Ok, but what about pair of protected ones for less than 10$ shipped with 2.2Ah or 2.4Ah, are there any worhty contenders based on your experience :D?
Sure. Most Ultrafire or Trustfire cells might or might not have the capacity.
Seriously, you only want to buy 2 cells. Dont go cheap, those posted are tested budget cells. Why risk anything?
that’s more like it…14.50 for 2 is a good deal…wonder what happened with the test I posted?
2,2Ah - 2,4Ah.
The Trustfire 3000mAh should beat this (HKJ TF3000 review shows better Ah, other reviews not much as HKJ’s, but 2,2-2,4Ah do they have).
i’ve had great success with the 3k TF flames…plenty of capacity…like ChiggerPepi said they look almost exactly like the samsung 2800’s on the graph posted…they’re 10.30$ at fancyflashlights instead of 11.70$ at manafont…I use them in my Dry and they post a 5.3a on turbo initially…
Meh, ok, one more attempt to find the best deal, any one have something to say about these Xtar 2600 protected ones:
http://www.pandawill.com/2pcs-xtar-18700-2600mah-37v-rechargeable-battery-p54223.html
http://www.pandawill.com/2pcs-xtar-18700-2600mah-37v-rechargeable-battery-p54212.html
(whats the difference, aside from warehouse location and 1$ price difference?)
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People seem to reccommend them in this thread:
Also, did anyone encounter the same low capacity issue as 2100 did in this post:
???
Still without batteries and my C8 are on their way, not the best situation, should have been the other way around, batteries first, flashglight later :D!
Well, thats the difference. USA will take longer to you.
XTAR are OK.. but compare them to the IO 2600mAh on HKJs page. Take a look at the curve at 3A and then order those from IO. ;)
How much pricier are those from IO?
At the moment my best bet could be Efest, HKJ will review them in coming months, Shadowww cant stop pointing to them and there seems to be no negative information regarding those batteries, which is a good thing and they are so far best priced, pair for 14.2 at MF.
Those fro Pandawill cost even less, thats why I ask :D!
http://www.intl-outdoor.com/2-pcs-sanyo-ur18650fm-2600mah-protected-battery-p-516.html
Thats ~4.50$ more. And while there are no negative experiences, there are no positive reviews either. Maybe you'll have paid ~4.50$ more for the same performance in the end.. or you'll have paid ~4.50$ more for better quality. Or you wait a few weeks.. if thats worth 5 bucks to you, then wait. ;)
In all honesty I think you’re over thinking this, it’s “just” a pair of batteries. What I would do:
- Avoid the cheap ones with unknown cells, i.e. UltraFire, Trustfire, Uranusfire and so on.
- Buy something with either Panasonic or Sanyo cells.
- Buy from a trusted seller so you know that you get what you pay for and to avoid unnecessary hassle.
- Buy them now, you’ve been thinking about this for 6 days now. It’s good to be cautious and thorough, but still…
What I would do is to buy IO:s Sanyo 2600 cells. IO is a great store that ships fast and the batteries are great. They might be a couple of dollars more expensive then some of the others but that’s just that, a couple of dollars…
http://www.intl-outdoor.com/2-pcs-sanyo-ur18650fm-2600mah-protected-battery-p-516.html
Good luck.
Yeah, Volk, I aggree, Ive been sitting on these batteries for far too long LOL :D!
Will order them tonight, within 4 hours :D!
Pandawill UK ships only to UK, not to all European Union. Plus their shipping isn’t free.
Yeah, thought that I read it somewhere but couldnt find it on their web page, anyway, Efest are on their way :D!
Now try to actually order it (from anywhere outside of UK), and get disappointed. 
Ah, I see. Or rather, being in the UK, I don’t Not a bad price for these, if you do live in UK, but I’ll stick to 3100 Panasonics from our new sponsor, Efest, once they can ship li-ions OK.
Why not the 3400 Panasonics? Unlike Enerpower etc, Efest have decent pricing on 3400mAh ones.
Yeah, actually I probably will - they didn’t have them when I ordered some recently, then the cells I did order were returned by HK post, so I had refund & am waiting for the rules to be relaxed before ordering again.
+1 regarding HK post, I contacted sz-eyoung group and they said that due to HK post refusing to ship these batteries they cant ship them out this month and maybe next month will be possible!
I hope Manafont will be able to ship my batteries LOL :D!
How’s it going? Was Manafont able to ship?
I got a shipment from Intl-Outdoor about 2 weeks ago with 6 batteries, no problem. I think they sent it with Singapore Post which might be the reason that it worked. So if Manafont can’t help you don’t forget to try IO.
(is it obvious that I like IO? 
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