Best, highest capacity, protected 18650 cells?
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Graham Sylvia
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Where do you get your callies customs 3100's, AW's, & redilast's? At the moment I am using Panasonic protected 3100's from Intloutdoor. I have also been using the solarforce 2400 protected battery's. Has anyone tested these?
HKJ
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Callies is bought from Callies kustoms and RediLast is bought from RediLast, AW can be found from many shops and directly from AW on cpf marketplace.
I did test the SolarForce 2400 last year, but I do not have them in my current test.
RI Chevy
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Which Panasonic 3100 cells, the blue or black?
HKJ
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Due to different test conditions, I will not mix results from the two tests.
HKJ
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I have included some of them in the new test and more are coming, not the 1 year old batteries, but new one from this year (or December 2011).
Graham Sylvia
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The black one's.
Graham Sylvia
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As I am in Aus. there is not too many place's that sell the battery's that are mentioned in this topic in Australia.
Hey Graham
There's a Top-Rated E-Bay seller in Sydney Australia (supersports600) that sells protected Panasonic 3100 cells under a brand name of Blazar, but which seem to get good reviews from buyers.
You could give this source a try?
Cheers
d337944
There's a Top-Rated E-Bay seller in Sydney Australia (supersports600) that sells protected Panasonic 3100 cells under a brand name of Blazar, but which seem to get good reviews from buyers.
You could give this source a try?
Cheers
d337944
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Why limit yourself to buying from Australia?
Your more than likley going to be buying online anyway, most suppliers ship here.
Norm
HKJ
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Some dealers does have shipping to anywhere in the world, either included or for a small extra payment.
AmperSand
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I actually ordered a pair earlier today. Been on the fence about it a bit. Went for the nipple top version as it's going to be used in an Eagletac d25lc2 or Fenix PD31. Master-instruments also do very similar cells with ncr18650's in 2900 and 3100mAh however are more like $25 a cell at retail compared to the $29 a pair from the eBay seller.
Here's hoping the are good performers! Should have them by Wednesday/Thursday!
RI Chevy
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The black batteries that you have are pretty comparable to the Callie's Kustoms.
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According to some test I have seen there not hardly as good as they use to be. I do have several of the older ones that are a decent battery.
I worry about what's really IN those cells on the blankfires in general....too many horror stories.
One set might be new cells, but factory seconds, another might be used cells from a lap top, etc...you don't know what you're getting....and that means the internal resistance is a crap shoot.
Also - For me..I use lights all day, I don't want to have to bring twice as many cells with me as spares....so a longer run time is not just a power/$ equation...part of the time=$ equation says having to go change cells costs $ too, etc.
I'd rather use cells I was comfortable with, that ran as long as possibe...and would probably not fulminate instead of illuminate.
One set might be new cells, but factory seconds, another might be used cells from a lap top, etc...you don't know what you're getting....and that means the internal resistance is a crap shoot.
Also - For me..I use lights all day, I don't want to have to bring twice as many cells with me as spares....so a longer run time is not just a power/$ equation...part of the time=$ equation says having to go change cells costs $ too, etc.
I'd rather use cells I was comfortable with, that ran as long as possibe...and would probably not fulminate instead of illuminate.
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