I decided that in keeping with my ghetto flashlight ways I’ll just keep them charged, check them once a month and if they fall low charge them again. I have 27 good cells from laptop pulls. My only bad cells are the 6 new Trustfire red/black striped 3000mAh that came bundled with flashlights. I figure even with what goes bad I can just pick up another laptop pack to break open once a year. I read on here 18650 cell lifespan is 3-4 years. I think some of my laptop cells are from 2008-2010 and they charge up to 4.17v after resting and last a long time. Someday if the DreamCharger Review: Opus BT-C3100 ("dreamcharger!") is released I may buy one and repent of my battery abusing sins.
I rarely ever use flashlights. I’m thinking this obsession may be winding down. Time to go find something cheaper to obsess over like Meth J) So far I’ve been buying flashlights for 5 weeks. The only thing I want now is a Fandyfire STL-V2. I’ve got these so far:
15? SK68
4 SK98
2 Olight i3s
1 C8
1 SRK
1 Starry Nights SA22
1 Ultrafire 875
1 Fandyfire STL-V6
1 H60
1 501B
- Joe