Santilli
Hairy Aussie
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I decided why go with disposable batteries?
Rechargeables are the way to go.
I bought a bunch of Chinese NIMH and Lions through Amazon.
Charged them with cheap chargers, put them in, and they failed pretty quickly.
Only way I could tell is the Bluetooth stuff in Win 10 showing the mouse % for battery, vs what I'd seen before using Alkaline.
Spent easy 100 bucks for AA, AAA, 18650, C, and D rechargeable batteries.
Got sick of having them fail very fast.
The chargers I had, about 5 of them, charged, but with no info on the battery quality.
Finally sprang for an Opus
It gave me testing, and reading for my batteries in mAh levels, to compare to what the listings are on Amazon. Long story short.
Tests show only buy Japanese batteries. Panasonic, Samsung, Ladda, and a couple others.
I threw out every Chinese battery I bought, except for the EBL D's.
The other charger worth it, that I haven't figured out completely is the Skyrc:
There are forums devoted to using this, and I'm just learning. Between the two, I figure out the quality of the batteries.
SkyRC I have an app on the phone that shows charging, options, and mAh capacity, during charging and after.
Most of the flashlights I use a lot need to fit in my mouth, take one 18650, and be very bright.
I have a super bright, two 18650, that I rarely use.
Kind of wish I had a superbright, D cell battery flashlight, since the D cells are in the 7000-1000 mAh range.
I just threw out a cheap AA Seon Chinese battery with a mAh of 78. Advertized at 3000. No longer on Amazon, or showing I bought them.
Disappeared from existence.
Never used.
Pretty much never buy a Chinese battery, unless you have a high quality charger to tell you if it's any good.
Even the Japanese batteries, like Eneloop Pros, and Laddas, can have low performing batteries in a batch, and you'll never know unless you test them, or you see them drain really fast in something your using.
Amazon must make tons of money putting cheap Chinese batteries on the market, selling them for a lot of money, and then taking the brand off the market, after complaints.
The Chinese are also making batteries for electric cars, almost all of them. When THAT battery fails, the cost is around 30k to replace.
Rechargeables are the way to go.
I bought a bunch of Chinese NIMH and Lions through Amazon.
Charged them with cheap chargers, put them in, and they failed pretty quickly.
Only way I could tell is the Bluetooth stuff in Win 10 showing the mouse % for battery, vs what I'd seen before using Alkaline.
Spent easy 100 bucks for AA, AAA, 18650, C, and D rechargeable batteries.
Got sick of having them fail very fast.
The chargers I had, about 5 of them, charged, but with no info on the battery quality.
Finally sprang for an Opus
Battery Charger Analyzer Tester for Li-ion NiMH NiCd Rechargeable Batteries C3400 BT-C3400 AA AAA C 18650
60 bucks.It gave me testing, and reading for my batteries in mAh levels, to compare to what the listings are on Amazon. Long story short.
Tests show only buy Japanese batteries. Panasonic, Samsung, Ladda, and a couple others.
I threw out every Chinese battery I bought, except for the EBL D's.
The other charger worth it, that I haven't figured out completely is the Skyrc:
SkyRC MC3000 Multi-Chemistry Charger
130.00There are forums devoted to using this, and I'm just learning. Between the two, I figure out the quality of the batteries.
SkyRC I have an app on the phone that shows charging, options, and mAh capacity, during charging and after.
Most of the flashlights I use a lot need to fit in my mouth, take one 18650, and be very bright.
I have a super bright, two 18650, that I rarely use.
Kind of wish I had a superbright, D cell battery flashlight, since the D cells are in the 7000-1000 mAh range.
I just threw out a cheap AA Seon Chinese battery with a mAh of 78. Advertized at 3000. No longer on Amazon, or showing I bought them.
Disappeared from existence.
Never used.
Pretty much never buy a Chinese battery, unless you have a high quality charger to tell you if it's any good.
Even the Japanese batteries, like Eneloop Pros, and Laddas, can have low performing batteries in a batch, and you'll never know unless you test them, or you see them drain really fast in something your using.
Amazon must make tons of money putting cheap Chinese batteries on the market, selling them for a lot of money, and then taking the brand off the market, after complaints.
The Chinese are also making batteries for electric cars, almost all of them. When THAT battery fails, the cost is around 30k to replace.