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    Amateur showdown of AA sized batteries.

    So in the above test, the Pokelit had the Acebeam 920mAh batteries, and the Tool 2.0 had the Orbtronic 1100mAh batteries. With the batteries reversed, the outcome was still the same. The Tool 2.0 still ran longer than the Acebeam, and in all cases, the Orbtronic batteries lasted up to 41...
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    Amateur showdown of AA sized batteries.

    Here's an unexpected outcome.... especially considering the previous Acebeam Pokelit performance against the Lumentop Tool 2.0: Pokelit stay at Medium output full term then drop out, while the Tool 2.0 do a step-down and keep going.... It's the exact opposite of what's been happening with the...
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    Amateur showdown of AA sized batteries.

    Weird... the board won't let me edit the first post :mad: So far, these Acebeams are blowing my mind.... Just got data in on the Energizer Max Alkaline batteries running turbo mode. > Margin of error for the Acebeam's are 10 minutes > Margin of error for Lumentop, only 2.5 minutes All...
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    New 3.7V constant voltage Lithium-Ion from EBL.... :(

    Either EBL aren't what they used to be, or I got really lucky with the first ones I got years ago... Considering that these were purchased directly from the EBL official website, they've used up all their chances with me. On the 18650's... I also found out that the ones directly from EBL are...
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    New 3.7V constant voltage Lithium-Ion from EBL.... :(

    Just received the order from the official EBL store.... the batteries look very different, gray wrapper instead of the black, USB-C ports instead of the mini-USB, and these have an LED in the center of the positive terminal. So I'm headed out to the Tenergy T180 to do some discharge curve...
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    SKYRC iMAX B6AC V2 AC/DC Dual Power Professional LiPo Battery Balance Charger/Discharger

    Depends on what you'll be charging with it. It comes with some charging cables, and gator clips, but may not include connectors that you might need.... and does not come with the cell balance module - iMAX XH Adaptor part# SK-600020 Another charger to consider would be the Tenergy T180 which...
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    Armytek China?

    Tried their Doberman Pro a few years ago, worked great for about 6 months then it started messing up. Don't even know where it is now, I may have even recycled it for the aluminum.
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    New Batteries for TM28

    If you haven't already purchased new batteries, I would recommend Orbtronic if you're in the US. If the light can use protected cells, they have 18650 3500mAh Battery Protected 10A that can run continuous 10A discharge. If it cannot use protected cells then this is what I would use: 18650 30A...
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    Looking for good source of 21700 LiFePO4 batteries

    These batteries ended up being about 0.2mm too long for the MC3000 charger... the base of all 4 batteries have a little indentation where I pushed them into place in the charger.
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    Looking for good source of 21700 LiFePO4 batteries

    It's expensive, but it's well rounded: 3 UI modes: 'dummy', 'simple', 'advanced' 4 independent slots that can handle 4 different chemistries at the same time handles most modern chemistries even ones I had never heard of like RAM & LTO 30 programmable memory locations 50mAh capacity setting...
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    Looking for good source of 21700 LiFePO4 batteries

    Wanted to add a follow-up. I recently bought the SkyRC MC3000 charger and custom programmed a discharge > charge > discharge > charge cycle for these batteries. BTW... these batteries just BARELY fit in the charger, I had to wiggle them in just right. First discharge cycle ended with all...
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    Anyone tested 1.5V 14500 AA Lithium-ion batteries?

    WOW.... I'm testing these Xtar 1.5V 4150mWh rechargeables using single AA flashlights, Lumentop Tool 2.0 & Acebeam Pokelit AA. The Xtar batteries are doing FAR BETTER than I expected, especially in the Tool 2.0 which has a much higher turbo output than the Pokelit. That does play out in...
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    Amateur showdown of AA sized batteries.

    Here's the Malkoff 3-6D head in my Maglite 5D flashlight running Xtar 1.5V Li-Ion rechargeable with 3xAAp to D-Cell adapters: Fortunately, I swapped batteries just before it went out the first time and can be seen in this clip: Frame rate is 30 frames per second, photos were taken every 10...
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    New 3.7V constant voltage Lithium-Ion from EBL.... :(

    Purchased directly from EBL store on Amazon, probably not selling fakes of their own products..... Still to give them the benefit of the doubt.... I also ordered directly from EBL (not arrived yet), but I have a feeling those will be going back too... Found one Amazon review that shows a...
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    New 3.7V constant voltage Lithium-Ion from EBL.... :(

    EBL is a well known brand in other parts of the world. I bought some in AAAA size because they were all I could find for rechargeable at the time in that size.... they were good enough that I tried some AAA & AA's. Even direct from their own website, they don't live up to the capacity claims...
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