raggie33
*the raggedier*
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button top or flat? im going to stock up for my future lights but im not sure what is the most used in lights
I'm about 95% unprotected flat top, mostly high-drain cells. Almost all my lights can use flat-tops, and that's the way the original manufacturer makes them, so I use them that way.
I have some unprotected button-tops (the buttons are added afterwards by a 3rd party) for lights that require buttons.
And I have a few protected button-tops. I have no idea why. Protection doesn't really give you protection, IMO it's a false sense of safety.
I'd recommend light first every time. Also all 18650s decay. They have a shelf life of 10 years or so, so stalking up on them is, unlikely to be useful.
Also the new rapidly increasing use of 20700,21700, 26650, and 16340 lights is making 18650s less of a guarantee that you will use them in a light of your choice, unless you start reverse-buying them with a very foolish bias toward buying lights for the batteries you already own. I tried that, didn't work out.
I suggest buying cr123 batteries and having lights that run off them.
NCR18650B was the king for such a long time. But I'm glad I didn't stock up on them because they got thrown into the back seat when several new cells came out.
I hear you. But getting a reliable source of genuine 18650 cells is difficult where I live.
Actually, his comments appear to make more sense than yours IMHO;Where on earth do you live? [...]
So no your comment on mine makes no sense, re word it please.
Actually, having the frame of reference that many of us /already/ own & use (18650) lights of our choice, I can guarantee that the introduction other cell sizes has no effect on whether our chosen lights will still continue to use 18650's or not.[...] the new rapidly increasing use of 20700,21700, 26650, and 16340 lights is making 18650s less of a guarantee that you will use them in a light of your choice [...]