fake aw imr or not?

[George Papanastasiou]

please guys i need your help .iam from greece and i bought aw imr 18650 from my local store. i had made big research before i bought this because i know about fake ones. i think though that i bought a counterfeit and i will explain why. my aw looks exactly like this
2 PC AW IMR 18650 Li MN Battery High Drain Button Top Rechargeable 3 7V 2000mAh | eBay when i google for real aw i saw that in label they first have 3.7 v and then mah in my occasion is reversed. i need to know if they are real please because i use a mech mod. thanks everyone for reading this and sorry for my english.

 

[Rickajho]

Hi

Don't really know. Ultimately you have to buy them from a trusted place with a good reputation. All I can point out is these AW's from a place we trust look very much different than the batteries you purchased. AW IMR 18650 2000mAh

 

[Thrasher]

I cant say if they are fake but a 99.8% positive rating after 138,000+ sales is pretty impressive and i would be willing to chance it, but since the price is about average i would just get them from an authorized dealer myself.

up to you - comes with an ebay guarantee

 

[Topwater Elvis]

He bought his from a local B&M, used the eBay photo of an example of what the battery he bought looks like.

Look up a picture of a genuine aw from a reputable source and compare it to what you have.
The one in the picture doesn't resemble any genuine aw's I have, that isn't conformation that what you have is a fake.

Beyond that I can't really say.

 

[Thrasher]

yea reading comprehension before coffee isnt exactly stellar lol

as for are the ones you have real? hard to tell,as AW recently changed the labels again. going by a single picture is hard to judge as there is 3-4 known labels at this point.

 

[tj99959]

Yes the labeling is backward. Those look like AW stickers on AH or Efest cells to me. (which have always had the mAh & voltage reversed)
Almost all legitimate batteries changed their labels to conform to new labeling laws. (like what Rick linked to)

 

[Thrasher]

the button top is what sticks out to me, the shrink wrap isnt the same as other AW's but that is no guarantee of anything

 

[tj99959]

the button top is what sticks out to me, the shrink wrap isnt the same as other AW's but that is no guarantee of anything

Never paid attention to that before, but you're right.
I have an AW & an Efest sitting side by side, and that definitely an Efest or AH cell. The AW has more red - less black than the Efest.

So there is nothing wrong with the batteries, the OP just payed way to much for them.
I show the Efest cells for $13.99 for two.

 

[Nadles]

With batteries I always buy from a trusted place. Ecspecially if you sub ohm. I feel it's worth the extra 2-5 dollars just to be safe unless you are 100% convinced its real. With fake batteries and stuff from china you could recieve a battery that appears 100% real and it's not. China is amazing at cloning, only if they could design their own stuff.

 

[SirSteve]

Never paid attention to that before, but you're right.
I have an AW & an Efest sitting side by side, and that definitely an Efest cell. The AW has more red - less black than the Efest.

So there is nothing wrong with the batteries, the OP just payed way to much for them.
I show the Efest cells for $13.99 for two.

Here is another older picture of AW, Photo Gallery

Efest battery link Efest IMR 18650 V2 2000mAh 3.7V Rechargeable LiMn High Drain battery- button top-Efest battery for E-cigs

 

[Moodyfisherman]

When I picked up my Provari starter last week the guy in the shop showed me that the batts I got were the (new) logo AW ones. He showed me what some of the fake ones looked like and it resembles the Ebay one you linked? But like said above with all those positive feedbacks who knows....

Silver sticker with AW are supposedly the correct ones.

 

[RPM_Redline]

Real AW 18350 on the left Fake on the right (best of my knowledge)

Notice the font and color diff. You can see faint numbering under the fake wrap and the size is slightly larger


Real one on the left has outlined recycle logo whereas the fake on the right is shaded in completely and font is much larger.

 

[RPM_Redline]

I believe any AW after December 2013 should have the hologram AW logo, but that doesn't mean retailers won't still have old style in stock for a bit.

 

[George Papanastasiou]

I cant say if they are fake but a 99.8% positive rating after 138,000+ sales is pretty impressive and i would be willing to chance it, but since the price is about average i would just get them from an authorized dealer myself.

up to you - comes with an ebay guarantee

thanks alot i didnt buy it from there it just looks exactly the same ...my worries are that the label isnt the same as the pictures i saw in google

 

[George Papanastasiou]

He bought his from a local B&M, used the eBay photo of an example of what the battery he bought looks like.

Look up a picture of a genuine aw from a reputable source and compare it to what you have.
The one in the picture doesn't resemble any genuine aw's I have, that isn't conformation that what you have is a fake.

Beyond that I can't really say.

thank you thats my thought i just dont wont to make him feel bad for his product . i want to be 100% sure if this is a counterfeit. thanks again .

 

[stevegmu]

The only way to know if they are real or fakes is to buy from reputable resellers. If I sold fakes, I'd buy real ones, take pics of them for the listing and sell the fakes. Pictures on sites mean nothing, unless they are honest crooks...

 

[George Papanastasiou]

you are all really helpfull and i didnt expect it to be honest. i upload the aw i got to see it if that is more helpfull.

in the second image i can see this code number under the red lebel...barely but i can see 13G16W in the black box (windows painting )

 

[George Papanastasiou]

RPM_Redline i can also see some numbers under the label (13G16W) does that mean 100% counterfeit?

 

[ions]

this is what my AW IMR 18650 looks like. It's only like 2 months old.

 

[ihavethanutz]

wow after hearing about fake aw batteries being out there, im glad my face hasnt blown up. I noticed the top 2 of my aw look different from the bottom one.. im assuming the bottom one is original??