EagleTac 18650 or AW 18650?

[LitFuse]

Low cost, good performance, and no compatablity issues. They are a tiny bit longer than my AW cells but the fit is just fine in all of my 18650 lights.
:thumbsup:

I just got an L-Mini II today. The EagleTac 18650s won't fit, they're too long. They actually stick out about a mm past the L-Mini's body tube.

Has anyone else had any fitment issues with the ET 18650s?


Peter

 

[Sgt. LED]

I guess your EagleTac cell is longer than my 3. I'd guess them to be about 1mm longer total VS AW on these here.

I wonder if trimming the spring down a bit would make it work?

 

[LitFuse]

I have 6 of them, they are all between 68.40 and 68.50mm. I don't have any other protected cells to compare them with.

I am going to try removing a section of the spring to get them to fit.


Peter

 

[DHart]

Man... I just keep hearing more good things about Trustfire batteries... a brand that was totally off my radar until now. Looks like a good bet on those!

 

[Tohuwabohu]

I just got an L-Mini II today. The EagleTac 18650s won't fit, they're too long. They actually stick out about a mm past the L-Mini's body tube.

Has anyone else had any fitment issues with the ET 18650s?


Peter

As I wrote in post #48 they are a very tight fit im my Jetbeam Jet-III Pro and they are so long that some force has to be used to screw the tailcap down to make contact with the body tube.
Here is a photo showing 4 different types of 18650s in my Jetbeam Jet-III Pro IBS (no spring at the postive contact of the driver).
AW 2600mAh flat top - black Trustfire 2400mAh
red Ultrafire 3000mAh - Eagletac 2400mAh

 

[metlarules]

Judging by the pictures I would stick with the AW's. They would seem to fit the largest number of lights without fitment issues. Quality,fitment,and now capacity I'll stick with the AW's. Keep in mind that AW cells also will light up high drain incandescent bulbs on the 1st click. Some of the other brands need multiple clicks to light.

 

[gswitter]

I would want to test mine at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Amps. I have a CBA-II and Competition Electric CE-35 with battery cradle & graphing program.

I'd very much like to see this as well. Maybe even .5A and another lower draw or two as well.

 

[johnny3073]

I've needed to buy some good 18650s for about 3 months now. I keep waiting for one of our dealers to score some of these Panasonic 2900mAh NCR18650s. 😗

From every test I've seen they run all over everything else out there. IIRC the tests looked something like this:

.5A ~ 3000 +/- mAh
1A ~ 2900 +/- mAh
2A ~ 2800 +/- mAh

Unfortunately they seem to be harder to find than a leprechaun :shrug:.

 

[Sgt. LED]

Judging by the pictures I would stick with the AW's. They would seem to fit the largest number of lights without fitment issues. Quality,fitment,and now capacity I'll stick with the AW's. Keep in mind that AW cells also will light up high drain incandescent bulbs on the 1st click. Some of the other brands need multiple clicks to light.

Aren't the new AW cells flat tops? Won't that be an issue with many lights? If you add a button top to it or a thin magnet then won't they be as long as the EagleTacs?

 

[Black Rose]

Aren't the new AW cells flat tops? Won't that be an issue with many lights? If you add a button top to it or a thin magnet then won't they be as long as the EagleTacs?

Unless the lights have a spring attached to the light engine like P60 drop-ins do, the new AW cells will be a problem.

 

[Juggernaut]

Were is the best place to get the $5 black label 18650 TrustFires:thinking:?

 

[DHart]

Were is the best place to get the $5 black label 18650 TrustFires:thinking:?

Here ya go.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.20392

I think this is the sweet deal in 18650 cells these days.

 

[jtsgalaxy]

I've needed to buy some good 18650s for about 3 months now. I keep waiting for one of our dealers to score some of these Panasonic 2900mAh NCR18650s. 😗

From every test I've seen they run all over everything else out there. IIRC the tests looked something like this:

.5A ~ 3000 +/- mAh
1A ~ 2900 +/- mAh
2A ~ 2800 +/- mAh

Unfortunately they seem to be harder to find than a leprechaun :shrug:.

The cell now avaliable at ebay or here, sorry no 0.5A but 1-2-3A test. It has a small button top about 0.2mm on the positive side,
will reach their maximum capacity after 3-4 break-in cycles.

 

[Sgt. LED]

Unless the lights have a spring attached to the light engine like P60 drop-ins do, the new AW cells will be a problem.

I thought so.

 

[DHart]

The cell now avaliable at ebay or here, sorry no 0.5A but 1-2-3A test. It has a small button top about 0.2mm on the positive side,
will reach their maximum capacity after 3-4 break-in cycles.

Wow... kind of surprising that a cell like this from a manufacturer as major as Panasonic has only one retail outlet, a seller in Hong Kong who has practically no proven track record as a seller. 🙁 Not to discredit jtsgalaxy by any means, but it is amazing that other retail outlets aren't readily accessible.

On further investigation, it looks like Panasonic only sells li-ions to companies that assemble the cells into packs (for laptop computers and such) with added protective circuits in the packs. Evidently, the individual cells from jts are not protected cells.

 

[TAIGERSX]

Anybody knows if EagleTac 18650 can fit inside charger WF 139 ?

 

[johnny3073]

The cell now avaliable at ebay or here, sorry no 0.5A but 1-2-3A test. It has a small button top about 0.2mm on the positive side,
will reach their maximum capacity after 3-4 break-in cycles.

Thanks! That's exactly what I've been looking for 😀.

 

[vincebdx]

Trustfire blue label at 4.5$ per 18650

 

[jirik_cz]

Trustfire blue label at 4.5$ per 18650

looks like these are unprotected.

 

[wapkil]

looks like these are unprotected.

How do you tell which are which? The package looks identical to me...