There are so many brands using good quality cells now, why would you risk your own safety using crap **fire cells?
You’ll find plenty of useful reviews right here on BLF for cells costing around the $10 to $12 range. If your looking to penny pinch on anything cheaper your kidding yourself, in the long run the better cells will save you grief and $$$’s.
Edit: looks like your on the right track, may be a bit expensive but local to you which outweighs the little extra cost.
Still I dont think these Panasonic cells are the best for such light as the King pulling 3A from each cell.
http://lygte-info.dk/review/batteries2012/Common18650comparator.php
Select "Redilast 3100mAh" and "Redilast 2600mAh". The 3100mAh cell is the same as the one you found on ebay and you can see that the voltage drops earlier.
I would untick everything except for 3A and 5A because those are important for you.
Tailcap draw from several reads for King is around 7.5A, so that's only 7.5/4 = 1.8A /cell. That's a measly 0.6C for 2900mAh Panasonic.
Really? I thought someone measured the King with something about 3-4A per LED..
You can find one Sanyo 2600mha for less than 6$
or in ebay a pair of panasonic 3100mha for less than 18$ shipped, do not buy anything worse than that…
Where can I buy Redilast/Keeppower 2600mah’s for cheap? The best price I’ve seen was $14 each, and it seems like a rip-off to me since the normal unprotected Sanyo 2600mah cells can be bought for less than $6. Is there any other distributor offering a protected version of the Sanyo cell for less than $10?
Another question, is there still a place/source where we can buy genuine Trustfire 3000mah flames with the capacity as reviewed HKJ?
You cant get them cheap, thats the point. ;)
TF3000: Manafont. But I'd stick with HiMax or XTAR.
And the Keeppower 2600mah’s? Where do we get them?
I have not bought any of them… Yet… :bigsmile:
I havent found Keeppower 2600mAh cells either. The Keeppower seller on ebay wont sell them.
Redilast can be bought from one page, for 14$ a piece, I guess you found it already.
For this price you can buy two sanyo…
BTW Can someone find what is the difference between this two protected?
Button top vs. flat top?
I think so… One of them is a little small, but in the pic dont look like flat top, look like something between flat and top
got any info on those cells?
Meaning: those are good. I'd say about the same as XTAR 2600. Afaik they have Sanyo cells inside, but I cant guarantee.
10,99$ for warranty??? Mmmm
You can buy warranty for almost anything on ebay.. even for stuff that costs less than 1$. So what?^^
thanks for the links. wish i could tell if it were a brand name battery inside. im pretty partial to japan mfg
First time that I see that for a batteries…