nice price on 14500 unprotected from US

[stormy1]

TrustFire 14500 900mAh 3.6V Battery [TrustFire 14500] - $2.65 : High Tech DealZ, Simplifying the LASER Hobby!

Lowest price I found from the US and free shipping.
$2.65 each.

 

[nyx]

thank you, stormy!

 

[Ez Duzit]

BE VERY WARY OF THESE PARTICULAR batteries
If you email him and ask him the difference between the 14500's he has in stock, and the ones he doesn't, you might not like the answer. The ones that are out of stock are standard Protected 14500's. The ones he has in stock, he says he's not really sure if they are, or aren't protected. He said they were supposed to be protected with a PCB but they are not. Even though he told me they say protected on the battery, (Although it's not apparent in the pictures). He went on to say, they are NOT protected by a PCB that he can see, so he's not really sure whats going on. Supposedly his supplier claims they are protected with a PCB, even though there isn't one to be seen. His supplier also said some BS like they were freshly made for his order, so they had to use a different case on them, but they are still protected with a PCB, even though you can't see any sign of it. Even he doesn't believe that, and told me they are not protected. So buy at your own risk. Email Kendall who runs that site, and he will confirm this. Personally I wouldn't risk it for a few dollars. Kendall seems pretty straight up, and when he had the other 14500's that were PCB protected, it was a great deal, and a bunch of people from ecf scooped them up real fast. But these are not the same ones, and because of the potential for serious damage from unprotected batteries, I felt a warning was very necessary. I would hate to see someone use these thinking they are protected, and then something bad happens.

You can also get a very good price from TheCustomSaberShop. Yeah it's about $7 more after the shipping. But if you get 4 of the Protected 14500's, it's just under $18 for the 4 of them after shipping. Still a very good price, and you get piece of mind for the extra $7, because there is no doubt whatsoever about them being protected. TrustFire Protected 3.7V 900mAh 14500 Lithium Battery (2-Pack) They also have a good price on the charger if you need that too. Very reputable site, and fast shipping.

 

[stormy1]

crud, sent him an email, I ordered 6 of them and they are on the way.
Thanks for the heads up

 

[stormy1]

emailed him and these seem to be unprotected.
He agreed to a return and refund.

 

[the86d]

Holy crap batman, that is good.

$4.29 is the lowest I could find on eBay.

Good Find... Maybe e-Bay:
http://cgi.ebay.com/UltraFire-LC145...emQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item3ca7201657

 

[Ez Duzit]

Holy crap batman, that is good.

$4.29 is the lowest I could find on eBay.

Good Find... Maybe e-Bay:
UltraFire LC14500 900mAh Li-ion Rechargeable Battery - eBay (item 260501935703 end time Jan-04-10 02:08:13 PST)

The link I posted to the CustomSaberShop a few posts back has Trustfire Protected 14500 batteries for $3.00 EACH. Just get the 2 pack I linked to. It's $5.99 for 2. I doubt you'll find a better stateside price anywhere.

 

[WillyB]

The link I posted to the CustomSaberShop a few posts back has Trustfire Protected 14500 batteries for $3.00 EACH. Just get the 2 pack I linked to. It's $5.99 for 2. I doubt you'll find a better stateside price anywhere.

Good prices but:.

Item #: Trust14500 Our Price: $5.99
This product is currently out of stock

Been like this for a while.

 

[Ez Duzit]

Bummer, I hadn't noticed that. [shrugs]

 

[ken1645]

This is the response from my Chinese supplier about why the 14500's I have don't say protected on them. I am not advertising they are protected which is the whole reason I created a new item in my store that does not say "protected" in the title or the item description.

for background info the 18650's I purchased do in fact have a PCB Protection circuit and it is stated on the label; and are 3000mAh, so I was happy about that.

"
Hello Kendall,

Greetings.
Thanks for your mail and feedback.
Firstly,we are glad that 18650 battery is good.

There is some misunderstanding in the 16340 and 14500 battery.
(1)Sometimes we would change the battery shell/packing sheet,but the
inner parts are same.For the 14500 battery is like this: 100 sets is
newly produced and the sapre 1 set is our stock.Please kindly take it
easy.

(2)Now we would like to tell you something about 16340 and 123A battery.
They are in same size: same length,same diameter,the only difference is
voltage,16340 is 3.6V and 3.7V but 123A have only 3.0V.In some degree we
can say 16340 model is same with 123A modle. The 50 sets 16340 battery
change its shell this time,the quality is same as before.And for voltage
3.6V and 3.7V,the difference is very little.

(3)Thank you very much for your photur battery PCB is in the cathode
polarity side,you can see the cathode has conspicuous salient.So the
TrustFire TR123A 3.7V is the protected battery.

We are so sorry for this trouble,we should kindly remind you that then it
will not cause any trouble to you.We feel so sorry about it.We hope that
the troubles will gone after you read my answers.

Kind Regards.
Cellia.
"

I don't like this supplier at all because of this and don't plan on buying more of batteries not labeled as protected. I understand everyone is concerning about an instance of someone blowing up a flashlight or ecig by stacking 2 unprotected batteries together in a all metal case and it causing it to explode.

Myself being a Computer Engineer (Electrical focused) would not be concerned using unprotected batteries as I've never seen any explode in the lasers and flashlights I use these batteries in. My first intention for selling batteries was for it to be a convenience for people ordering laser diodes to purchase some batteries to use with their future laser. I think its great that many people using ecigs can use the batteries as well and am happy to sell to everyone and anyone.


I don't visit this forum much but one of my customers sent me a link in an email.

I'll try and check back later to see if anyone has any questions though. or just email me at kendallwyatt@hotmail.com

thanks,
HighTechDealZ dot com

 

[WillyB]

This struck me as odd about those batteries:

The battery comes fresh from the packaging, I used my multimeter and the voltage measured 4.7V, meaning that the batteries should be fully charged, but I would strongly recommend having a charger as well for these when they do run out of charge.

Voltage: 3.6V (new 4.7V)

How can that be? Even if a faulty charger over charges Li-ons to 4.3V, they usually quickly settle in at about 4.19V just sitting there.

A question I also have is what's the deal with the labels... 3.6V one day and 3.7V the next?