Hi Tim, I have a H10 in Wuben E05, FWAA & GT Micro XP-L (GT Micro NM1 Vapcell 14500 Gold)
Nice hand warmer, how bad was that wind yesterday (Saturday)!
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.
I’m tempted to get the GT Micro 
Pretty chilly! Jumper + jacket + beanie + mask 
lumintop fwaa surely… great battery for that light.
I will second this request, Dennis. I am ready to order (like many people), but the $18 per each is a big hurdle to overcome...
Anything with a fet driver (fet+1, etc) with a low vf led or multiple leds. I have some of those epoch 10A 1000 mAh in my FWAA and it screams, almost 2100 lumens (for a few seconds). I use it in my TG06 with fet dr9ver and its noticeably brighter than with the shockli 5A 14500.
Hello
Recently, due to the shortage of batteries, the price has risen too much. Our purchasing cost is too high, and the freight of overseas small parcels is also relatively expensive. You can try to contact the local wholesalers to purchase, and reduce the freight due to the large quantity
You can also buy a variety of batteries in vapcell store and tell BLF members that they will give you a discount
We hope the cost will come down and the price will return to the previous level
If there is good unit price information, we will update it
Lithium atoms are all the same, so making more good cells is just a complex engineering problem, not an physics problem.
Wait, is there a BLF discount at the Vapcell store? Ali tacks on our hefty 8.625% sales tax as well, out here on Long Island (NY is 4%, Suffolk cty is 4.65%).
You’re lucky we in the UK get taxed 20% which aliexpress take don’t know how the UK government get of that.
Ouch! Just checked US states/cities and looks like quite a few places are at a higher rate than LI, some over 10% - didn't realize that.
There should be a Tom E discount when he’s ordering from AliExpress :partying_face:
I ordered 2x T50 previously because of Tom E’s comments on BLF about it being good. :+1:
My order of Vapcell K64 26650 finally arrived (order date: April 3, 2021 ; arrival date: June 11, 2021 ; a bit over 2 months is still acceptable for batteries considering the hoops they have to go through in the postal system. I have another order of different batteries from a different AliExpress store that is still in limbo... no tracking update for more than 2 months now]
However, the results are not good. Out of 8pcs K64, only 1 piece is above 3.0v (3.77v). 1 piece is around 2.1v.
All the rest 6 pieces are below 1.0v, with the lowest having just 0.14v.
Vapcell K64 arrived voltages:
0.145v,
0.166v,
0.353v,
0.364v,
0.495v,
0.856v,
2.128v,
3.774v <= only this one is above 3.0v, but still need to test if it will self-discharge
Don't waste any more time - they know they are bad and will give you a full refund without issue, least they did that for me.
I am still watching my Vapcell K64 26650. The battery came to me a normal voltage of 3.7V. I charged them several times and used them in a flashlight, the battery still behaves as serviceable. The capacity has not been tested, it takes too much time with my charger.
Are your serviceable Vapcell K64 26650 performing well? Are they still working properly?
I had two, one would not hold a charge. I may still use/try the other but will watch it carefully - I'd say 50/50 chance it won't last too long.
(quote) My order Vapcell K64 26650 finally arrived (order date: April 3, 2021 ; arrival date: June 11, 2021 ; a bit over 2 months is still acceptable for batteries considering the hoops they have to go through in the postal system. I have another order of different batteries from a different AliExpress store that is still in limbo… no tracking update for more than 2 months now] (quote)
My first order from the Vapcell store in Jan. took 13 days by sea to reach Manila from Taiwan. My orders on April 9 and 17 just shipped last week after 7 and 8 weeks when I found they had not been shipped and opened a dispute.
I want to be able to order from the vapcell store but don’t want to deal with shipping issues. I’m confused about how it works there. There seem to be different vendors and shipping charges but all orders seem to be shipped by the same person who seems to be in a little over her head to say the least. I’m wondering if there’s any alternative.
I asked for tracking numbers several times when I was waiting and got a few invalid (fake?) numbers but she never told me the orders had not even shipped. When I tried to use their tracking a Taobao page would open.
My worst experience with Aliexpress yet.
I hope so. I have PM’d Dennis and Vapcell on AE with no response so far.
No need to PM them - just request a refund on the order through Ali, that's what I did.
I opened a dispute in AliExpress system regarding the Vapcell K64, but no response from them yet. That was 3 days ago.
I suppose they’ll reply at the last minute (the AE dispute system still says there’s a few days left for the seller (Vapcell store) to respond to the dispute)…
I guess will wait it out, or maybe will PM Dennis.