I received my 2 Vapcell 10440 batteries and although I can not do real tests, I compared runtime/output on my Maratac copper AAA hotrod. Well, I tried but quite screwed it up. I did the first runtime with an old Efest cell but let it run for 4 minutes without checking temperature. After 4 minutes without thinking I tried to twist it off with the following result:
Yes you can recognise the Maratac knurling in that blister.
After that, a ledwire had unsoldered itself from the ledboard (that one was never soldered very pretty because of a too short wire I must confess) and a dark spot appeared on top of the led dome, so I needed to repair the flashlight (provisionally resolder the wire and scraping off the black bits off the led dome) before starting the second test with the Vapcell 10440. So much for the clean comparison
Then after 100 seconds into the Vapcell test, the same ledwire decided to unsolder itself again from the ledboard. The Maratac needs some decent re-doing everything now but hereās the data that I managed to gather. Take it with a grain of salt, also because a new cell is compared to a cell that is 3 years old already but I think that the Vapcell really is the better performer despite all that.
I can do a mAh test on my Opus still, but thusfar Vapcellās ratings have been decent.
Received my 14500 cells the other day, sadly it doesnāt work in the Eagtac but does in the Reylight. Oh well, Iāll keep using the efest cells in the Eagtac.
Runtime is much longer that the 800mah efests I have. Very pleased with these.
Curious, when I open the item via the āitem linkā vapcell Dennis submitted (https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32970825706.html) the ad works, but when I use https://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/-/1084158_33000300196.html it doesn't. Suffice to say I block location, I am using an āoutdatedā browser (this is what āa few months oldā software is considered now) and I hate all those links full of tracking shit and other crap. I also refuse to use CRapplications.
Right now every time I go to a store in AliExpress I see this with sickly frequency: