Test/Review of AW 18650 3400mAh (Black) 2016

AW 18650 3400mAh (Black) 2016







Official specifications:

  • Nominal capacity: 3400mAh

  • Nominal Voltage: 3.7V

  • Diameter: 18.52mm

  • Length: 68.16mm +/- 0.3mm

  • Max. discharge rate: 2C (5.2A)

  • Size for reference 168A / 600P

  • PCB protection against overcharge, over discharge and short circuit

  • Safety vent with thermal cut off protection




A fairly high capacity cell.










The discharge curves looks good.






At 7A the cell gets fairly hot.















Conclusion

A Panasonic cell with added good protection is can only be very good battery.



Notes and links

The batteries was supplied by aw-akku.de for review.

How is the test done and how to read the charts
How is a protected LiIon battery constructed
More about button top and flat top batteries
Compare to 18650 and other batteries

Thanks for the review, it’s strange that they release a battery based on the NCR-B now in 2016…

It is not a new cell, I am just reviewing all AW cells.