![Found this fake 18650 picture elsewhere on reddit, figured I'd cross post here for awareness : r/electronic_cigarette Found this fake 18650 picture elsewhere on reddit, figured I'd cross post here for awareness : r/electronic_cigarette](https://external-preview.redd.it/7SWhEK-JJoq-auBv20D9NwTZwvrKJx9lqrXF8gLvraQ.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=83661aab7b429a9505b16d4680ea67f77016478a)
Found this fake 18650 picture elsewhere on reddit, figured I'd cross post here for awareness : r/electronic_cigarette
![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://preview.redd.it/i8cg8orl5ui31.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ec95e080d139f1b5b716bf1ccf1c04af8dd4ecc1)
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.
![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-g004.png)