fake Samsung 25r?

[CoilinTrouble]

Yeah ppl just want VTC5 's for the 30 amp continuous rating...but really do you need to go below .21Ω in a mech? Get a regulated mod like the sigelei 150 and then you can do .15Ω with your samsungs...

 

[jwleonhart]

Is there truly any real difference between a vtc4 and 25r? Why did Sony stop making the vtc batteries anyways if they were branded as one of the highest discharge batteries around? Was the money just not there?

 

[CoilinTrouble]

Vtc4 can maintain continuous 30amp but only 2000mah (right?? Maybe 2100 cant remember been awhile) Samsung 25r is 20amp continuous and 2500mah. That said my Samsung 25rs outlasted my VTC5's even when they were still good. The plant had production cut off after the fukushima disaster so theyre pretty much non existent online anymore. However if rumors are true a new phillipine plant is almost ready to go so VTC5's maybe back soon

 

[Waddle]

I live in Korea and can tell you that all Samsung and LG batteries are made in China. Ironically its near impossible to buy them here in Korea. Not to say it can't happen but I've yet to hear of a fake 25r to date. They just haven't been that popular up till now, well since the Sony VTC5 have become so difficult to obtain. But I'm sure in time someone will start to counterfeit them.

 

[jwleonhart]

Very interesting regarding the Sony batteries...

 

[jwleonhart]

I'm hoping they will be able to extend the mah rating of these batteries with high amp capability. If the vtc5 was supposedly capable of 30amps at 2600mah then why is it not possible for Samsung to achieve 25amps at say 3000mah.