Is my Vision Spinner minni Fake? Is Vapros = Vision?

[Cafijn]

So I bought my first Battery which is called Vision Spinner X.Fir 2 Minni 850 mAh. It has ony a "XFir" Logo on it and on the official Vision website you wont find any battery with that logo. Insted the batteries there have the logo "Vapro" on there... So I am wondering if Vapro is actually = Vision??

Amazon Link of my battery:
amazon(dot)de/gp/product/B00OKMN1EQ/ref=s9_simh_gw_p364_d0_i1?pf_rd_m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=1NM6T6ZBTFJB8YS2HA1Z&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=455353687&pf_rd_i=301128

Vision Website:
visionecigarette(dot)com/e-cigarette/E_cig_Battery/2014/0625/25.html

Remove (dot) for the links as I am a new user and cant post links

 

[djsvapour]

X.fir and Vapros are Vision brands.

The trouble will be they are cloned almost more than any other battery.... and sold on ebay and Amazon.

You might be lucky.... if it works, be happy... no doubt it was a good price.

 

[2pksAday]

I'm far from being an expert..especially when it comes to clones, being that I'm still new to all of this myself, but after doing a very brief google search, it would appear that the x.Fir is indeed a clone...or 'knock-off'
The two vapor sites that immediately came up were cigabuy & vaporider and both CLEARLY label this x.Fir as a clone. The word 'clone' even shows up on the url.

$9.12 $10.13 - Vision Mini X. Fire Spinner 2 Clone 850mAh 3.3v to 4.8v Battery - Cigabuy

https://www.vaporider.net/product/vision-spinner-2-x-fire-850-mah-vv-battery-clone/

 

[Cafijn]

hmm too bad it is that easy to get clones... there isn't really anything to prevent that really, or is there? =/ Also those people on amazon might make some good money from it actually...

 

[2pksAday]

Unfortunately, other sites such as Amazon, especially their Marketplace, very rarely reveal whether the product is a clone or not.

I personally appreciate it when a seller or company is upfront and very clear on whether a particular product that they are selling is a clone or not (as these two companies up here appear to have done)..
I would be extremely irritated if I purchased something that I THOUGHT was genuine, only to find out later it is was a fake...especially if the company selling the product didn't reveal this is their description. To me, that's just deceptive and fraudulent.

 

[diabolique]

Your Vision Spinner Battery should have an authenticity code on the box it came in and you can verify its authenticity code on the vision website.

 

[2pksAday]

there isn't really anything to prevent that really, or is there?

YES, there is...as the consumer, we need to do our homework prior to making these kinds of purchases. It took me less than 5 minutes to google up the info on whether this was a clone or not. Knowing that is IS a clone, that same consumer can then decide on whether or not they want to continue with the purchase and take the chance that it may not work as well as the genuine product.

 

[2pksAday]

I'm not too familiar with Vision per say, but I do know that Aspire have the same authenticity code in the form of a scratch off on the backs of their packages.
FYI: Their Aspire CE5 BDC Clearomizers are cloned frequently as it looks pretty much like any other CE5 or CE4 product.
The different though with the Aspire CE5 is that they have imprinted the words 'Aspire BDC' right above the removable base hardware. Generic CE4's and CE5's do not have any imprinted logo anywhere on the clearomizer.

 

[djsvapour]

I'm far from being an expert..especially when it comes to clones, being that I'm still new to all of this myself, but after doing a very brief google search, it would appear that the x.Fir is indeed a clone...or 'knock-off'

That is not exactly true. Vision do make some X.fir products.

 

[Cafijn]

Unfortunately, other sites such as Amazon, especially their Marketplace, very rarely reveal whether the product is a clone or not.

I personally appreciate it when a seller or company is upfront and very clear on whether a particular product that they are selling is a clone or not (as these two companies up here appear to have done)..
I would be extremely irritated if I purchased something that I THOUGHT was genuine, only to find out later it is was a fake...especially if the company selling the product didn't reveal this is their description. To me, that's just deceptive and fraudulent.

I second that!

 

[Cafijn]

I'm not too familiar with Vision per say, but I do know that Aspire have the same authenticity code in the form of a scratch off on the backs of their packages.
FYI: Their Aspire CE5 BDC Clearomizers are cloned frequently as it looks pretty much like any other CE5 or CE4 product.
The different though with the Aspire CE5 is that they have imprinted the words 'Aspire BDC' right above the removable base hardware. Generic CE4's and CE5's do not have any imprinted logo anywhere on the clearomizer.

Yes, my product has the scratch off on the back of the package... thank you very much, now I know I dont have a Fake version =)

 

[Cafijn]

ah posted in the wrong thread, so I edited it...