I purchased 3 sets of grey UF batteries in the beginning.
They all ended up having different buttons, PCBs, printing, and capacities.
Not wanting to lose a finger, I only buy Sanyo- or Panasonic-based cells now.
Ok men I just bought 2 Xtar 18700 2600MAH batteries for $13.50. That is a very good price for some great quality batteries. So I thank you men. I'll probably buy some more.
Thanks Serena for still honoring that price.
I'll let you guys know what I think once I get to use them. I'm sure they are as good as you guys say they are.
I just received my XTAR 18700 today and like the batteries, just make sure it will fit your charger as it is longer than the protected 18650. It won't fit with my old charger and barely fit in my newer one.
I have the Xtar WP2 charger. Do you think that will work?
I think someone already tried that and fit it barely.
Thanks. I have some other cheaper plug in wall chargers that will definately work if not.
Xtar WP II will work without a problem :)
Ok thanks.
Well I decided to order another pair of the Xtar batteries. I figured I could always use them. I wonder how long they will honor that price?
Don't pretend that the cheap fakes from ebay at half the price of DX is actually made by Ultrafire (although the Ultrafire shop is warning that DX are selling fake items...).
Well it don't look like these guys are much better when it comes to selling fakes then.
http://www.lightmalls.com/sony-lr18650-3-7v-3000mah-rechargeable-li-ion-battery-2-pack
http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=10683
So they are selling fakes as well.
That's going off of this info.
I also wanted to tell you guys that ebay pulled the plug on those Sony fakes. They are no longer on there. I don't know what they did to the sellers. But I told them they need to give them the boot.
Sony makes only industrial wrapped 18650s, not looking like a retail battery.
BTW, check this battery pack built with 18650s from Sony
I count 144 18650s in that pack. Not bad for something the size of a car battery.
You could run a serious short-arc searchlight with that much energy....
Talk about fast. Serena said my order will ship today. I'm impressed.
The "sony" as said earlier are true garbage. Not worth even at 0,5 usd a piece. Stay clear. Choose XTAR as there are one of the best (if not the best) you can get without spending much. :)
I want everyone to understand I am all for saving money and if your happy with any of your Fire brand batteries more power to you. But just let me share this one little story.
About 18 months ago I bought 2 Ultrafire 3000mah batteries I tested them at about 2200mah it was a little disappointing but I figured for $5 they where ok. I checked some message boards and it looked like this was about what they normally tested. Fast forward a year later they came in at somewhere around 1450mah. I decided to take them apart too see what we had! Well one was a sony and the other had no markings. Both where clearly recycled with old spot welds on the negative end. What would have happened If these where used in a multi cell flashlight? Where these the old recycled sony batteries that caused all the fires in the Dell laptops?
On another occasion I took apart 12 ultrafire batteries, one was a sony IMR capable of 15A discharges. What would have happened if this was mixed in a multi cell flashlight????
There are also Fake Trustfire flames floating around https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/881?page=3 I don't think any of the Fire brands wrapper color combo's are immune to being faked.
Manafont is now selling the Sony Protected 18650's @ 3000MAH
- Operating voltage: 3.7V
- Capacity: 3000mAh
- Ultra-high capacity and premium built quality
- Protected to avoid over-charged or over-discharged