The old version of white battery was customized and researched by vapcell alone in cooperation with the battery factory, but the sales volume was too small for the battery factory to bear, and the factory had to rely on large sales volume to make money
So it has stopped production
The flashlight Market is too small, and the sales of high power batteries are not optimistic
Vapcell 14500 1000mah 10A also encountered such a low sales situation
Hope the future will be better
Vapcell T8 and T6 can meet the needs of high capacity and high power flashlight users
Yep, we have to rely on other markets to keep these batteries alive.
Years ago, it was laptop batteries that brought 18650s (low drain) and power tool batteries (high drain). Then Tesla with their massive orders of 18650s from Panasonic (later to be 2170s), and then Vaping with more of the high drain variety of 18650s.
Nowadays we’re basically relying on Tesla, Vaping, and Power tools to get the batteries that we want, so we have to work around that. I’m honestly surprised that we got 26650s.
It looks like the T6 16340 compares quite admirably to the old 800mah white version. The voltage curve is more square, and the capacity difference is mostly made up at low voltages (<3.3V). 6amp curve looks great and is really all that’s needed from this size cell. Hope to see HKJ add it to his comparison tool, but it seems like it might be the best option available. If Illumn gets these I’ll buy a pair before they disappear too.
So that means we’re not going to see the Vapcell 800mAh 16340 7A (white) anymore in the future.
HKJ reviewed it here:
And the same will be true for the Vapcell H10 1000mAh 14500 battery - we may soon not see it anymore?
HKJ reviewed it here:
Are there other (special formulated) Vapcell batteries that will not be produced anymore in the near future?
Eg. is Vapcell T50 still going to be produced? How about the rewrapped Sony VTC5D (Vapcell 2800mAh black) or the Sony VTC6A 18650?
I measured my Nitecore NL166 with >4A for a blink on that 15mm MNT FET+1 driver / Osram WF2. It’s my most powerful 16340, but I have only this one and don’t know if there’s a significant variance, also cannot do professional measurements.
Edit:
The 6A Vapcells are now listed on AE. Ordered two .
The Vapcell T8 (purple) is 16340 850mAh (3A rating) = still in production
The Vapcell white is 16340 800mAh (7A rating) = to be discontinued, per my understanding
The Vapcell P1608 is a 16340 800mAh with built-in USB charging port (? A rating)
It is sad if the 14500 1000mah 10A is discontinued. That is such an excellent cell. The biggest issue is that besides the FWAA, there really aren’t any flashlights that can take advantage of this beast of a battery. There needs to be more multi emitter 14500 flashlights for this battery sales to take off.
agreed! I am running the epoch 10amp / 1000mah cell in all 10 or so of my 14500 lights, and they are great! I am pretty sure they must be rewrapped vapcell's. And they are fantastic
I got 2 of what I think were H10s (blue or purple?), and visually, there was little to no difference in my GTmicro vs the cheepcheepcheep EBL 14500s. Even 900lm vs 1000lm isn’t that much of a difference except on a meter.
More lights need to be able to use that extra oomf, at least enough to make a difference.
Dennis, with the T50 back, will that price come down? You bumped up the price 50% from $24/pair, in November, to $36/pair. In October, they were $22/pair.