I don't know how they did it but Aspire squeezed 1300mah and 15Amps out of an 18350. I ordered some a week or so ago and they showed up just a few days later. I have not done extensive testing on them except capacity and they really are 1300mah. They rocked in my Astrolux S41 much longer than my AW or Efest 18350's. Just wanted to get something started on these and see where it goes. Will post more of my findings soon.
They are amazing! I've been using them in series and they with quite well. They are a really nice upgrade for capacity over anything else I've found. They also do well under high amps.
I’m not far from Svapostore but the 10 euro shipping sort of kills the deal, even for four cells - 25 euro. I paid less for a set of four 30Qs i received today.
Still… why do i think i urgently need some? :person_facepalming:
Look nice, but ≈1100mAh and a 7A max continuous rating would be far more accurate. Their internal resistance is not of high discharge class (voltage sag is ludicrous), worse than that of modest Sammie 26Fs, those single in class 26350s and or TrustFire IMR14500s (red-gold).
Still… at 1050 mAh and 7A this 18350 battery is more then welcome.
It’s been around since August 2016 - at least nine month, but it doesn’t seem to have drawn much attention… that’s odd, but that’s not a very popular size either.
As I see in the graphs, they could deliver about 1036mAh down to 3V at 3A discharge rate. Two of these cells in series still can't match a top brand 18650 in performance, but with this improvement it can make sense to employ an LD-29 driver and enjoy a spectrum of fully regulated modes without PWM and the ability to “fully” utilize the cells. With such input, I bet the LD-29 could drive a standard emitter at 5A max (or close), with a nice mid of 1.5A and a 250mA low.
They’re not high discharge cells, so they would get hot and / or sag significantly with high currents.\
It’s a bit like the good old Panasonic 3400mAh 18650.
They are just not made for high current.