Thread: 18650 batteries and charger.

Originally Posted by 199p

Not sure about chargers but be very careful that you buy the original batterys

there are heaps of cheap copies floating around and there have been several e-cigs that have been damaged buy them

Ok @199p. Thanks.
What is a e-cig?
How do I know what is a copy?
Any brand/model recommendations?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Ok @199p. Thanks.
What is a e-cig?
How do I know what is a copy?
Any brand/model recommendations?

Ultrafire is normally rubbish. Have seen some with amazingly low capacities. The ones to go for, that I've found good, are Panasonic, Samsung and Trustfire 'flame'.

I've been ripping apart old laptop battery packs (very carefully) that mostly seem to have Samsung or LG batteries and use those in my headlamps. Most of the packs die when the circuit board in them goes belly up and stops charging cells. At some stage I'll set up a small spot welder using a starting solenoid and add protection boards to them.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

Ultrafire is normally rubbish. Have seen some with amazingly low capacities. The ones to go for, that I've found good, are Panasonic, Samsung and Trustfire 'flame'.

I've been ripping apart old laptop battery packs (very carefully) that mostly seem to have Samsung or LG batteries and use those in my headlamps. Most of the packs die when the circuit board in them goes belly up and stops charging cells. At some stage I'll set up a small spot welder using a starting solenoid and add protection boards to them.

Ok. Thanks @gadgetman.
What about chargers?

Originally Posted by Shearer

Ok. Thanks @gadgetman.
What about chargers?

I like these as they comfortably take the longer protected cells.

Buy TrustFire All-in-One Charger (for 10430/10440/14500/16340 /17670/18650/CR123A)

The Nitecore are probably a better charger but it is a real squeeze to get Panasonic cells into.

Originally Posted by gadgetman

I like these as they comfortably take the longer protected cells.

Buy TrustFire All-in-One Charger (for 10430/10440/14500/16340 /17670/18650/CR123A)

The Nitecore are probably a better charger but it is a real squeeze to get Panasonic cells into.

I have no issues with the protected panasonic 3400 cells in a nitecore d4. Was the issue the length or width of the cells? The D4 takes 26650 cells, so width would never be an issue.

Originally Posted by quentin

I have no issues with the protected panasonic 3400 cells in a nitecore d4. Was the issue the length or width of the cells? The D4 takes 26650 cells, so width would never be an issue.

Length in the I4.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Ok @199p. Thanks.
What is a e-cig?
How do I know what is a copy?
Any brand/model recommendations?

E-cigs are a new way to get your nicotine. No smoke just vapor and heaps of flavours like redbull etc

Og samsung and lg seem to be the best bet.

Originally Posted by 199p

E-cigs are a new way to get your nicotine. No smoke just vapor and heaps of flavours like redbull etc

Og samsung and lg seem to be the best bet.

Haha. Ok. I'm not trying to give up smoking so a damaged e-cig isn't really going to be an issue. I thought it might be some electronic technical term I hadn't heard of.

Originally Posted by Shearer

Haha. Ok. I'm not trying to give up smoking so a damaged e-cig isn't really going to be an issue. I thought it might be some electronic technical term I hadn't heard of.

Hahaha only point is the dodgy battery can damage what ever they are in