Genius Paul!
Well done, True BLF
I recently bought some boxes that store 4xAA and 4 or 5xAAA, and they are a bit easier to carry or to store!
I don’t own many batteries, nor AA/14500 nor 18650. In fact, almost all my 18650 are at use, I juts have some spare, charged, just in case! Normally I use some lights with 18350 batteries to have some 18650 spare… :partying_face:
But that’s true, those boxes are good to have them in a row!!! :+1:
does your place have 3d printer, if yes, then you can find a design on thingiverse and print one
BTW, so far I use zip bags for transport. Not nearly as tough as hard case, but way lighter…is it a bad idea?
Maybe, maybe not. I got a set of… think it was LK 26650s?… that came with a case, and the case was busted when I received it. They probably went bowling with the cells during transport, who knows, but either way, the “hard plastic” (HDPE?) was cracked and in several pieces as if it were hard polycarb.
I’d prefer something more resilient like maybe LDPE, that’d have some “give” before shattering.
The bag shouldn’t be that bad. They still can get beat up and crushed, but…
Genius Paul!
Well done, True BLF
Nah… true BLF would be if the basket came in neutral-white.
Oh, and stretched to take 20700s.
I 3d printed it, work well, you can print 2 of it to make a box, or you can design one in any cad programs, it’s super simple
Ps:sorry for a mess batteries and table
Kewl, tnx! Got those 4×18650 boxes for under a buk each.
Still searching. No local arms shop has shotshell boxes.
At $5.75 shipped this is cheaper than any plastic box purchased in Poland. Count shipping within country and the pouch is half the price. :person_facepalming:
I feel a box is safer though.
EDIT: Same pouch on ebay is $5.29.
Wow, I can’t believe there is even a thread on battery storage boxes on this forum.
And here I am thinking the US$0.98 4-piece case I bought from GB is a good deal.
I bought these MTM shotshell cases from Walmart for about $4 or $5 a piece…
The inner tray/grid is removable. When in place, it works well for smaller cells, such as 14500/AA.
I like these the most. Any idea where else these can be bought from that will ship out to the US without charging ridiculous shipping charges?
Probably a big ask. I found an australian website that sells MTM ammo boxes but not the ones used by Pete7874. Does anyone know which of the ammo boxes can take 18650 size batteries??
12 gauge shotgun ammo has ~18.5 mm diameter. Any box for 12ga shotgun ammo that accepts 70 mm-long shells is fine.
I got my boxes cheap from EU vendor, no need to order from China AliExpress:
http://www.sobeler.com/22-almacenaje
Sobeler.com is headquarted in Europe or Spain .
I have some of these from ebay. Haven’t tested waterproofness yet
The plastic case I got from gearbest, which can fit up to 10xAA, 5xAAA+7xAA or 10xAAA+4xAA. From slot size I figure it’d take protected 14500s as well. not sure about protected 10440s. It’s great
For taking 18650s on the road I have this Soshine box, same as @djozz, but for 2 cells
And for storage I use this cardboard box that was packaging for something I bought on aliexpress and decided I’d like to keep for some future use. The future use came and it fits almost perfectly 16 18650s. If I ever need more storage, I just use the lid, which fits 20 cells, and if I need even more I just use both.
I got my boxes cheap from EU vendor, no need to order from China AliExpress:
http://www.sobeler.com/22-almacenaje
Sobeler.com is headquarted in Europe or Spain .
But are the boxes of higher quality? Because, frankly, I suspect these are exactly the same boxes for 10 times the price.
I have received some advise from a forum member that I’d like share here:
I like these Pencil boxes
Robot or human? (link is external)
Tutorial: Duck Tape® Pencil Box » Dollar Store Crafts (link is external)
They hold about 9?? I have about three of them and a couple of sliding soap boxes like them.
I’d say eight or ten in one pack is a decent number .Above that and it gets a bit heavy .
i have a cool box like the solarforce one ,but mine is a lot bigger i think i can get about 12 or 14 in it vs two ?? i forget …when i saw it i thought oh cool i want another one . than I realized it was tiny
http://www.everbuying.net/product1082119.html (link is external)
ooops 6 … IDk i thought they were two deep like mine is … they were on sale for 5$ ? .anyway i have a bigger version of this type case …mine is almost too big . i thought it was made for cigars ?
Wow…that‘s quite a number…160 cells in one box. Will protected cells fit into this box, too? Is this one for sale anywhere?
160 is to much for me, but a 20 slot version of this one would interest me plenty