18650 TrustFire Flames 2400 mAh Battery Test

i have brought 2 x redilast 2600 2 x hi-max 2600 and 2 x solarforce 2400 batteries to compair tail cap readings to, ill update this post over the next couple few weeks

Thank you for sharing benckie

Thanks- I got the Redilast 2900 mah and it's really powerful, don't have test equipment but runs hotter and about 30% longer in my little Torch.

Guessing the 2900 is definitely
"The Real Deal" higher current delivery( when needed ) for longer period of time guessing about 20% more than a good 2400mah battery and 30%+ more than some Ultrafires.( and of course many batteries can not deliver the really high amperage this Redilast can deliver).

Tip to test whether taller batteries will fit- a penny is about 1.4 millimeters thick so you can check whether your appliances ( don't plug your charger in ) will fit the longer batteries by adding a penny or 2 to make sure before you order the 18700 size or the taller hi performance cells.

No problem

Not sure if every one understands the charge/discharge tabes so ill try and help out with the table's with a simple discription.

Zenit [s] is time of the charge or discharge cycle it is updated every 2 seconds.

Input [V] is how much volts my power supply is giving my Ichager 106B+

Voltage accu [V] is battery or batteries voltage

Current [A] is how many amps the charger is charging or discharging the battery or batteries.

Capacity [mAh] is how long the battery will last under load a 2400 mAh battery should be able to give 2.4 amps for one hour till empty.

so if testing a Trustfire Flame Battery 2400 mAh and it test close to or above 2400 mAh it is good.

i would not worry about the other ones on the table's and this is the simplify discription version, i hope this helps

this is the set up ive been using for the charge / discharge and internal resistance testing of these used and abused cell,s

this is why i say you have to take into account the rare earth magnets, my soldering and so on when i do internal resistance testing as i belive the 8 x 8 mm magnets and my soldering will make the test's read a bit higher then they actualy are when it comes to internal resistance (IR) but the mAh and voltage readings will be fine.

Are the Trust flames from BuyinCoins legit? Will go with either BIC or Mana, but can get 10% off with BIC and wanna order a bunch of other stuff from them aswell!

Thanks!

Every battery ive brought from BuyinCoins has been fake i have brought some really bad peforming 18650,s and NIMH batteries from there, the 18650,s where recycled laptop batteries that took less then then 60% of the claimed mAh and the NIMH took less then 1/3 of the claimed mAh i have also got some dodgy deals on cheap torches from there aswell every deal sofar has been a waste of time trying to get some money back for the junk i was sent, just my experience.

The new trustfire flames got here yesterday 3.84v and 3.82v on opening the packet, discharged them to 3v and let the rest then charged at 0.5 amp the first one took just over 2500 mAh. The second one is charging now and when I get home from work I'll post up the data sheet's and the IR of the batteries, but sofar they are looking good and are performing well.

Are this trustfire of manafont or buyincoins?

I will not give buyincoins any more money all the batteries I've tested on this thread are from Manafont !

The ones I got from buyincoins all seem to work just as good as those from DX or Manafont.

Ilikeflasklights have you tested the mAh or it's a guess, cause the ones I've tested from there are under performers.

The new Trustfire Flames mAh test

Discharged to 3 volt and charged @ 0.5 amp

Cell A (Internal resistance 184 milliohms)

Cell B (i for got to save the data sheet) Internal resistance 175 milliohms

End voltage is a bit low as its sat on the charger all day waiting for me to come home from work, basicly these perform a bit better then my used and abused old trustfire flames that still perform well.

People will recomend other batteries or the same batteries from other sellers with out testing the mAh or with out even knowing if they are protected or not.

Ive tryed to be honest and show as much proof these take there claimed mAh and work well in multi cell lights but its up to you guys to make up your own mind with the infomation ive provided to try and help people out.....

More testing to come

No I don't have a charger that will test mah. I haven't noticed any of my Trustfire flames to be bad. They all seem to perform well in all my lights. I have bought them from 3 different places. I charge my batteries on mostly Xtar chargers and then check the voltage. Most will charge back to 4.13 volts.

well two of the places you mentioned DX and buyincoins i have tested bad TFF batteries, Manafont sofar for me in the only place ive tested good ones that test close to or above the claimed mAh even when used and i have mentioned there up sides, down sides and there IR, it's all here for you to see.

i too have used the same charger as you WP2 2 i brought it for my old man as a gift i tested it for 2 days straight before giving it to him, you can not realy tell a average cell from a good cell due to the way it charges ramping down and it will under charger all batteries (better then over charging).

ive see people recomend batteries on here and not even notice they are not protected or under perform, but i say buy what you can afford from where you want, just in my expernice i have had no luck with DX TFF and no luck at all with any type of battery and a couple of crapy torches from buyincoins.

since i have some very basic equipment to test the batteries i thought i would make a post about it as ive seen the TFF get a hammering latley and not just quess and say yeah they are good, i have spent well over 60 hours doing these test on this thread and if it helps one person to decide to buy or not to buy these batteries with the infomation on this thread its been worth it.

And you done a great job. I'm sure some of the ones I got may be in fact worse than some of the better ones. But all seem to perform well for runtimes in my lights I have put them in so far.

thanks for the kind words.

sofar these ones ive tested (new ones) are out performing the xtar,s and are on par with the solarforce V2 batteries for tail cap readings but cheaper Tongue Out i have some hi-max's, redilast and panisonic's coming for some more comparisons.

i will do some tail cap readings and some more comparisons soon as its hard to find the time right now flat out working 6 days a week and playing the family man and trying to keep up my hobbies im burnt out.

so this thread is not complete yet but i think ive tested enough TFF batteries for now.

Hey your welcome. That's good to hear. I know old4570 sings high praises for the Hi-Max 18650 2600MAH. That's why I have bought some. I got about 8 or 10 so far. I'm still buying them. I get them for $13.00 a pair.

I only got two hi-max,s in the mail to test first, ill test them as soon as they get here and post my results im hoping to get around 2400 mAh like most other reports, they cost me about $16 USD a pair shipped to Australia.

The redilast 2600 mAh should be here early next week, i didnt go with the 2900 or above as i thoguth they had more usible voltage to me, they where $34.50 USD a pair shipped to Australia, shipping from the USA to AU is slow.

I have got a pair of protected panisonic 3100 mAh coming but i dont think i will be able to use all the voltage with them since they have a 2.5v cut off so all the mAh will not be usible imo, but ill give them a go, they should be here in a couple of weeks, they cost me $30 USD a pair shipped to Australia.

The solaforce 2400 mAh V2's im charging now cost $16 a pair shipped to Australia im not to sure if i should make a seperate thread for the hi-max, solarforce, redilast and panisonic batteries ?

As the batteries get here i will compare tail cap readings with the trustfire flames ive been testing to complete the testing of the flames.

Shame a single slow dishcarge and slow charge takes around 11 + hours per battery Undecided i perfer to balance charger 6 batteries at a time, so i can perfectly charge 6 in the time it takes to charge one, this testing is sucking alot of time and my charger has been getting a good work out.