pkcell 14500. surprise! rated 750mah got 844@500ma

Has anyone here tried their luck with those PK RCR16340 cells Iā€™m tempted to grab a fewā€¦

Tempted as well, but I will wait for those 14500 first.

Has anybody ordered Pkcell 16340 ?

my 10440 and 14500 are fine.
need someone with test gear to test the others.
or some to find their way here.

Got 4 X of their 18350 900mah. Iā€™ll discharge test two and report back.
Iā€™ll do some ceiling bounce test with a cheap lux meter against Keeppower 18350 too. Havenā€™t got the Aspires yet

if i had something to use them in i would have gotten some.
looks promising if they are anything like the 14500.

got these in my watch list pending reviews from you guys :slight_smile:

Subscribed :wink:

Discharge four 18350 at 0.5a. Got 888, 892, 893 and 909mah.

Also did a ceiling bounce test with a cheap UNI-T luxmeter and Emisar D4 XPL. Pkcell got 240 and Keeppower got 284.
I got four Pkcell for $10aud. So they are a bargain. The same seller on ebay even sells 12 for $23aud.

Good numbers for a first 500mA discharge. :+1:

give them a few cycles to break them in.

14500 cells arrived today.

They all came with 3.84V.

First test on one cell, charged to 4.2V@300mA (4.19V after 5 minutes), shows 831mAh at 500mA discharge current. Cut off voltage 3.0V (as specified in the data sheet).
Nice numbers for the moment.

2nd cell shows the same numbers and as I am pretty shure all the other cells will do the same, I will not continue testing.
snakebite did the test @1A. IĀ“m sure my cells would just confirm his numbers.
It would be interesting to see some discharge diagrams in near future.

So far I recommend this cells.

i need to order more of both the 10440 and 14500.
they all left in restomodded vintage lights with friends.

Would be nice if HKJ tested these.
I guess for ā€˜high drainā€™ (but not too highā€¦) usage the Windyfires are still the best?
But for ā‚¬11.13 i can get 5 14500 PKcells with free shipping, which is nice. :slight_smile:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/5PCS-ICR14500-14500-750mAh-3-7v-rechargeable-li-ion-Battery/32416099918.html

HKJ said that he had 14500 in the pipeline. But not 10440.

hi Box, what was the name of the ebay seller?

Hey mate.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/142272998192

Awesome, thanks. This looks like it could be good, they have NiMH batteries and all!

Theyā€™re in my AliExpress cartā€¦

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