I’m not a battery expert. Just know enough to hopefully not blow myself up. For my HD 2010, I got some moli 26650 batts that arrived yesterday from this vendor:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOLI-IMR-26650C-26650-3-7V-Li-ion-Lithium-Rechargeable-Battery-New-ML0001-/130715091525?pt=US_Rechargeable_Batteries&hash=item1e6f3a0245#ht_3690wt_1164
Took about 3 weeks. Work GREAT in the HD 2010 and a Keygos M12 I have, but I just got em yesterday sO I haven’t had time to really do some tailstand tests and see how long they work for.
Of course, they are unprotected, so I pull them before they drain too far, but I use unprotected batts in many of my single-batt ights and almost prefer them to protected.
I did have some hesitation about the moli brand. I had never heard of them. Fortunately we have this thing called the interweb so I was able to look the company up.
Their web site says:
“Our location in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada is a world-class lithium ion battery Research and Development facility as well as the home of our North American Sales and Technical support team.”
Sure sounds impressive. The batteries say “made in canada,” so I assume (a dangerous thing) that they were made at this facility.
Web site shows Moli branded batts with Moli labels, but I’ve never seen any on ebay. I wonder where they are sold?
I also read somewhere on the site — that of course I can’t find now — that their specialty is 26650 batts!
Web site also stresses how they are trying to make a “safe” li-ion cell.
They say IMR on the cells. I suppose they could be pulls, but they look new to me. NO tab residue. Tops and bottoms are bright and shiny.
Of course none of this means anything if the batts are fake, but man they are some NICE looking batts, so nice that I just really think they are real.
I have some keygos batts on the way. Interested to compare the two.
The moli cells were like 3.6-3.8 volts when they arrived. Could have been better. AND they took FOREVER to charge. About 8 hours. Bigger capacity? First charge? They did fit in my Trustfire TR001 and my intellicharger, although from looking at either of those chargers you’d think they would never fit.