Hi there,
very interesting information on the last pages, thank you. I didn’t have much time for my FandyFire HD201 since April, in the meantime the 26650 cells got quite popular I think.
I have two Sony LiMn 26650 (made by Molicell?), which delivered easily more than 6 amps in the HD2010 (Maximum= seems to be direct drive). Minimum voltage is 2,5v, maximum 4,2v. I think, in earlier days, max. voltage used to be 4,1v with nominal voltage of 3,6v, but now you can charge them with the normal lipo programm.
Capacity is supposed to be around 2500mah, I got a bit more capacity (started charging at3,0v):
http://s14.directupload.net/file/d/2979/67wgcopq_jpg.htm
I have different RC Model chargers, for these batteries I use the small charger:
this one works very precisely, but some of the cheap chargeres like IMAX aren’t very precise, so be careful
this is the battery:
Sure, the capacity isn’t that massive. But the maximum discharge is 10c (!!), so you could get up to 25 amps, which is a lot. So far no problem at all with them, will buy some more probably. They are safe and powerful. Some shops in Germany sell them, like lipopower.de, an other guy sells them on ebay.
AFAIK these type of batteries are used for Sony Laptops (the smaller 18650), and the bigger 26650 have been around a while, used for power tools, and lately for electric bicycles. There aren’t so many different manufacturer for lithium batteries, most of them in china. Molicell is an Canadian company, but of course manufactures in China.
Some years ago, the “Konion” batteries have been popular amongst RC hobby people, but are hard to get nowadays. I would like to get one of the 26700 cells. Here’s a comparison of these batteries (in German):
Quite interesting are these ones with 4000mah:
http://shop.lipopower.de/LiNiCoMn-Rundzelle-CR26650-C1-37V-4000mAh
it says “WNICR26650C1”
thanks again for all the interesting information, for me, 26650 are the future. More amps, higher capacity, and like the sony/emoli, pretty safe.
The only problems I had with batteries so far were NIMH Cells, which burned and exploded. so I think, they all can be dangerous to some extent. I would never buy myself some (fake?) batterys from an unknown shop. They probably get damaged due to the high power LED we use nowadays, ’cos they can’t stand the high current draw.
florian