Thanks, MascaratumB!
d_t_a - I got the same problem with this store. But, at least, I can use proxy, check out what’s he selling, try to make some deal. I live in Serbia, many sellers don’t ship to my country and sometimes it’s just because they never even thought about it. Serbia is one of those countries that allows for li-ion batteries only as a part of a package, accompanied by the device that needs that battery. There’s actually a store on AliExpress “China flashlight store”, and this guy actually puts the batteries in those cheapest (usually t6 xml type) flashlights so that he can legally deliver to such countries. Also sells some cool flashlights, like Lumintop, Convoy… But most of the sellers just ship batteries and hope for the best, not to say smuggle…
But whatever the sellers usually do, you can always negotiate something, the only thing that is non-negotiable is getting better and newer batteries than the man’s got, or making dishonest seller honest.
Barkuti, I served in Serbia special forces in the military (63rd paratrooper brigade), we actually learned about batteries in those trainings a lifetime ago, but that’s not the reason I know my batteries. I often go into the wild and stay for crazy long time, so I got use for every kind of rechargeable battery. I carry a bunch of lights, powerbanks, a laptop, phone, a bunch of panels, some shitty, some great, none guaranteeing any sunshine… Recently I started bringing my son along (I’m a single dad and Viktor is 2 years 8 months guy who is preoccupied with stepping on bugs), so we’re even more dependent on the juice we have. Dads understand. So, I need every rechargeable battery out there, good mAh/$ ratio for battery packs, high capacity for direct usage, you know, high drain for high drain, I got a 100 and some always turn old, so that’s the reason for not being specific. I need ’em all, and I buy a lot, and I think I speak for everyone when I say I want the specs to be true, not because everything depends on 3400mAh 18650 being over 3000mAh, but because those shady sellers could be selling some dangerous factory rejects or who knows what rewraps that endanger my kid, my camp, my house. And I had my share of bad shit with batteries.
Hey, guys, thanks for recommendations, will be checking out the sellers and sites!