![Opened up a fake Ultrafire 18650. Expecting the normal smaller battery with paper wad. Not exactly sure what I am looking at. It looks like a rolled battery. Started to catch fire. Opened up a fake Ultrafire 18650. Expecting the normal smaller battery with paper wad. Not exactly sure what I am looking at. It looks like a rolled battery. Started to catch fire.](https://i.redd.it/i8cg8orl5ui31.jpg)
Opened up a fake Ultrafire 18650. Expecting the normal smaller battery with paper wad. Not exactly sure what I am looking at. It looks like a rolled battery. Started to catch fire.
![Have you seen this type of counterfeit 18650 battery before? UltraFire - Rechargeable Batteries - BudgetLightForum.com Have you seen this type of counterfeit 18650 battery before? UltraFire - Rechargeable Batteries - BudgetLightForum.com](http://i.imgur.com/duMlI.jpg)
Have you seen this type of counterfeit 18650 battery before? UltraFire - Rechargeable Batteries - BudgetLightForum.com
![Reinis Veips on Twitter: "@Norro21 @GregDavill Micro drones, electric cigarettes and cheap 18650s :) https://t.co/BNoHrxV0K3" / Twitter Reinis Veips on Twitter: "@Norro21 @GregDavill Micro drones, electric cigarettes and cheap 18650s :) https://t.co/BNoHrxV0K3" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmLQEFAX0AEYASN.jpg:large)
Reinis Veips on Twitter: "@Norro21 @GregDavill Micro drones, electric cigarettes and cheap 18650s :) https://t.co/BNoHrxV0K3" / Twitter
![Energies | Free Full-Text | The Distribution and Detection Issues of Counterfeit Lithium-Ion Batteries Energies | Free Full-Text | The Distribution and Detection Issues of Counterfeit Lithium-Ion Batteries](https://www.mdpi.com/energies/energies-15-03798/article_deploy/html/images/energies-15-03798-g003.png)
Energies | Free Full-Text | The Distribution and Detection Issues of Counterfeit Lithium-Ion Batteries
![PSA: This is why you should avoid Ultrafire and sketchy Chinese batteries. There's no protection circuit, despite their claim, and their advertised capacity is 9 times what they're capable of. : r/flashlight PSA: This is why you should avoid Ultrafire and sketchy Chinese batteries. There's no protection circuit, despite their claim, and their advertised capacity is 9 times what they're capable of. : r/flashlight](https://i.redd.it/waeeidjfj5w61.jpg)
PSA: This is why you should avoid Ultrafire and sketchy Chinese batteries. There's no protection circuit, despite their claim, and their advertised capacity is 9 times what they're capable of. : r/flashlight
![Charging time of recharge-able battery (TR 18650 8000mAh 3.7V) - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange Charging time of recharge-able battery (TR 18650 8000mAh 3.7V) - Electrical Engineering Stack Exchange](https://i.imgur.com/Skj4MhD.jpg)