Best i can charge them to with my hobby charger 106B+ is 4.30 volt with out changing the calibration, im hoping for a firmware update to fix that soon, but buy not charging them the xtra 0.5 volt they should last longer just not sure if you would get all the 3400 mAh out of them
I'm curious too,just wondering if the 300 mah difference would be worth a bother or not.Tests need to be done for me to bite on these,4000 mah,now your talkin!
That makes the 26650 even more redundant doesn't it. But well done Panasonic.
And lets not forget that soon the ebay sellers will have made R&D progress too - I foresee them to peddle the 6400 mAh capacity 18650 battery very soon :p
Yes and no im not sure every one will be able to charge to 4.35 volt to get the full 3400 mAh.
The old panisonics where great but i was never a fan of the 2.5 volt cut off and in most torches 3 or 6 volts was about as low as i could go, so i oftern could not use all yhe mAh.
Now these new ones have a devent cut off of 2.75 volt, but fully charged at 4.35 volt is a bit of a turn off and im not sure if all lights will handel the extra .15 vot but it is very minor.
I still think 26650's batteries will have the advantage with 750 to 1000 more mAh but they have the disavantage of size, weight and needing new chargers. Right now i think the 26650's are the go.
The 26650 might be a passing fad, but in time as they improve to even high mAh it woud benifit us well.