I just received mine yesterday and I'm loving it. However, I did get the fake battteries. When I first opened the package I thought it was odd that one of the AW stickers was sideways on the battery but thought...oh well, must just have been put on wrong going through the factory. I just got home tonight and wanted to say how much I think of the LavaTube and I see this issue about knockoff batteries.
I still am enjoying the product but now I'm wondering if the batteries are not what they're suppose to be then how do we know if the quality of the tube itself is what they claim as well. I really hope that it's just a battery issue and not the devise itself that we may have issues with in the short term. I'm sure that Volcano and Lavatubes.com were not aware but the bottom line is that I work hard for my money and a big part of my decision in making this purchase was that they were selling a brand name quality battery with the Tube.
Hopefully, everything will work out ok for those that have made the purchase.