A flashlight can only be as good as it's batteries. Where to find GOOD ones?

[BlueSwordM]

Here are some links from my threads with all legitimate sellers in the USA:

Li-Ion Wholesale: https://liionwholesale.com/

Illumn: https://www.illumn.com/batteries-chargers-and-powerpax-carriers/batteries.html?\_store=default

18650 battery store: https://www.18650batterystore.com/

IMRBatteries: https://www.imrbatteries.com/

Battery Junction(mostly for protected brand name cells): 18650 Battery | Rechargeable Li-Ion Cells | Battery Junction

Banggood: 18650 - Buy 18650 with free shipping | Banggood Shopping

Fasttech: https://www.fasttech.com/category/1420/batteries

Mountain Electronics: Batteries

Vruzend: Products – VRUZEND DIY Battery Kit This one is a bit special, as you’ll see

Orbotronic: https://www.orbtronic.com/

mAhBattery: https://mahbattery.com/

See my thread for more info:

Massive post on where to get lithium-ion batteries everywhere in the world! Look at Post 2-5 for info, And Canada Post 123

So, after the failure that was the Liitokala Aliexpress stores scam by tricking people into buying genuine-looking 18650s. while they were in fact, fake counterparts with the same capacity, but with higher internal resistance, and different physical characteristics: As an example, we first have the Samsung 30Q, or what they like to call, a “Liitokala” 30Q to trick you into buying the cell, and after you discover that it is a fake, they will refuse giving out refunds since it was their branded …