I believe cannon does have a zapper, but i would think only a light zap is required to waken them up, the brands that zapp the cells hard dont last very long, you get impressive numbers but shite life out of them.

If you re-read the original post i believe he has purchased some awesome numbered packs from some of the more respected matchers, and put these new "Brand name" cells on his machines and have not been able to replicate the numbers shown, resulting in lower numbers than the cells he is currently matching. Cannon correct me if i am wrong.