Emm, excuse me but what the heck is DRY. I'm familiar with all the flashlight acronyms but this DRY is still obscure to me.
It's a popular budget triple 18650, triple XM-L flashlight: -
http://www.sbflashlights.com/-Dry-3x-Cree-XML-Flashlight-2500-lumens-p133.html
It's that flashlight that is being discussed everyday here on BLF.
Hi Joerch, could you please put them to a discharge test of 1A? There are a lot of tests on 1A and I think this is the best way to compare them to the others. Thanks :)
@Ventsi: test started
Cool. I just ordered a pair from Manafont based on your previously posted data. Probably close to the stated capacity under 1A, let's see.
The old Flames 2400 have 2250 mAh under 1A, according to this test: http://lygte-info.dk/info/Batteries18650-2011%20UK.html
Just finished and got 2494mAh @1A when discharging down to 3,0V, would have been more when discharging to lower voltage but I do not like that. This cell has been charged and discharged about 5 or 6 times before.
Thanks again, you should put your data on the BLF Battery Data Base thread :)
So it seems the 3000 flames have about 10-12% higher capacity than the 2400 flames, which is ok I guess.
Got today, 1 pair from Manafont.
1st: 2502mAh @1A -> 2,7V.
2nd: 2496mAh @1A -> 2,7V.
Looks promising , except for the big difference in capacity !
IMO 2%+ difference is not that bad comparing to ones I got from Dino...
They had more like 25% difference............
your figures reflect ~ 20% difference. Typo?
Oh my, not only a typo but I also misread my own typing :D
Sorry, edited now.
Less than 2% of difference...
I might add a note about the ability to put out large amounts of current.
I have one pair of supposedly Panasonic NCR18650 2900mAh, with UF-980L they give 3,86A.
These Trustfires give 4,06A.
For reference, all my previous TF 2400 "Flames", even UN-Protected ones give less with same DMM and same setup.
Up to date, NCR18650 has been my powerhouse in terms of max amps. Seems like not anymore, interesting!
Posted in the sticky on the 2400 mah TF Flames above before seeing this thread. Thanks for the tests. Seems to agree with the tests others have run on these. I don't see it as a negative that they have a higher percentage less capacity as indicated, than the "2400 mah" Flames, as long as they have a higher capacity than "2400 mah" Flames. If these results are typical, then I believe that despite their being $1/pair more they are a good buy. So far (1 week) I am happy with mine, but I have no way of testing them to see what their capacities are.
The Dino also has them for $11.99 before discount.
Using FONAREVKA, you can get 1 set for $11.27
buy 3 sets and you can use the $5 coupon (oneworldweshare) and then it comes down to $30.97 (about $10.30 a pair)
if they are really a good buy, we can ask summer to do a GB!
Second run
1st: 2597mAh
2nd: 2526mAh
Got 2 sets today.
I found this thread, so posting here where I have previous tests.
First pair was 3,83V and 3,84V
Second pair was 3,85V and 3,86V
Discharged with Imax B6 at 1A from 4,16-4,17V to 2,70V
1st pair battery #1: 2338mAh (at 3,00V it was 2163mAh)
1st pair battery #2 2273mAh
2nd pair battery #1 2265mAh (at 3,00V about 2050mAh)
2nd pair battery #2 2282mAh
Funny. The one thing I especially remember from my 1st set (sold already away) was that they kept voltage very high until the end. These don´t.
There was a 0,2V difference even with pair #1 and pair #2, just by eye after say 100mah of discharge.
Will update but I can confirm already these are not the same anymore compared to first set.
Too bad they turned out to be poo-poo. :(
Here is a link to HKJ´s review on these WITH that discharge graph which I was about to take a look at:
http://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/TrustFire%20TF18650%203000mAh%20(Flame)%20UK.html
Now, if we take a look at it:
/TrustFire%20TF18650%203000mAh%20(Flame)-Capacity.png)
...we can see, that my recently tested cells run about 0,15 - 0,3V LOWER at 1A discharge chart.
They are almost at 3A graph.
They take a far more steep dive in volts, yet they squeeze more cap after 3,00V mark but still remain poor compared to capacity of HKJ´s ones.
These were a bit too good for the price, I admit.
I´ll give this also a bump since I just noticed people are looking for those discharge results.