Dr. Tweedbucket
Enlightened
Say you do everything right. Don't over charge, don't drain too far, don't short them, handle the batteries carefully and only use one per light ( no possible mis-match ).
Can a cell still become unstable for whatever reason? I mean, they are made in China for the most part and so many things that come out of there are train wrecked, I don't have a very high confidence level with something that can burn a house down.
And the reason for concern is, I'm starting to accquire more 18650 flashlights and am still a little paranoid. Most of them have low batt indicators and I have a good charger that turns off at 4.2V (Xtar VC4). I am in the habit of keeping the batteries removed unless I am going to use a particular light, but I wonder if that is going too far?
Can a cell still become unstable for whatever reason? I mean, they are made in China for the most part and so many things that come out of there are train wrecked, I don't have a very high confidence level with something that can burn a house down.
And the reason for concern is, I'm starting to accquire more 18650 flashlights and am still a little paranoid. Most of them have low batt indicators and I have a good charger that turns off at 4.2V (Xtar VC4). I am in the habit of keeping the batteries removed unless I am going to use a particular light, but I wonder if that is going too far?