Amazon UK still selling older unmodified Spark Batteries.
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Col20H
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Hello
Was very surprised today when i received from Amazon UK a brand new Spark Battery  that was actually the old unmodified one with the shorter lock clips  !!
I thought these would of been well out of circulation by now  , all my other 3 are the  longer latch type .
Anyway i am returning it  and have just bought another from the dji store .  Hopefully that one will be correct .
Just a little heads up to say that they are still out there ....  
Cheers .
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DJI Stephen
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Good day. Thank you for the information.
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DipeshN
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Regardless get the battery clip, still falls out even with the new battery
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Did you check to see if it was sold by a 3d party seller?
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Col20H
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Hi
It was from Amazon themselves.  No third party involved  
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S-e-ven
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And the manufacture date of this battery?
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Col20H
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No idea
As soon as I saw the small latches it was back in its box and returned .
I doubt they'd still be making those now .
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Hi, anyone here has experience of being an Amazon seller. What tools are helpful to rank my listing? I am currently using Seller SEO and I am open to new suggestions.
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Jakesboss
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How does one know if they have new batteries or the old style?

Just unboxing and cgarging these guys
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Jakesboss Posted at 2018-7-4 13:32
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How does one know if they have new batteries or the old style?

Can tell from photo from the side.
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Jakesboss Posted at 2018-7-4 13:32
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How does one know if they have new batteries or the old style?

This page
http://tools.retroroms.info/
says september 2017

But check the latch:

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A CW
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That's not good! Thanks for sharing   
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m1n1s
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lots of the short battery latch type about , beware i never fly without a battery clip , its not worth the risk.

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m1n1s Posted at 2018-7-4 23:51
lots of the short battery latch type about , beware i never fly without a battery clip , its not worth the risk.

I've started doing the same. Too many horror stories for me!
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m1n1s
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JimFandango Posted at 2018-7-5 03:19
I've started doing the same. Too many horror stories for me!

I printed my battery clip in red , its also a very good visual aid when flying VLOS
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MKPSG12
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Why would you be surprised, the UK is a pretty small market and Amazon buys in bulk. I wouldn't be in the least surprised if the older style batteries were still being shipped into next year!
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