Yeah, you are right about lllum. Apparently they haven’t changed their shipping fees to reflect the new rules. (according to liionWholesale here). Get um while you can .
And if anyone ever finds themselves within proximity of Illumn in California, I’d urge you to stop by the B&M store (weekdays only), even if just passing by like I did. Those guys are laid back and very much enthusiasts, and have a tonne of stuff on display.
Better leave your credit card in the car, though, if you can’t resist temptation.
As I said before, the manufacturer ratings on the cells are BS and don’t represent real world performance and usable currents like in a flashlight. Always look at reliable test data from people like HKJ
Just wondering.
Here in AUST. we buy most avail items from China, Eastern country’s. Incl battery’s.
We pay no freight charges. unless a coupla $$’s for tracking on exxy torches etc.
IE 4 x 30Q del to door. $18.60AUD. BLF L6 Del $88.00 AUD.
full prices I paid, not coupons.
Lion seems to be US/Canada only. NO access to AUST.
I never buy anything from US anymore. their freight even for letter size is ridiculous.
Your US/Canada would have to be politics. Yes.
We used to send presents to a coupla NC Neices and son.
Freight was always 3 or 4 times more than cost of parcels.
Nowadays. just transfer some cash.
Getting harder for us Canadians as well. Very few US companies have reasonable shipping to Canada anymore. That is why I purchased many batteries from Banggood to stock up. Got more than I need right now and glad I did. Illumn in the US is still the best price to send batteries to Canada but you still end up paying about 50% or more than buying the same batteries from Banggood. Right now BG does not ship to Canada again.
The cost being so high for ordering cells inside of Canada is because the shipping permits for shipping lithium ion are prohibitively expensive, being about 10 000$US, and because the regulations in Canada are even tighter than the ones in the US.
That is a recipe for a price and competition trap: since it costs so much to get a permit, and even if you can pay, that is hard to get, there are very few players selling lithium ion cells, and there being little competition, prices are sky high for lithium ion cells sold separately.
TLDR: I hate the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 for making shipping 18650s that are safer extremely hard and expensive to do so.
i disagree with you
the rating is not BS, it’s all true, all their figures is true and measured, it’s not BS like ultrafire 9800mah
“don’t represent real world performance ”, just to remind you that real world doesn’t only have flashlight, there are other low power devices that run on 18650 cell, even some flashlights have very low discharging current, not all flashlight need more than 1A
I agree mrheosuper, I think the few reputable brands are pretty honest with their claimed ratings. :+1: . Sony, Sanyo, Samsung, LG, & Panasonic… to name five.
And whoever makes the 26650 LittoKala 5000 mAh.
But, my ‘BLF Brother’; it is hard to believe that you only mention the 9800mah TrustFire 18650 when it has clearly been surpassed as ’the latest & greatest’!!
See picture below & get with the program my friend. .
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Clearly you need to do some research and look at tests of the cells.
Maybe then you can explain why some 3600mAh rated cell magically performs worse than a different brand 3400 or 3500mAh rated cell.