Which 18650 batteries do you trust?

[Lobby]

One other thing to keep in mind is to keep an eye on your batteries wrapper. I used to have to rewrap my batteries every couple of months. One of the mods I used to have tore wrappers often.

 

[cybrguy]

There appears to be a new Molicel, the M35a. Has anyone tried these or is there any reason why they shouldn't work well in our vapes?

Molicel/NPE INR-18650-M35A 10A 3500mAh Flat Top 18650 Battery - Authorized Distributor

The new Molicel 3500mAh 10A 18650 cell Finally Molicel has released its 3500mAh high capacity 18650. We expect this to become our top recommended capacity 18650 over the Panasonic NCR18650GA, LG MJ1, and Samsung 35E. This battery easily competes with those. In particular, low and high...

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[EarthworldTim]

There appears to be a new Molicel, the M35a. Has anyone tried these or is there any reason why they shouldn't work well in our vapes?

Molicel/NPE INR-18650-M35A 10A 3500mAh Flat Top 18650 Battery - Authorized Distributor

The new Molicel 3500mAh 10A 18650 cell Finally Molicel has released its 3500mAh high capacity 18650. We expect this to become our top recommended capacity 18650 over the Panasonic NCR18650GA, LG MJ1, and Samsung 35E. This battery easily competes with those. In particular, low and high...

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"Manufacturer Rated Max Discharge Current: 10A"

Tinymight definitely wants 20A discharge and I think firewood and others likely do as well.

Confirmed same for firewood per the site.
"Please note, battery must be a flat top 18650 capable of supplying 20 Amps discharge current (minimum)."

 

[cybrguy]

Thanks, I didn't notice the amperage.

 

[anome]

Depends, but IMO
- Manufacturer Rated Max Discharge Current: 10A
seems to come up short for most use cases.