CR123 Batteries

[anon031508]

Yeah they're expensive. But when priceing them last weekend I saw, at my local Bass Pro Shops, a two(2) pack of surefire CR123s for $5.99. Are these good or not. I am hoping yes since the amazing price.

 

[Illum]

its a fairly good price, better than the typical $8/cell
as for an amazing price, about $1/cell is about as amazing as it goes:candle:

 

[Marduke]

Might want to check the battery forum. But most CPF'ers get CR123's for $1-1.75 each, or use rechargeables.


Also,
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[Radio]

Normal pricing for SureFire 123's is about $20 for a box of 12

 

[ugrey]

Anon, Check the dealers thread for Battery Station. They sell good 123 batteries for $1.25 each. Or, you can buy Surefires for $1.75 each. It is kind of like selling a newcomer drugs very cheaply. You are going to be hooked.

edit: beat by 2 minutes

 

[jufam44]

I buy my CR123A's directly from surefire. A 72 count box is a hundred twenty six dollars, which works out to about a dollar 70 plus shipping per battery. At least that way I'm guarunteed to have a cell that works and won't suffer (hopefully) from some of the quality control issues that plague other manufacturers (That's not a poke at anyone in particular, just my personal experience that I've never had any problems with a surefire cell.)

 

[wjf2000]

A box of 12 surefire batteries is 23.95 with shipping from LL Bean.

 

[iTorch]

I got a charger and a recharagable protected rcr123a from lighthound for the same price of a standard rc123a cost over here...

 

[Probedude]

Anyone with a resale certificate, DBL distributing sells carded (retail package) Sanyo's and Panasonic CR123a's for ~$1.35/cell

Sanyo 2 pack, $2.32
Panasonic 2 pack, $2.69

www.dbldistributing.com

 

[SilverFox]

I think I will move this over to the batteries section and we can carry on from there.

Tom

 

[ltiu]

Check out your local Best Buy store. 2 packs of Duracell 123 are selling for $2.99. That's $1.49 each.

 

[Zenster]

I wouldn't get terribly hung up on brands; Surefire batts are good, but so are a lot of others.

Generally, though, you should never have to pay more than $1.75 tops for a CR123 battery if you take the time to shop.
You'll always get the best deals online, and $1.00 to $1.50 should be the most you pay for most brands (except Surefire).

While some faithfully stay with Surefire, I think any of the name brands are predictably good.
At the same time, I've bought some Tenergys and Titaniums, and ALL of them have tested fine and to full capacity using my ZTS meter which I always use to verify a battery's state of charge for matching in multi-cell lights.
I don't care if I am using Surefires or Duracells or Tenergys or Titaniums, they ALL get tested before I pop them in a light.