What 18650 rechargeable battery for klarus xt30?

Just wondering what you guys recommend got a 18650 Li/ion rechargeable battery for the klarus xt30?

parks450 said:

Just wondering what you guys recommend got a 18650 Li/ion rechargeable battery for the klarus xt30?

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I really like the EagleTac 3100. They are priced pretty good and they work very well for me.

Everyone will agree when I say just any panasonic 18650 protected based cell is great. I myself like Orbtronic ones, they are 3100 ma, with around 2200 ma from 4.2 to 3.5 volts which is better than other brand based cells. I believe the eagletacs are based on the same cell too. The only difference between the orbtronic and eagletac is price and protection used(negligible).

I found some on sale on the dealer's corner (CPFMP), a pair of new Xstar 3100mAh 18650 for less than $25, no limit

Any of the panosonics will be fine.
Eagletac
xtar
orbtronic
international outdoors
aw
they are all good

I have both the EagleTac and Orbtronic 3100 mAh protected batteries. Both are Panasonic batteries, and both have been completely reliable.

Keeppower 3100s, CalliesKustom 3100s, Redilast 3100s, International Outdoors 3100s, AW 3100s, EagleTac 3100s, Orbtronics 3100s and the Xtar 3100s are all based on the unprotected Panasonic NCR18650A cells, which are well regarded.

You can get the Keeppower, Orbtronics and ETs in the '2 for $25-$26 range. AWs, Redilast and Callies are closer to $20+ per cell, FWIW.

I went with EagleTac 3100s, but have some bare Pannie cells that I run in my Fenix PD32 and ZL SC-600. For the Klarus XT-30, which uses two 18650s, you definitely want to go with protected cells.

Chris

Ok, looks like a Panasonic protected cell it is. I would like to support the forum vendors, anyone have a good one in mind that people haven't had problems with? I ordered both the xt30 and rs11 from goinggear.com. Are they a vendor?

Are these the correct Panasonic 18650's?

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001WBH2NE/?tag=cpf0b6-20

parks450 said:

Ok, looks like a Panasonic protected cell it is. I would like to support the forum vendors, anyone have a good one in mind that people haven't had problems with? I ordered both the xt30 and rs11 from goinggear.com. Are they a vendor?

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Just get the EagleTac from goinggear also.

No, those are naked (unprotected) Pannie 2400s.

Panasonic has just released the 3400s, but they're spendy right now due to fact that they're just hitting the scene. 3100s, 2900s, don't know if Pannie made a 2600 cell and probably those 2400s. So a few generations old.

Those are also unprotected cells which is the way Panasonic, Sanyo, Samsung and LG usually ships them. Aftermarket companies like Xtar, AW, Orbtronic et al, will then add their own proctection PCB after the fact.

Chris

parks450 said:

Ok, looks like a Panasonic protected cell it is. I would like to support the forum vendors, anyone have a good one in mind that people haven't had problems with? I ordered both the xt30 and rs11 from goinggear.com. Are they a vendor?

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If you sign-up for CPF Marketplace, there is a list of vendors that offer special discount codes to CPF members. It is located on a sticky ("CPF Specials" webpages/dealers) in the "Good Deals" forum.

And yes, Going Gear is a CPF vendor and they offer a 10% CPF discount code.

Kinda figured for only $6, well I guess I'll be ordering them from goinggear. Thanks for the info guys.

AW is a top guy for rechargeable batteries. Check his stuff out in CPF Marketplace.

madecov said:

Any of the panosonics will be fine.
Eagletac
xtar
orbtronic
international outdoors
aw
they are all good

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Not to hijack.. but in general, does that stand for all Li-Ions or just the 18650s?

No problem hawk, wouldn't mind knowing that answer as well. Thanks 1c3 I'll look at him on CMP

hawk45 said:

Not to hijack.. but in general, does that stand for all Li-Ions or just the 18650s?

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I can only vouch for the 18650's

I stick with AW for smaller cells