Please recommend a decent 10440 (EU)

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Hi all!

I realize all my 10440 are quite a few years old, and some are even xxxxFire… I use them on my Lumintop Tools, Ants, Ultratac K18s and a couple others… I’d be happy to renew a few but i’ve no idea where 10440 currently are.

Any tip (and links) welcome.
Thanks

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I've had good luck with EBL's. I've measured their capacity at over 300mah - which confirms the manufacturer isn't hyping the rating.

https://www.amazon.com/EBL-Li-ion-Rechargeable-Batteries-

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EFEST IMR…

IF you can find them…. And at an affordable price.

Using them for several years. Excellent performance and durability!

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Vapcell had a very decent 10440, but they sold out themselves. But they can still be found on ebay and at illumn.com (not good for EU customers).

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You can get the vapcell flat top green wrap 10440 here: Vapcell 10440 3A Flat Top 320mAh Battery - Genuine – Liion Wholesale Batteries

Not sure about intl shipping

I wouldn’t recommend efest black wrap 10440, I used them in an Acebeam UC15 and they step out of turbo very fast showing low voltage. Or maybe they were old stock…

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Thanks for all the suggestions. The Vapcell looks to be the best so far.

However, i’m having a hard time to source most of them. Either they are way overpriced, or out of stock or shipping from the US kills the deal… Same as a few years back. Good 10440 are still hard to find. I’ve sent a few messages to vape shops and Nkon.nl. I’ll see what comes back.

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Being out of stock themselves I was already afraid the Vapcell was difficult to find from Europe.
I see that nkon has one 10440 battery, an Acebeam from 2019, not cheap. Could be decent quality but I know no experiences with it: https://eu.nkon.nl/rechargeable/li-ion/overige-formaten/acebeam-10440-batterij.html

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Soshine, 10440, 350mAh AAA , ButtonTop
In March 2015 I bought from this store: Store No. 1397283, AliExpress, Bestselling E-Malls

AAA FlatTop I bought them on Ebay, Efest, very good.
I don’t remember a salesman.

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I’ve seen the Acebeam 10440 at Nkon… That’s what i call overpriced, and i’ve no idea what’s under the wrap. Arjan says they are good… they ought to, but i’ll pass. No plans for him to stock up on others.

Here’s where i am so far:

Ordered a few Efest from a french vape shop - very good price, and reasonable shipping fee:

Ordered four Soshine 3.7V from AE:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32790257373.html

Trying to source some Vapcells from the UK and sent an email about availability and shipping:

To be continued…

PS: 8 Vapcells ordered from Ecolux UK. 9£ shipping to France.

With all that i should be set for all my 10440 lights. :smiley:

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To follow up on my purchases…

I received the Efests last week and just got the Vapcells, so i decided to do a quick ceiling bounce test with 3 lights and one of each 10440 i have.

As a side note i realized the Tool Ti and Ant do not support 10440 as i thought they did. Glad i did not fry any while trying. So i’m down to Ultratac K18, Copper Tool Nichia and Reylight Pineapple Mini Nichia. Here are the readings on my luxmeter:
Battery K18 Tool Rey K18
Efest IMR10440 350mAh black 45 34 33 43
Ultrafire TR10440 600mAh blue 45 35 32 42
Trustfire TF10440 600mAh black protec. 41 30 28 39
Vapcell INR10440 320mAh green 43 33 29 42

I tested the lights with the same batteries and redid a test with the K18 after that.

Frankly i’m a bit disappointed… I was expecting the Vapcells and Efests to make a difference but they don’t do better then my old Ultrafire blue. Maybe those lights don’t really pull that much current. The protected Trustfire did not flip out either. I guess i would need some real DD light to test further.

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Dont look to lumen output results.

Look for durability.

Trust me.

My firsts 10440 were xxxfire cells. They died in a few months. I used about 6x 10440 ultrafire… Trustfire etc….

Since using efest… I have forgotten when I purchased them… I think it was 2014 or even before (I guess about 2012)… and the still going pretty strong in capacity and current output.

Edit: yes… If the lights dont pull much current… Not much difference will be seen.

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I’ve been looking to get a 10440 cell. Vapcell is 320mAh while EFest is 350 mAh, both delivering 3A from what I’ve seen.

I don’t trust any brands who are boasting 500mAh or more. It just shouldn’t be possible in this format.