Test/review of D.K.L 18350 Li-Ion battery

Outer appearance (it’s just a battery, but I know some of you guys are into this sort of thing…):

Official specs and link to shop:
Size: 18350
Capacity: 900mAh
Manufacturer: D.K.L Battery
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1/10003762/1271001-icr18350-18350-37v-900mah-rechargeable-lithium-bat

Now, the interesting part… benchmark results:
0.1A: 875mAh

0.5A: 865mAh

1.0A: 869mAh

Ignore the voltage, my 18350 holder has massive resistance :s actual voltage tested by DMM is 0.55V higher than shown on 1A graph, and 0.28V higher than shown on 0.5A graph.

Added 0.5A and 1A graphs :stuck_out_tongue:

Not bad, quite close to the spec. Now, what lights can use it?
Seems backwards… buy a battery then find a light for it :wink:

They should fit in Malkoff MD2’s, etc, and bored out Surefires. I don’t really see any advantages of using 2-18350’s with a total of 1800 mAh’s, vs. using 1-18650 with 3400 mAh’s though.

I’m going to use mine in a Solarforce L2m. I think it’s the only Solarforce host that can do 18350 :stuck_out_tongue:

Thanks for testing these, Shadowww. They seem like very decent cells. I’m choosing between these or FastTech’s TrustFire 18350s. These DKLs are probably the better choice for my application.

2*18350 (serial: voltage doubles; capacity remains the same) typically enables fully regulated runtime in lights capable of accepting 3.7-8.4V (such as ShiningBeam Blaze, Thrunite T30, etc.). 1*18650 yields roughly 12Wh, but at lower voltage compared to ~7Wh of energy delivered by 2*18350 at higher voltage.

Thank you for the explanation on that issue. I am always wondering what is better to have. More mAh’s, or more voltage within the operating range.

I did not realize the original post was looking for hosts that use a single 18350. Sorry for my misunderstanding of the post. I think that there is now a member over there that is custom making Malkoff MD1’s. He is very talented using the milling and lathe’s and makes a nice unique MD1 host. :smiley:

Some good info about this battery and 18350’s in general.
I am currently looking at a couple of different lights that can use 2x18350’s in place of a single 18650……I am thinking the 2x18350’s would be able to give a higher lumen output with a shorter run time naturally.
When I get one of the lights and batteries I shall test them out.
Cheers

Thanks for the great info.
I have one question :slight_smile: is this battery safe enough to use for Vamo v10 E-cigarette ? The reason Am asking is because I saw couple videos that shows E-cigarette explodes :open_mouth: and some people got seriously injured !!! since that day, I took those batteries off the vamo and stopped using it. I started to look for a good quality batteries. What do you guys recommend ?

Welcome to the Forum! :beer:

(I’m not a vaper) I think you best go to the Fasttech page of this battery, with 11 discussions and over 100 reviews in the course of 2 years, there’s a ton of information over there.

fasttech in not a trusted source to get the real info from :-/

I’ve noticed that there is no product there with less than 4 starts :smiley: