Best 18650 Battery

[JimmyJet]

The overlooked Tenergy2600 Li-Ion seems to be a better (and much cheaper) choice than the AW2600. Although subtle, the Tenergy performs better and it's true mAh rating is also better than the AW.

Nice charts Willy. Who has the best price on the Tenergy battery? If it is an overlooked gem I'd like to know more about it.

Thanks, JJ

 

[forcedfuel50]

Thats a good find WillyB. Do you know if that is a protected battery or unprotected used in the test? I'll have to pick one up and test it on my CBAIII so i'm comparing apples to apples, but it looks promising to me. I'm always looking for the best possible quality batteries. The only thing i wouldn't be able to readily test is which one has the most charge/discharge life cycles.

 

[Boxcar]

These batteries have been tested on the flashlight forums and they do great! I have 2 of these -
Callies Kustoms 3100mAh 18650 Panasonic Batteries
18650 Protected Battery
18650 3100mAh
PCB Protected
Panasonic Cells
6.2A Max Discharge

 

[CraigHB]

Yep, the Panasonic 3100mAh Li-Ions are generally considered the best round cells you can buy. They're often used in top-of-the-line battery packs for laptop computers. They have pretty good drain, 6A, but that could still be a little short if you want to run a booster mod at max output. The IMR 18650s are good for over 12A drain, but they have almost half the charge capacity.

 

[WillyB]

Thats a good find WillyB. Do you know if that is a protected battery or unprotected used in the test? I'll have to pick one up and test it on my CBAIII so i'm comparing apples to apples, but it looks promising to me. I'm always looking for the best possible quality batteries. The only thing i wouldn't be able to readily test is which one has the most charge/discharge life cycles.

Yes it was a protected flat top, from the same 2011 test that was linked to.

Back in the day those were the cells that Nuck liked for his Fistpack from his testing.


These cells are interesting. They are made to be charged to 4.35V. The problem being a special charger is needed.

Review of Charger CottonPickers 4.35 volt + DM

Samsung 18650 ICR18650-30A 3000mAh Li-ion Battery x2 | eBay

Here's the link again.

18650 battery test 2011

 

[Str8V8ping]

Panasonic Callies Kustoms 3100mAh 18650 are the best . Second best is AW .

 

[ambientech]

The Tenergy lipo's I have used start out strong and fall off quickly. Never got more than 75 cycles out of them before tossing them in the can. Not sure how their Li-ion cells hold up since I haven't used them. I would use Panasonic or AW for Li-ion

 

[Drozd]

i'm partial to the redilast 3100mAh
and
then AW 2600mAh..... as far as 18650s go at least