brightex
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It has been discussed on whether you really need a protected lithium battery, before discussing this let me point out that lithium batteries as has recently happened with the Galaxy Note 7 phones, can explode or self ignite. For this reason having a protected battery preventing the battery from reverse changing is a very important safety feature, though it does make the battery more expensive.
Now if you have a charger that is also reverse polarity protected than even if you have a non protected battery it will not be damaged if placed the wrong way in the charger.
Unfortunately there are many low grade batteries and substandard charges sold on the market or supplied with flashlights, so you have to be very careful about the battery that you use and the charger you are using.
Our recommendation is to only buy quality protected batteries making sure that the rated capacity (mAh) is the real capacity (In many cases the rated capacity is much higher than the actual capacity). It can be easily verified when testing the battery as per the below picture.
Also make sure you have a quality charger that is UL certified (confirming to the US Safety Standards) there are many dangerous cheap chargers, do yourself a favor and avoid them. Check for the UL marking on your charger. Also verify the charging current is at least 1000mA unless you want to wait for hours until your battery is charged! (See below picture)
Here is an article with some additional information on the subject
Good Luck
Now if you have a charger that is also reverse polarity protected than even if you have a non protected battery it will not be damaged if placed the wrong way in the charger.
Unfortunately there are many low grade batteries and substandard charges sold on the market or supplied with flashlights, so you have to be very careful about the battery that you use and the charger you are using.
Our recommendation is to only buy quality protected batteries making sure that the rated capacity (mAh) is the real capacity (In many cases the rated capacity is much higher than the actual capacity). It can be easily verified when testing the battery as per the below picture.
Also make sure you have a quality charger that is UL certified (confirming to the US Safety Standards) there are many dangerous cheap chargers, do yourself a favor and avoid them. Check for the UL marking on your charger. Also verify the charging current is at least 1000mA unless you want to wait for hours until your battery is charged! (See below picture)
Here is an article with some additional information on the subject
Good Luck