Which battery type do you use most frequently?

[frank13]

Which battery type will be your first choice when you are purchasing a torch?

1.AA

2.CR123A / LIR 123A

3.18650

4.AAA

Personally, i will choose 18650,which has a long runtime and can be recharged for cycle use.

 

[Zeruel]

This has been enquired before (in a way), but without 18650.
I voted AA then and I'd still vote AA now. :kiss:

 

[frank13]

This has been enquired before (in a way), but without 18650.
I voted AA then and I'd still vote AA now. :kiss:

Yes, AA battery is widely used .But don't you think cycling batteries is a real hassle? You have to keep buying lots of AA batteries for replacement. While the 18650 has a capacity range from 2000mAh to 3000mAh, and the price is inexpensive.

 

[lctorana]

Can't vote. None of my top 5 are even listed.

 

[Bushman5]

never heard of LIR 123A....what are they?

i look for lights that can take RCR123's, as i go thru about 4 - 10 sets of batts a day.....never mind the evening and night use...

 

[frank13]

never heard of LIR 123A....what are they?

LIR 123A =Li-Rechargeable battery=16340:kiss:

 

[Zeruel]

Yes, AA battery is widely used .But don't you think cycling batteries is a real hassle? You have to keep buying lots of AA batteries for replacement. While the 18650 has a capacity range from 2000mAh to 3000mAh, and the price is inexpensive.

I use 14500 and AA. In a way, mostly 14500 and AAs as my backups especially for travelling.

18650 inexpensive compared to AA? :thinking: Unless you meant one 18650 = many AAs. Which I'm already using rechargeable 14500. You can't go to a 7 Eleven in say, Mumbai, and ask for 18650. :candle: And one could hardly find a pocketable edc light using 18650.

 

[broadgage]

From the choices given, I voted AA, but I still use D cells a lot, cheap, long lasting, sold everywhere.

At work I usually use a railway type handlamp with 3 D cells and an LED bulb. Not too sure what the run time is, but it should be at least 50 hours.

 

[InHisName]

Did'nt have any choices for "C" or "D". I usually prefer "D".

With the newer LSD NiMH showing up, I have been contemplating moving into "C" flashlight instead.

Of the poll options I only have "AA" flashlights.

 

[Black Rose]

But don't you think cycling batteries is a real hassle? You have to keep buying lots of AA batteries for replacement.

Not when you have over 80 NiMh LSD AA cells at your disposal

 

[Mjolnir]

I would definitely go with 18650's. My T10L and L-mini both use them (as well as a cheap light from DX). The L-mini II has overdischarge protection, so I can use my dozen+ unprotected cells from laptop batteries.
CR123's are really not worth it for me. Why get 2 at $1.75 a piece when you can get 2 18650's for about $5 a piece (or less), and use them over and over?

 

[rizky_p]

i used mostly 18650 light while AA lights are for backup only.

 

[Kestrel]

I would definitely go with 18650's.

+2.

A SF 6P-style light w/ 1x18650 is a great configuration (M60 of course), even for EDC, and can always run 2xCR123 or 2x LIR123 when necessary. (For a step down in overall performance, of course...)

 

[Oddjob]

I use CR/RCR123's because I like the the size of single cell CR/RCR123 lights. In general I find single AA lights a little long and thin for my tastes.

 

[frank13]

i used mostly 18650 light while AA lights are for backup only.

Yes,Most 2xAA flashlight won't be so bright compared with 1x18650 lights.And the capacity of 18650 is surely higher than AA. If the lights have a low enough mode(10 lumen or less), the runtime....:tinfoil: .I am not able to calculate it.I guess it will be longer.

 

[VidPro]

Battery used most frequentally in torch.
when stated like that i use D most , because when i want a bright light that will last for all the time being out in the dark, it is usually my Ds that do it. go out in the dark, get light with Power. (had a full scale 2 day power outage last week, Fun Fun Fun.) Nothing else gets used for as long as something that CAN be used for that long , so by default the most power gets the most used.

although i use (now) rechargable 123 use frequently, because of size of light for pocket, just not most, but very frequentally.

and i would BUY (and do) the 18650 torches, because they are now making ones pocketable. But i wont get them for gifts to non-flashaholics.

last poll i voted AA for battery used in general, discounting torch items. i still use more AA, for all devices.

 

[lolzertank]

Yes,Most 2xAA flashlight won't be so bright compared with 1x18650 lights.And the capacity of 18650 is surely higher than AA. If the lights have a low enough mode(10 lumen or less), the runtime....:tinfoil: .I am not able to calculate it.I guess it will be longer.

Hm... 10 lumens should be achievable with any modern power led with about 25ma. So if you have a 2600mah 18650, that's a whopping 104 hours of runtime. For a more useful number, that's 4 days and 8 hours. Not bad! :twothumbs

Anyways... I prefer 18650 since it has lots of capacity without increasing the size over 2xRCR123. AAA follows that just because its so thin.

 

[SilentK]

I look for 18650 and AA. 18650 for bright everyday things, and AA for my "end of the world" scenario. if it was not for the mindset that something could go wrong, i would not have a AA light at all.

 

[big beam]

If you would have asked me a year ago it would be 123,s.But I just got a load of lithium AA.s and am loving the lighter weight and slimmer lights that support them.
DON

 

[flatline]

Are there any decent flashlights that run on a single D cell?