I don't know what's in mine, but I wouldn't buy Keeppower 14500's again. Two of my four quickly self discharge. I think the other two aren't great either, but I'll have to check my logs to make sure. They're my worst lithium ion batteries.
If I had to do it over, I'd get Nitecore 14500's or more Trustfire flame 14500's.
Supposedly Keeppower and Nitecore 14500's have the same cell inside. Fasttech costs a tiny bit more, but should cost less if you inquire about non-MAP pricing and use the BLF coupon code. Pre-MAP price for the Nitecore NL147 was $5.99 before BLF coupon code.
Thanks for the input! I got 4 Keeppower 14500’s from Doingoutdoor a while back, mainly because of HKJ’s praise in his review… Should have known better, they seemed too cheap for Sanyo-cells…
And now you can get them for $ 3,90 a piece from CNQ… :~
Our local dealer, Akkula.fi, seems to have both, €5,30 for DLG and €7,50 for Sanyo…
Well, those chinese cells are good. Most of them are UL listed (something official) so thats fine, I just dont like being lied to. I have lost my trust in Keeppower. My 18500s with chinese cells in it clearly said "Cell & IC made in Japan".. disappointing and I wont buy Keeppower again.
I mean, you cant really be sure unless you remove the wrapper of your cells. And most people wont do that. I had to do it because they wouldnt fit my light otherwise. I paid 27€ for 2 Keeppower 18500, normal people just dont "destroy" their expensive cells. ;)
True, and that’s fine by me. But they shouldn’t then put the same label on both.
I bought two ‘800mah’ Keeppower 14500s from CNQG recently, they have ‘Cell and IC made in Japan’ on the label, but I have cut a small window in the outer wrapping and it shows a clearly blue cell underneath, so not the Sanyo I was expecting/hoping for.
yeah this is what I learned. Here's a straight from the horse's mouth...
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The company have established strategic relationship with international lithium battery suppliers such as Sanyo, Sony, Panasonic, LG Chem, Samsung SDI, Skme, Moli, BAK, Lishen, ATL, HYB, etc..
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For unprotected 14500 cells I think these are some of the best (Sanyo - from RMM)
Keeppower does have some good stuff. No brand has the best of everything (for the money) though, which is why we mix and match brands/suppliers to get the best value of each. For example, the Nitecore 16340 LiCo are the best value/capacity for the money — BUT they are slightly longer than usual. We stopped carrying the AW LiCo for this because Nitecore kicked it’s butt, however, the AW IMR 16340 is still king in that arena.
With some simple testing equipment and a penchant towards disassembling/finding the truth, you see things in a very different way. Sometimes ignorance is bliss since I now put all my own batteries (camera, phone, etc) through the testers and mark it with a capacity rating
EDIT: Oh and to loop back to the OP, we/I find that AW 14500 still are the best in that size.
Could you please take a picture of the protection circuit?
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I have some keepower and some nitecore 14500 and I am happy with all of them, they deliver enough current and have good capacity. It doesn’t matter if there are Chinese cells in it as long as the cells perform good.
But I can’t understand that there is printed a lie on the cell. Has anyone emailed keeppower directly and asked this?
I ordered (4) Keeppower 14500's ,2 are DLG's and 2 are Sanyo's from Cellguy or E2fieldgear (very nice guy) and I peeled back the labels and made an incision and there was 2 red -Sanyo- and 2 blue -DLG-. I HIGHLY recommend Cellguy for Keeppower batteries.
i was going to order some of those 18650 3400mAh keeppower because of seiko protection…but now i guess it is better to put those extra money in a flashlight like ZL SC600 that has it’s own protection (2,7v cutoff) and then just buy unprotected…EDIT: who am i kidding… i still use unprotected cells in TM11…!!!(kids don’t try this at home!!!) :Sp but it is not my fault…it seems that i can not find decent quality protected cells for good price…
I should have put that I ordered and knowingly ordered 2 that where DLG and 2 that where Sanyos. And that's what I received. But I agree that they (Keeppower) should put a better label on their cells.