Please don’t enter me in the GAW but I just wanted to say that it’s nice to see you on here again, and thanks for doing this for everyone!
For market research, my favorite cell now might be the Queen Battery 26800 - really impressive, just limited in sources to purchase from and in methods to charge them up. The Vapcell H10 is also a big favorite which I hope you guys can source something similar in the future since Vapcell told us that they have been discontinued (hard to find such a nice high drain 14500 cell with good capacity and that doesn’t fall flat on its face under load). I’d love to see the stock Samsung 50G in your store…the Vapcell-wrapped G50 is proving to be a great cell but OEM would be nice to get.
I’m still a big fan of the classic Sanyo/Panasonic NCR18650GA due to the high capacity and reasonable maximum current. I really don’t run my lights hard and prefer the slightly longer run times as I almost never use turbo. I use them for half of my lights:
All 3 Sofirn SP31V2’s with 219B SW45k, LH351D DA0GF4RTS 5000k, and SST20 2700k.
Hard to say a favorite 18650 cell. Guess it'd be a tossup between a MJ1 or a NCR18650GA. As far as lights, I typically run an ancient S2 (not the S2+), a Sofirn C8F, or a Lumintop GT Mini. Also have a TackLife 26650 thrower used infrequently to see what the dogs are woofing at on the other side of the fence.
I am still using the Samsung INR18650-30Q 15A 3000mAh Flat Top’s I got from you a few years ago as well as the gold 14500’s I use in my SYNERGY2.
Chris
As others have said, Samsung 30q is a good battery. I also have been very happy with the Sofirn and Wurkkos re-wraps. Anything with low IR and consistent performance is good with me.