Saynos & Panasonics in that thread. Samsung and possibly LGs in this one. Sweet 
Wonder if those are 26500's in there. Could be handy cells if they are.
That looks like a ryobi nicad pack to me
Yeah those are sub-C NiCad’s. The good thing about the 18V Ryobi tools is that the tools are compatible with the new Li-Ion packs.
It does appear that way, except for the "One+" label.
EDIT: Nevermind. One+ platform covers both Ni-Cad and Lithium.
Sorry guys…to first 2 pics were the older Ryobi pack. Wasn’t 18650s so I out it back together and put it in the drill, removing the Li-ion18v. The rest of the pics are the lithium battery.
I finished testing one of the 12v packs from Riggid—It’s kind of what I expected—they seem to match mah and resistance per 12v bank—
One bank 2038/2080/2088mah the other bank 2007/2099/2099 and the resistance ranges from 38-44 with the total of each bank being fairly close—Not sure how accurate the Opus 3400 resistance test is—it gives different readings if it’s cold/if the battery is hot/if you hold your hand from the left instead of the right—but overall better batteries do show less resistance—these 20R are right there with VTC5 I have
The web site for my store still says 7.97 and so do other stores, but this display promotes the price of 2.97. There is NO mention of a subsidy, so I assume it is a straight up sale price.
Unlike the original Cree bulbs, this one has a flow-through design that will help cooling when this bulb is hanging perfectly upright or hanging upside down in an open to the air fixture. I don’t see any advantage in a closed fixture though. I actually think this design is a disadvantage as there is much less heat sinking.
Here is a tear down video I found on YouTube of this bulb.
That price is ridiculous! At that price I'd probably buy the entire display! There is absolutely NO WAY my store has them at this price! (Perhaps by saying this I'll actually find them . . . doubt it though.)
I've actually just recently purchased my first LED home lights from Lowes. In fact I went back for more yesterday, they rang up $1 higher than sticker on the shelf, so they had to refund me (honored the sticker price though it was wrong).
-Garry
These are designed to lower cost, and includes a lesser warranty, but at that price even 1/4 of their rated life is more then worth it.
I have been saying along, that by factoring in the supposed 23 year service life of the older more expensive LEDs was a false economy because cheaper, improved lights would be coming out soon. There is no reason to invest a lot of money into these lights yet, they will become obsolete long before they expire.
The cheaper Philips bulb and now this reduced cost Cree makes more sense.
That is true, I spent about $6 a led last year but they are good ones and I prefer more life then cheaper price (or both when I can get it) and I got some at $1 each which are also good ones but it seems like they are now being phased out for cheaper bulbs which I don’t like
Cheaper is good but I would still like the option of better quality if I want it
So I was in a different HD today and found one of the penny nitelights that I had bought previously. I take it up to scan and the self scanner beeps and says “wait for attendant”. So I wait for the scanner person fully expecting to be asked “are there any more of these?” and the kid walks over and tries to scan it twice more before finding a manager.
Long story short, 15 minutes later they realize the SKU is no longer in their system and they can only sell it to me for the price on the internet which is $7.79. Obviously I passed but it seems there is a point after they hit a penny when the sku disappears and the item can no longer be purchased.
Just an FYI
Xj,
This past week I kept finding more and more of those nightlites every time I would clean out my store they seemed to just restock. I now have a whole 5 gallon bucket full. All for a penny.
Right now I am in Fredricksburg, VA. The HD there had these deals.
I was in Bowling Green, KY. I’m going to my local store tomorrow, now that I’m back in Nashville and see about those Cree LED bulbs (which if the pattern holds, should drop tomorrow).
Those 4flow bulbs that were marked down to 2.97 are still 7.97 here
I did the price check
Yep $7.97 at my store too. I showed your post to an associate and his jaw dropped saying "$2 a bulb????" He thought that was nuts.
-Garry
I have some of the blue glass true white cree bulbs. My HD has them for $6 for 40watt equivalant, $8 for 60 watt equivalent. I don’t like the later white glass true white bulbs though, too much yellow (like a poorly driven incandescent).
Got some penny deals including a non contact IR thermometer.
What’s really huge is that while in Savanah, GA I found out that those twin packs of 4Ah Ridgid 12V drill packs have been reduced again. They are now $18.02!!!
That’s 2 packs with 6 Samsung 20R’s each. 12 cells for $18 is 1.50 each.
Although there are none down here, I asked a friend back home to pick the 5 packs my home store had sitting in an obscure place. When he went there they had been moved up front near the registers. Good thing he hustled right over there when I asked him to.
Crap, my local store had one pack of those left the other day in a weird spot. I’m tempted to brave the ice and snow and go see if they are there.
Edit: Nevermind, I just walked outside and looked at my Jeep. HD would be closed long before I ever got through the ice and got the drivers door open.