Shockli, Keeppower, and Vapcell 14500 1000mah in HKJ’s discharge graph, all look like they’re rolling out of the same factory. Their curves are so similar with small differences maybe being changes in production over time. Any of the 3 would be a good choice.
Some of these are so similar, likely the same cells. Sometimes it just comes down to what you can acquire (and at the right price). Any of these three and you’re GTG
Sofirn Black 900mAh
Vapcell Blue 650mAh
Panasonic Red 800mAh
Vapcell Gold 1000mAh (doh! got six of these but they are flat top so only work in 1 torch)
Keeppower Protected 1000mAh
Thanks so much to VK-GX, moderator007, gchart, Sillen and everyone who responded to my question about recommended 14500’s for a Lumintop Tool AA 2.0 light.
I appreciate it very much.
Ted
There so close its not even funny. Differences in time of manufactor or slight differences in the anode and cathode material or electrolyte could make for those slight differences. Even a few degrees in internal cell temp can make a change in the numbers but the curve should look close to the same.
The shockli looks like it holds a slightly higher voltage under the load but that could be from slight changes as described above after the Vapcell was tested (they were the first to use this cell).
Another important thing to mention, the lighted tailcap (only works with 14500) has a high parasitic drain of 8,5 mA
It will eventually drain your cell (i removed the LED’s in the lighted tail)
Mathematically speaking that’s only about 100 hours using a 850mah cell.
A little over 4 days and the battery is dead. Is that about what everyone experienced?
I changed my current limiting resisitors to a higher value right after I received, so I dont know how it was factory.