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is there a rechargeable version of this battery? If so, what's the best one. I have some olight mini s I'd like some rechargeable on. Thanks.
I've heard to stay away from any cells containing the name fire as they are more apt to cause one....(Ultrafire trustfire ect )
TrustFire cells have always been a decent cell, if you check HKJ's site and actually look at the results.
The Flame label TrustFires are the ones in the past that have performed 'well, or decently'.
The problem is that all of the other 'Fires' out there, are heavily counterfeited--UltraFire, AmericanFire and whatever else they, the Chinese, want to copy.
This is why Henrik's tests are invaluable to us 'flashlight' guys.
The ones I linked seem to test out well on his initial testing.
I'm paraphrasing here, but I once asked Henrik about long term results and his reply was that 'cells testing out well, in his initial testing, are generally 'good cells' for us.
I look at things a bit differently, as an 'end user' and I want to see 'cell life' pan out.
I bought some Kinoko 16340s after his tests and I just didn't get that much 'life' out of them and they were basically trash after 18 months, if that. They did well initially in my 2A-3A lipstick lights, but they just didn't have the stamina for me to revisit them a second time.
He has come out and said that he doesn't do long term tests, only initial tests--ah new time testing, so keep that in mind.
Cells are relatively cheap, compared to a case of micro brews, or a dinner out on the town, so I don't fret too much about it, but look at his test of the red/black TrustFire 16340s of recent weeks and decide for yourself, if they're worth the gamble for a few dollars.
I have a few in my que at FastTech, so I might go with 4-6 for not a lot of cash and see what I see.
I've moved onto 18350 based lights, but I still have a lot of my 16340 lipstick lights that I EDC and my AWs and AWTs are a couple of years old.
Chris
forgive the ignorance, but a 16340 is the same as a cr123? I have one I think it's efest maybe but it says 700mah, while the cr123 says like 2200mah. So is the larger mah number better for brightness, runtime, neither? thanks.
forgive the ignorance, but a 16340 is the same as a cr123? I have one I think it's efest maybe but it says 700mah, while the cr123 says like 2200mah. So is the larger mah number better for brightness, runtime, neither? thanks.
RCR123: Lithium iron phosphate--LiFePO4 (IFR).
16340: Lithium cobalt/manganese/hybrid.
Try reading here: http://lygte-info.dk/info/CR123A and rechargeable substitutes UK.html
2200mAh is wrong.
More mAh usual means longer runtime and has nothing to do with the brightness.
Higher brightness will consume mAh faster, i.e. a battery with higher mAh may not always give longer runtime if the light is brighter.
It is not safe to assume anything about chemistry from the name, some manufacturers do not follow that convention.
It was 1600mAh. It was this one here: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/prod...MI7quCj8-32QIVgyFpCh1sjA4uEAQYAiABEgJJNvD_BwE
but it said non rechargeable on it. The other one was 700mah and was rechargeable. So I want the highest mAh rechargeable then I guess?