Exploded Ego-T questions

[Chronometron]

Hi all! So a buddy showed me pictures of where their week old ego t exploded while charging in their home. I looked at the exploded parts but did not see the joyetech logo on the battery itself. Do the joyetech ego t have joyetech written on the battery? How can I tell if its a knockoff? The only other info I have is that it was purchased in a local B&M. Thanks!

 

[klynnn]

There really have been very few battery explosions compared to the amount of batteries sold. Most times it is user error, Wrong chargers for wrong batteries. There are many threads on here about battery safety. Just do a search for battery university.

 

[Chronometron]

Thanks for the response. I really only wanted to try and figure out if its an actual joyetech battery, or a knockoff. I had read that ego batteries are often made by other companies, and was hoping to find out if there was a definitive way of telling. I was under the impression that the authentic joyetech batteries had joyetech written on them, but after searching for images tonight, the only battery I saw that had joyetech written on it was a pass through, which the exploded battery was not. Again, thanks for the help!

 

[Rin13]

Legit JoyeTech products do have the logo... but I've seen knockoffs that have Ego-t, Ego/etc on it...

 

[Chronometron]

Thanks! But it's late, I'm groggy and just to be 100% certain. When you say it does have the logo, you mean that the name "Joyetech" is written on the battery right? Because "Ego-T" is written on the battery, but there is no "Joyetech" written. Thank you for your patience!

 

[klynnn]

Actually when I first started I had joyetech batteries where the button stuck all the time. I got a knockoff and it worked better. My preference in that style of battery is the vision spinner. I have had no problems with my 1300 mah batteries. In China they do things a lot different than they do here. One factory may make many different batteries all with different names. I would depend more on reviews I read here from many different people than a name brand.

 

[Lessifer]

Actual joyetech egos will have the joyetech logo(looks like a C with three lines in the gap) on the flat metal part on the bottom of the battery.

 

[Chronometron]

Thank you! I will relay the message.

 

[Lessifer]

Thank you! I will relay the message.

No prob, thought someone should actually answer your question One thing though, unless the vendor said it was a "joyetech" ego, it's not really false advertising, everyone sells egos, but if a vendor is carrying actual joyetech ones they will usually tell you.

 

[Train2]

Best chance to ID Joyetech would be the end - see the pic for their logo in the metal.
I once got a "real" one and a knockoff of the same size/shape etc - and the knockoff said "Ego-T" with a TM next to it, while the real one did NOT have the TM. LOL.

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