he's wanting to expand the line much further.
Depending on what the vets here say, I will likely be returning it and hopefully warn him to protect the credibility of his business.
Well it looks like I probably got a fake AW IMR 18350 today. As you can see, its a flat-top, and every reliable source here on ECF have said AW do not yet make a flat-top IMR battery (to their knowledge).

While in the B&M shop where I bought it, I was a little suspicious to see all the AW batteries in Joyetech boxes. I thought to myself, hmm... I don't recall hearing of AW having any association with Joyetech.
The owner seems like a decent guy but only a hired staff woman was present when I got it. Like I said, the owner seems decent but I don't really know him well; however, for what its worth, my wife and I have socialized many times with his mother.
Anyway, if it's fake, I rather doubt the owner realizes it. He's not a vaper himself and the e-cig gear he sells, much of it very good, is only a growing sideline within his computer repair shop. He's the only shop in my town that sells vape gear and he's wanting to expand the line much further.
Depending on what the vets here say, I will likely be returning it and hopefully warn him to protect the credibility of his business.