The rate capability test is a powerful tool to examine the ability of a cell to charge and discharge rapidly and represents an important validation of any newly proposed battery materials or cell designs. However, the results obtained from this test are extremely sensitive to supposed minor changes or unintended variation in cell production parameters or testing protocols. In this work, we have chosen a model cell chemistry (LMFP\\Gr) and highlighted the wide variety of parameters utilised for this test in literature reports. To analyse the effect of this, cells were assembled under a variety of conditions and the following aspects were examined: