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Ok , havent seen these before , so since Best Offer Buy had the best price in town , I ordered one of each , Protected and not protected .

Cooking lunch ATM , [ nearly ready ] so will update as time permits ..

Palight [ picture shortly ]

Blue one is unprotected and the Orange one is protected ..

Blue was $1.50 [ Length = 34.9mm Dia = 16.5mm ] Voltage on arrival was 3.8v

Orange was $2.60 [ Length = 36.2mm Dia = 16.5mm ] Voltage on arrival was 3.87v

Both cells are on the charger ATM , but I will take a picture after lunch .

Update : Discharge Test .

Put them in my [ now ] SSC P7 L2m , to test for Discharge capability .

Blue = 1.69A

Orange = 1.67A

AW = 1.81A

Solarforce V2 = 2A

Well , thats not bad , considering the price point .. There only a little down on the AW RCR123A

Next I will do the run time test [ This will take longer ]

Wow , these cells are total CRAP .... I dont know what else to call them .. Ok maybe Rubbish , trash , a waste of money , a rip off , a con , a lot of Sht , [ can I say that ]

Seriously , Crap in a wrapper !

The PTC tripped @ 24min 30seconds on the orange one ...

The blue one @ 25 minutes had seriously sagged [ output ] and measured voltage was 1.79v at the end of the run , thats from 3.53v @ 20minutes , so the last 5 minute run really strained the heck out of the blue one [ unprotected ] ...

Well , I highly recommend you dont buy these , dont even look at them , in fact , even at these prices , these cells are total rubbish ...

Ok , using my Imax B6 balance charger to discharge the cells @ 0.5A to 3v = Orange / 334mA capacity , Blue / 304mA capacity .

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That's too bad but definitely good to know. Thanks for taking one of many for the team.

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Thanks Old. Sorry the cells turned out to be total garbage.

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Thanks for the heads up!

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To be honest , I was expecting them to be bad , but not this bad ... Took me by surprise ...

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Well, I think they simply have to change "880 mAh" to "400 mAh". Some batts are total crap from the beginning (those fake TF 18650 for example)

P.S.: excellent review as always, Rich

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P.S.: excellent review as always, Don Rich

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There, Fix't!

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Perhaps 250mAh seems more realistic.

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D'oh! Fixed. Thanks

55 min. with Solarforce (880 mAh I suppose), 20-25 with Palight... If they costs 3 times less... it's not so bad I think

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They are bad when for an extra 30c you get decent batteries ...

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good work old

would you recomend the solerforce for use in a zebralight H31

i am looking for new cells for this light as the crappy uniross 3v ones i have only give me 10-15 mins on high before cutting to the lower modes

where is the best site to buy them

cheers Barrie

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Check the Solarforce Review I posted .. Length may be an issue in some lights . and the new Solarforce Cells are longer than the Trustfires ..

There a darn nice cell , Im using one with my XM-L A20 , so will see how long it lasts @ around the 2A mark ..

http://www.jayki.com/flashlight_review_board/11905

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thanks

i think i will give a couple of these cells a try the ones i have are 35mm and there is 2-3 mm left in the ZL so thay may just fit