Originally Posted by
MattW
The problem i have is that i keep hearing that "the latest batch of IB's have improved reliabliity". It just doesn't seem to happen though.
We can live in hope though i guess - if it matters to us in Europe anyway.
Tell me about it! We have been hearing this for months. Finally, we gathered all the cells we had in house and from distributors (over 14k pieces) and shipped them back to IB and said "call us when you have a decent product". We have refused to stock these cells until they actually ARE IMPROVED. Based on the latest batch (production run, not "sample" run that is picked through) we have reason to be encouraged. The newest cells are, from what we can tell, a completely new chemistry, with the emphasis on reliability. Time will tell if they are as good as they seem, but for now, our testing has yielded positive results.