Of course, I had no way to know whether it was the real deal until I got home. While the top cap was blank, at least the bottom cap had the branding stamped into it. The wrapping sports their familiar black-and-yellow scheme. Generally speaking, I’ve had generally good things to say about Nitecore products, so I chose to buy the battery on the goodwill of the brand. However, it did claim a larger capacity than the Panasonic 3400mAh cells which were previously known to be the reigning capacity champion (although requiring extended charging/discharging voltage, if I recall correctly), while being protected for safety. The battery cost HK$108, or about AU$19, which is fairly pricey for an 18650. While never having handled a Nitecore battery package, I couldn’t tell for sure if it was real or fake, but decided to buy it anyway. After looking up the product online and finding this was a genuine claim, I decided to ask the shopkeeper to let me cautiously examine the package. I walked into a fairly decent looking hardware shop and found this Nitecore branded 18650 claiming 3500mAh. Unfortunately, for the unscrupulous, there are lots of fake and counterfeit items as well which might be hard to avoid at times.
This proved to be another spur of the moment buy while strolling through Apliu Street in Hong Kong on my recent trip – this is known as a flea market for various electronics and features a lot of variety and decent prices. Or, perhaps, getting the biggest (legitimate) 18650 that I could find. At times, the bundled cells aren’t the most capacious and might not give enough run-time to satisfy all needs, so getting another battery is a good idea. If you have a collection of flashlights, the temptation to buy higher capacity protected rechargeable Li-Ion batteries is quite strong.
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