After I read HKJ’s review of this new battery, I couldn’t find anyone that stocked it! So…I contacted KeepPower for a group buy or special offering to BLF. They recommended going through Calvin at Illumn…and he has ordered some for stock, and has them at a very nice price of $10/ea + shipping ! You must use coupon code ‘illumination’ at checkout. It cost me less than $47 delivered. Item ordered at 4:25 p.m. and received email at 4:33 that it had shipped…wow! My first order with Illumn.
Great thread. I need to start replacing some of my older cells, but no way was I going to pay all that money for the Enerpower 26650 cells again. These protected KeepPower cells are now the king of 26650’s. Just ordered 9 of them from Calvin with the BLF discount he generously offered us.
Now I just have to find a good price for a TrustFire S700 Flashlight and I’ll be set.
RMM has what I suspect is the same base cell in protected and unprotected BUTTON TOP versions under the EVVA brand label. I have some of the protected button tops on the way as well as some of his King Kong unprotected 5000 mAh 26700 batteries. He also has unprotected flat tops , same 5200 mAh capacity, in a light green wrapper. Maker not specified but I do not think he offers any bad batteries.
Define ‘better’. The Keeppowers are not especially high current cells. They are comparable to King Kongs, but certainly don’t have the current output if the MNKE’s. So if you’re looking for 20A, look elsewhere. These are high capacity cells. Their real forte is being able to run, say, a 2-3A XM-L2 for a good long time.
