Storage environment: -20°C~60°C; Less than 1 month, -20°C~60°C; Less than 3 months
Cell Weight: 50g max.
Cell Dimension: (L) 68.90mm*(D) 18.60mm
This is a high capacity cell that can handle fairly high discharge current.
Very nice discharge curves with good tracking between the cell.
My result is below rated capacity, some of the reason is probably because I terminate charge a bit early (100mA instead of 50mA) and do not discharge to 2.5 volt, only to 2.8 volt.
Conclusion
This cell is designed for higher loads, but it has capacity enough to be a resonable cell at lower loads also.
What can be a little confusing is that EVVA manufactures 2 different versions of the 3500mAH 18650 10A batteries, one based on the Panasonic 18650GA, the other based on the LG 18650MJ1.
It takes a close look at the label to see the differences.
Do you think this would be a good choice if wanting to gift a light requiring a higher drain cell? There are some higher drain lights like the BLF A6 and the upcoming BLF X6 SE v2 and X5 that I would like to give to family members packaged with an Xtar charger. I am not comfortable gifting anything but a very protected setup to those who will not get into it as deep as we flashaholics do. That said I would like to allow them to use their lights at their full potential or at least very close. I’ll happily sacrifice a few lumens for safety. I buy my cells from Mountain Electronics so these are an option for me. I actually have two of these already and I’ve been very happy with them but I don’t have a way to test output from my lights besides my eyes. Let me know your thoughts. Thanks.
I own 4 different types of 26650 cells, including two hi-drain (35A/unprotected) ones.
But in testing my high-power lights, my protected Evva cells out-perform them all.
Good to know their 18650’s are also good. I just might order some…
I’ve been using the EVVA Panasonic(Sanyo) NCR18650GA 3500mAh cells for a while now. Just ordered a bunch more from MTN Electronics.
Size is the same as NCR18650B, and they fit all of the lights I have tried so far. Excellent sells and a great value for under $10/ea. Every protected reputable 18650 on BatteryJunction (Olight, Nitecore, etc) of this capacity are more expensive. Not sure why these aren’t more popular!