Ordered Nitecore TM11 Tiny Monster V 1.12-1111 - What Protected 18650 work?

Newbie here!! Just order a real flashlight.... Done with Coast and Mag lights. :candle:

Ordered Nitecore TM11 Nitecore Tiny Monster V 1.12-1111 - What Protected 18650 batteries will work? Flashlight should be here Monday or Tuesday and I order batteries that are going to be too short.

Please advise.

Thanks,

Tiny Monster

AW 18650 cells are the standard here at CPF cant go wrong there.

my JB 18650 work perfectly with it. unprotected flattop 18650 from laptops are way too short that i had to add about 2mm of solder on each end of the battery.

TinyMonster said:

Newbie here!! Just order a real flashlight.... Done with Coast and Mag lights. :candle:

Ordered Nitecore TM11 Nitecore Tiny Monster V 1.12-1111 - What Protected 18650 batteries will work? Flashlight should be here Monday or Tuesday and I order batteries that are going to be too short.

Please advise.

Thanks,

Tiny Monster

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Its best to get Panasonic based Li Ion batteries, such as AW, Redilast, Callies Kustoms. But there are less expensive Panasonic batteries like Orbtronics, Eagletac, Xtar, etc.

There are reviews for all these batteries here, and the less expensive ones seem to be just as good, or pretty darn close! You can get 2 protected 2900mah Orbtronics 18650's for about $23 on amazon, or the 3100mah protected Orbtronics 18650's for about $25.99 for 2. Eagletacs are $14.99 apiece, and Xtar's are similar in price to Orbtronics. Thats what I would recommend, or AW's protected 18650's for $18- $25 apiece. Similar for Redilast. Callies are a bit cheaper I think.

They are all Panasonic cells, regardless of which brand mentioned above^

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B003NQIJV0/?tag=cpf0b6-20


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http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0062ANS7O/?tag=cpf0b6-20

Both RediLast 3100 and EagleTac 3100 work fine. I have 4 of each and use these batteries in the TM11.

yeah the eagletac 3100 work very nice

I use Callie's Kustom 18650 batteries with the large flat button in my TM11. I keep a backup set of (forgive me) Trustfure (with flames) button top cells just in case. They both work. Read this about cell size:
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb...18650-3xXM-L)-Review-RUNTIMES-BEAMSHOTS-VIDEO

I have Eagletac 3100's in mine. You will love the light!

T

I have just come back from a CPF meet and the Eagletac 18650 3100mAh works well. The lumen output was also higher than I expected.

As others have noted as well, I've been running Eagletac 18650's in my TM11 with no problems.

Another word of caution. Since the TM11 can be run with between 1 to 4 batteries, be very careful if you switch on your turbo mode when having less than 4 in there. I believe that's also why they recommend using protected batteries. With a protected battery, the light will just shut down. Without protection, the least you can do is killing your battery.

I put a single JB 18650 in there and turbo mode ran for a few seconds only. Then the light shut down.