Twelve NEW 2400mAh 18650s, under $30?

Try this one: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/190776517081

Hi,

The Ebay listing says New Brunswick, NJ, which is probably like across the river from New York:

http://maps.google.com/maps?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS519US519&q=new+brunswick,+nj&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x89c3c355f06a92a5:0x25925506798e230c,New+Brunswick,+NJ&gl=us&sa=X&ei=s6tgUfnZL9bF4AOLmoH4Ag&ved=0CJYBELYD

Incidentally, I’ve bought a lot of stuff Newegg, and that always inevitably ships out of Edison, NJ, which is almost the same place…. coincidence?

Also, before I bought the pack off of Ebay, I did do a brief search of Tmart.com, but that pulled up like 25 pages of results. The one 9600 mAh one I found was $34.99, but it looked slightly different than the pic on Ebay:

http://www.tmart.com/Laptop-Battery-7200mAh-11.1V-for-Dell-Studio-1737-1735_p136250.html

Re. flat vs. button top: I looked more closely at the pics from the OP, and those do look like flat tops.

Jim

P.S. On my purchase from Tmart, the payment went to N&K Trading_tmart, thus my “guess” that the ebay seller is tmart.com, or associated with them.

cat eyes,

Who were you talking to/asking?

Jim

Hi,

Oh, ok….

No, I don’t resell lights :).

It’s just that I’ve just gotten interested in lights fairly recently, and there’s a TON of stuff to learn about (for me).

I have a technical background, but it’s been all work, while this is actually FUN, so it’s like “a kid in a candy shop”… and, BTW, I think I’ve mentioned on other threads, my wife is already starting to hate it, because of the pile of lights, batteries, chargers, and rigamarole that I’ve accumulated in the last 1.5 months.

Jim

Haha, yep, same creative spelling in the ebay listing.

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Is there good evidence that any cells made in China are automatically 'retreads'? That's not a leading question, I'm truly asking. I know about some of the quality issues, like everybody else I got burned years ago by the Chinese capacitor scandal, but capacitors and batteries are different animals. Lots of circuits still work passably well even when some or all of the capacitors are completely ineffective... for a while, until they vent. Can they really use river water and ox dung in a LiIon cell and have it still work?

I would dearly love to have a tackle box packed full of fifty Panasonic 3400's or Samsung INRs, but not so much I'd be willing to give up food to get them.

These aren't HP packs, they're aftermarket replacements. The genuine HP-branded OEM packs use LG - at least based on the one sample I opened.

edit: The OEM 12-cell pack for the HP DV4 used LG cells... they may use something else for other and/or newer models.

Nearest Home Depot is ~90 miles away... :(

Fenix 18650 has also BAK cell.
http://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/Fenix%2018650%20ARB-L2%202600mAh%20(Black)%20UK.html

They’re $89 now:

but not available in any stores near me :)…

Jim

Crude but interesting results...

Solarforce S1100, 3x18650 in series, w/low batt warning that trips at 3.3v/cell. Tailcap draw is 1.22A, current delivered to the emitter is 3.3A.

All cells fresh off the charger, start voltage of 4.21V.

Samsung INR18650 15Q, runtime on HIGH: 1h08m

BAK/CJ 6K00112, runtime on HIGH: 1h30m

comfy,

I’m losing track of this thread. Are the “BAK/CJ” ones you mention above the ones from the $30 laptop battery (the one I just bought :)!)?

Jim

P.S. Are we sure that the BAK/CJ ones are actually manufactured by BAK?

YES.

Hi,

I wanted to keep you all up-to-date. The one I ordered is now in Secaucus, NJ, on its way to me in VA. That’s the same place the orders I had from Tmart.com came through before.

The unfortunate part is that in the 2-3 orders I got from Tmart in the past, the shipments seemed to sit in Secaucus for a couple of days. Hopefully, that won’t be the case since this was purchased through Ebay, but we shall see I guess :)…

Later,
Jim

I got mine in 6 days, including a weekend, from NJ to MS. USPS is weird like that sometimes.

Comfy, are these good readings? I’m not familiar with this light. Also are you saying these are good cells or not? The reason I ask is because I actually want one for my HP, so it’s probably a better deal for me than anyone.

I will have to get the one in Reduk’s link of course, but I presume they are the same.

Marc.

Still in Secaucus, NJ today (Tuesday)…

It's just a runtime comparison between an unknown cell and a known cell in fairly new and excellent condition, the INR 15Q (1500mAh).

I have a Turnigy MAX80W on the way, maybe I can figure it out well enough to get some real data finally.

Ok, good stuff. Discharge test would be excellent. Looking forward to them.

Thanks,

Marc.