Efest battery authenticity? Maybe somebody here can confirm.

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So I bought these batteries at the local gas station/B&M. Didn't know anything about batteries at that point.


Now I am labeling them last night, making sure I don't screw up which Efest batteries have which amp limit. (Just got some 1600 mAh 30amps).


I thought these were 10 amp, but the more I look, the more I realize they don't look exactly like the 2000mah efest batteries you see on vape sites. The only place I could find them was Alibaba.


The real ones just say "Rechargable Battery" and don't have a bar code. But I'm wondering if these are just a newer or older run. Can anyone confirm or deny? Also, I have an email into Efest attaching these pics. Hopefully they'll get back to me.



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I have not received my Efest IMR 18650 batteries yet in the mail, so I cant confirm if you have 'authentic' Efest or not.

The only thing I do know is that the Efest IMR-1860 (2000 mAh / Li-Mn) battery is indeed a 10 amp model.

The Efest IMR-1860 (1600 mAh / Li-Mn) battery is a 30 amp model.
 
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The only thing I do know is that the Efest IMR-1860 (2000 mAh / Li-Mn) battery is indeed a 10 amp model.

That's my worry. 10 amp is fine, but I want to know for sure it's actually a real Efest with the 10 amp limit and not some knockoff with like a 7 amp limit or something.
 

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That's my worry. 10 amp is fine, but I want to know for sure it's actually a real Efest with the 10 amp limit and not some knockoff with like a 7 amp limit or something.

Those labels look really good. If they are a fake someone worked very hard. If you are using an APV and not a mechanical mod they should be OK. Watch and see if they get warm to hot. It is hard enough getting good stuff without all this trickery going on.
 

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Those labels look really good. If they are a fake someone worked very hard. If you are using an APV and not a mechanical mod they should be OK. Watch and see if they get warm to hot. It is hard enough getting good stuff without all this trickery going on.

Yeah, I'm using them in a mech. That's why I'm worried. I mean, I'm running 1.05Ω, so amperage isn't an issue. I just want to make 100% sure I know what I have.
 

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I got the same ones from Amazon.com. They also have the "High Drain Rechargeable Battery" on the label.
From the EFEST site, the pic on the banner (see attached photo 1) also has the writing "High Drain Rechargeable Battery"....on the actual product page, the battery has the text "Rechargeable Battery" (see attached pic 2). Looks like they have more than one label. fWIW, my batteries came in efest boxes. I wouldn't expect that someone trying to knock off these batteries wouldn't go to that level of detail for such a low cost item to not only clone the battery label, but the box as well.

Please let us know what EFest says though, since now I'm curious as well
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