Battery test/review summary

I guess this is the place I will look before buying any "high quality" cells.

For now Ill stay with the trust fires/flames..

Im just thinking. Would it be a good idea to keep some of these Reviews untouched by other users, eg questions/discussions etc.
And make another thread for discussing. I guess this thread will be a very useful one. With all these cell comparisons.
Usually people need to read about 10 pages about 1 cell to see if the cell is actually good or not. But with all these reviews in 1 thread.. its probably better to not get everything mixed up..

just sharing my thoughts

Wow really good work HKJ. I really appreciate the time and effort have put in and continue to put into this. Looking forward to the results of the other batteries in line.

That's a huge amount of work already. Thanks for taking the time to do it.

Looking forward to updates.

I neither have the equipment nor the time to do such tests so thanks for doing them. I couldn't do them.

Any cells you want to test?

If I have them they will get posted to you,

Why should they be left without comments? The review is always at the top and you do not need to read the comments (But they might contains some useful information).

Not at the moment, I have work for the next two months.

Thank you very much for doing all these tests and contributions! And most important of all very open and absolute transparent reporting of results with an open mind to test them!

I am very pleased to see that the Callies Kustom performing to par. Still remember that time when xlimm4 was cornered by some "so-called" respected folks (not here) and thread locked because it was said that it is another thing to just slap on a PCB on a Panasonic and that "does not make it a Reliast or AW". heh...

I am sure with the XTAR 3100 and revised int-outdoor protected Panny 3100s come out, they will all give us more good choices!

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Why should they be left without comments? The review is always at the top and you do not need to read the comments (But they might contains some useful information).

I was thinking about other short reviews, or even just a thread about a specific battery, that took a lot of comments, but after a lot of different comments, people concluded they were not as good as they thought.. blue IO 3100cell for example. Thats why.

Thank you very much for your time and devotion HKJ!

I couldn't wait and ordered a pair from Manafont this morning. First purchase from them and I've read good about them.

Gosh, I think I'll probably have the new UF C8 from 365bid BEFORE the 18650's ARRIVE...

OH...THE HORROR ! !! LOL

OMG...LOL.....yehhhh, it's not like I can run out to WallyWorld and procure one now is it? Laughing

I have understood it, and starting the test of the TrustFire 3000 mAh batteries.

Manafont sku:8460

Great, Manafont is where I ordered my 4 TF flame 3000mah 18650s from. Will be interested to see your results on them, and how they compare to the other 18650 I own, an AW 2600mah

Also curious to see your results on the red ultrafire second from the left, as thats what they always try to include with budget lights on eBay. That are the blue ultrafire "3000mah" unprotected ones.

Can anyone give me a retail site which sells AW's, callies customs or redilasts discussed in this thread? + maybe a price comparison?

If you have the knowledge a little explanation on which i should get and why would also be very much appreciated!

Thanks!

You can get AW here: http://www.flashaholics.co.uk/batteries/lithium-rechargeable-batteries.html

callieskustoms and Redilast is sold from websites with that name, but they are in US.

HOWLY C*AP

Those cells are MIGHTY expensive

That is the reason many people are looking for Xtar and intl-outdoor's 3100 batteries, they uses the same cell but will probably be cheaper.

The TrustFire 3000mAh test is done and the result are up. It is a good 2500-2600 mAh battery.

Where did you buy the Trustfire 3000mA ... kai and manafont are selling these cells (manafont is cheaper)?

They are from Manafont.

Added two LG cells and AW IMR 1600 cell to the charts