i just recieved some purple xtars from pandawill (they shipped from within the us and for two new xtars it was 13.50 with free shipping. got them in 6 days. 2100 did a discharge test on one of his purple xtars with pics in another thread (search "purple xtar" and the post will come up. he got around 2200 mah i think. cant remember exactly, and im on my phone right now or i would post the link to the thread.
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Here's 2100s dishcharge test of the purple xtar 2600:
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/4453?page=1
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He got 2288mAh
I mostly have TrustFire 2400 Flames from DinoDirect. Somehow all of mine are real, but I mainly use my pair of Hi-Max 2600s because they're better. You can save a little money on the Hi-Max by making an offer to pingyi.co.ltd on eBay.
@CheapThrills: I was thinking about getting some kind of charger like the imax too, but I read it gives wrong voltage etc. and has to be modified to work properly? Are there good hobby chargers for about 30$?
IMO Imax gives accurate-enough measurement readings to hobby use.
I would recommend getting an Xtar WP2 II (~20$) for charging purposes. I use my Imax only for charging more rare setups and for testing. Most common battery types have theis own dedicated chargers.
there are others way but probably the hobby charger is the cheapest/easiest solution
just consider that the imax b6 and clones can test a discharge up to 1A, b8 and clones up to 5A, sometime, especially with cheap clones, the result is not very precise due to the cheap resistors used
Read from some hobby threads that imax b6 and clones have 1% resistors, this by itself more than enough accuracy for flaslight use. It's even considered ok for multi Li-Po balancing, though not perfect. However, simply changing these to 0.1% resistor totally changes the playing field, making the b6 performing similar to hobby chargers many times more expensive.
The drawbacks? Well... resistors are SMD... :) so if you have surgeon hands and proper tiny tools then you can think about replacing them.
I think in an earlier post in this thread, I asked you "how you do that"..
Anyway, I am think I have reached Level 1 Budgeteer Apprentice .. I found the source, and was able to get 6 hi max 2600 for $26.00 plus $10 for shipping.
That comes to $6 each.
However, before I saw that, I went for the 2 Hi Max 2600 for $18.90 on Ebay which means I spent $9.45 for each cell in that deal. I am learning..
From what I have been reading you are correct. One report put them a little higher. Compared to the Ultrafires I have been running, I am almost sure the Hi Max are going to be a big improvement.
Also, I plan on going up the scale in the cell department. That is each time I order new cells, get something better. Most like I will end up getting those $17+ cells that I have been reading about..
The old saying of you "get what you pay for" still holds true..