Thanks Ubehebe! If not for this thread I’d have thrown m’lady’s battrees in the recycler!!
My FastTech order is stranded in Hong Kong…there are only TWO batteries in it, but it’s got the battery wrap in there too! Boo. 
“…who can argue with 6 free batteries?” - not me!!! 
Here they are after clean up. I put tape on the big gash in the one on the bottom.
>>>>>I dunno, I have some 1500s that came from a tool pack, the INR 15Qs
Haven’t been lucky enough to to get any 15Qs yet.
I have a bunch of new 13Qs and another 10 new 1500 sanyo pink-ring SAs from some trimmer pack I just got yesterday. New in the clamshell in the recycle bin, but the edge was smashed so I couldn’t sell it on ebay.
They start off plenty bright, but — for me anyway — they only seem to last about half as long as say 2600s or 2800s. And when they start to ramp down around 3.8 volts or so, man they ramp down mucho quicko.
But i use them plenty, especially for lights around the house.
Same deal with the 1500 Sonys. I have enough of those to choke several horses. 
So far, I have never gotten a crap cell from a brand-new pack, regardless of its individual voltage reading when taken out of the pack. Some at less than 2V.
Hell, I even have cells recovered from OLD packs at voltages as low as .7V but still retained as high as 90% of its capacity.
This thing is a lot of fun.
Try the cell for a nite hike. Performance seemed at least as good as Sanyo 2600 based on eyeball observation. I am satisfied I now have 6 extra cells to rely on. That makes all the troubles I went thru seemed all worthwhile. Thanks to Ubehebe for suggesting the pack, and others with informative tips.
All hail Ubehebe, the 18650 liberation king!
:party:
Just ordered qty 1 from link referenced above: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370739547155&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:US:3160
Me 3, Tom.
Speaking of kings, all hail the Chair! Nice picture. I only have 24 of the 2800s. He beats me!
I really like these batteries. I notice with my lux meter that instead of sagging and getting dimmer, most lights actually ramp up for the first minute or so and get brighter! Not by much. Only a couple thousand lux, but still! My 2900 Panasonics almost immediately start to ramp down.
Well on Sept 2 I charged one of these pack pulls to 4.2 volts and an NCR18650B to 4.2 volts. (I know the Samsung is not fully charged).
Today the Samsung is at 4.193, and the NCR is at 4.17
Stop it with the battery porn!
Sold out. I ordered 3 yesterday. 
scum ...
I only want them because they are gone :P
I only bought them so you wouldn't get them. 
>>>>>I only want them because they are gone
They’re not all gone. Still some left at $2.92 each. Only 24 cents more each.
If the link doesn’t work, just search on flea bay for laptop battery 5600.
The seller has been regularly dropping his price. Hopefully, he’ll do it again.
We should all wait, for him/her to drop the price some more then!!
He’s got it back to $17.55 just as I checked. Darn.
I'll wait till they are gone again .
He usually has several listings for each battery all at slightly different prices. Search the store for '5600' and then sort by price.