Test/review of Shockli 16340 700mAh (Yellow) 2018

I do not have any 16340 in queue.

Good high(er) current 16340s are hard to find.

Just ordered these trustfires, not my favourite brand, but tests seem ok.

https://www.fasttech.com/product/1804001-trustfire-imr-16340-3-7v-650mah-rechargeable-li

https://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/TrustFire%20IMR16340%20650mAh%20(Red-gold)%20UK.html

Yes they look decent but only the AW 15C was able to run at 5A (and thus make 1400 lumen OTF of a pocket EDC, which is completely unneccessary and a lot of fun).

Are these the ones youā€™re referring to djozz?
~~https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=16340+battery+awt&viewtype=G~~

I donā€™t know if the stock is the ā€œrealā€, but in Alibaba thereā€™s a lot of places with them aparently!

EDIT: ā€œyou have dialed the wrong numberā€¦ā€ :person_facepalming: I imagined a T after ā€œAWā€, as moderator007 stated belowā€¦ I gotta sleep :person_facepalming:

BTW, HKJ, for the 16340s, I believe youā€™ll have the Sofirn 900mAh, right?

Those are AWT. I think the cells djozz is looking for are these. Test/review of AW IMR16340 15C 550mAh (Red) 2016

:person_facepalming: :person_facepalming: :person_facepalming:
Youā€™re right, please ignore :disappointed:

Funny enough, seeing HKJ tests of both batteries (AW and AWT linked above) measuring them on 3A and 5A, the AWT seems to hang a little better.
Am I wrong on that reading? :zipper_mouth_face:

@djozz, I found these searching around, not much info but appear to be the AW 16340 15C (doesnā€™t say 15C) and theyā€™re on sale.

Look at the AW IMR16340 15C 550mah (red) 2016
Check it at 5 and 7 amps using the comparator.

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I really need to sleep :person_facepalming:
I was comparing the non PC version!
Thanks for correcting me :wink:
:weary:

The 15C version is labeled as 15C, and that label makes it different from the ā€˜normalā€™ AW 550mAh 16340 cell, no other visual differences. The batteries in the link do not have the lebel, and it is also not mentioned in the description.

I have tried to order there, but it did not work for me. I canā€™t remember what went wrong, it was a few months ago, probably no stock despite the listing.

I checked them again and indeed they seem to still have them in stock (for some time already because AW stopped making batteries more than a year ago because of some disaster at their facility), but including everything, to buy two of these batteries costs me 30 euroā€™s (33 dollar), and I would still be nervous if they do not send me the non-15C version. Thanks for the link though :slight_smile:

Your welcomeā€¦ :+1:

Thanks for HKJā€™s hard work, I have a question for ā€œProtected 16340 (CR123) sized batteries with a nice current output.ā€,sorry i do not give you the specifications. the shockli 16340 700mah is unprotected battery.

I still have two decent 15C AWs. Iā€™ll see how they compare.

Not sure if hkj ever reviewed imren imr 700, but they are the closest thing to my awā€™s.
Itā€™s in a blue wrapper and says 10 amps.

Is this the battery you are referring to. https://www.imrbatteries.com/imren-16340-700mah-button-top-battery/
How did you test them for the comparison to the 15C AW.

Yup those are it. No real test with graphs or anything close. I have several high powered modded lights and I just did a simple lumen ceiling bounce test and the lumens were not too far off. And it was able to sustain the output pretty well also.