Ugh. Just trying to get a straight forward review.

I'm a flash light junkie especially Surefire flashlights and their batteries. I know there are other brands that are less expensive with more lumens but Surefire are made in my neck of the woods of Southern California. And the quality is by far the best IMO but expensive but everything in SoCal are expensive unless you make great money😀👍

I use the Tenergy RCR123A batteries. I have the protected LiFePO4 with the Stream light PT2l. Works great gets about 2 hours on high.

I would highly recommend getting into AW RCR123 batteries. AW is made in the same plant as Panasonic. They can be recharged 500 times, much more Eco friendly & more modern :) if you have a power outage & have a solar panel you can charge your flashlight batteries to use at night. Not to mention an XPG R5 or XML will likely output 450-550 lumens

I always liked Panasonic D cells when I used a maglite for work up till 5 years ago. Got the longest life and were usually cheapest at a gas station at 3am

The Panasonic is the patent company that makes all of the top CR123a battery’s 🔋. They all just have different labels an sold at different premium price points!

thats why i like flashlights that utilize the rechargeable 18650. Batteries can be found pretty much any website that sells batteries and any vapeshop. also, they are relatively inexpensive and can be found as low as $8.00 a piece.

Yea i use the 4sevens CR123a batteries, the good thing about them is that they are shrink rapped together so i dont get the cells confused between fresh and old, since i use them in my Quark X 123^2 which the name tells ya it takes 2.Thanks for the tip on the surefires running better, ill try them out 4:35 you said lithium batteries, i think you ment CR123a batteries, if you mix old and new cells, or damaged cells they can blow up like a fire cracker when you turn them on for a couple seconds.

You need them if your device requires them.

Most likely they are made in China too, but with different quality criteria. Some advantages that AW has over xxxxbrand rechargeables: -correct dimensions with AW (16340 are truly 16x34mm, 14500 are 14x50mm and so on) -better quality PCB, does does not cut off voltage at normal operating range -capacity very close to mfg rating Minus side is of course the price, the AW:s are more expensive, however payback time (compared to primaries) is short

I totally agree I have the same problem AA or AAA on my keychain right now I have a AAA flashlight Balder TD-0 but I also purchased a couple of CR123 flashlights and the level of brightness is quite impressive but like you said in your video they're are expensive and not really available everywhere you can go to any drug store dollar store 711 gas station and pick up an inexpensive AA or AAA battery 99 percent of the time CR123 not quite yet the flashlight I have on my keychain right now on a regular alkaline AAA battery puts out about 140 lumens it also accepts batteries 10440 which pump it up to over 200 lumens which is rather good don't know too many AAA flashlight that accept a 10440 battery ! I too am somewhat of a flashlight guy

Duracell is my go to for lights and optics. I have a 9 year old Holosun that has been running on the same Duracell battery since i got it. I picked up a 3 pack of them and haven't needed to change it yet. I hace a replacement in my grip plug incase it goes out but i just want to see how long the battery will last. I also have a Duracell cr123 in the tlr-7 sub thay is in my holster right now. I put an energizer button cell in my EPS Carry but i plan to change that battery yearly.

Don't buy Ultrafire or Trustfire brand batteries people! They are cheap, inconsistent and potentially dangerous. Not worth saving a few pennies.

My Duracell batteries are dying in like 4-5 days in my flashlight. Is this a common occurrence? I'm thinking I have to go the rechargable route, I work graveyard shift at a prison and I can't afford my flashlight to keep giving out on me every few days and the price of these are really high.. Might have to buy in bulk I guess.

have NEVER had a problem with the tenergy 40 pack for $40 on amazon.

can you tell if there is any difference of surefire and Duracell batteries when it comes to lumens at maximum output. when using a surefire flashlight? some say that you lose power if you dont use the surefire batteries is that true or can i use Duracell for the same power?

I kick in my spidy eyes when the lights go low ;)

I bought 100 CR123's at a gun show, generic. They all leaked gas, and went dead very quickly. Big mistake. Now I buy from places like BatteryStation, big brands only. Its worth the cost in extra life.

Why don't the CR123a batteries I got from work fit my gunlight and small maglight style pocket light I have? They seem to wide. They don't fit in the tube. Don't the CR123's and the CR123a's have the same diameter and length?

Why is your camera so out of focus?

It's a good thing I didn't pay a dime for any of my lithium cells :D unless you count the stupid mistake many people (including myself) make when adding lithium cells to their lineup. I too fell for the infamous "2 x 9800mah ultrafire" listing on eBay. But after I did proper research they made fine target practice (I'm only joking, I recycled them properly). I've got all the 18650 cells I could want at the moment. All I did to get them was tell my family and friends to stay on the lookout for dead laptop, modem, drill and power tool batteries; that I'm working on a recycling project. Two weeks in and I've gotten 2 laptop batteries and a drill battery. I got 10 medium-high drain LG HE2 cells from the drill battery, and 12 sanyo cells from the laptop batteries. Oh, and none of the cells are actually dead. They were only labeled dead and donated to me because of the battery protection circuit board. All of the cells themselves work just fine. Granted, I won't get as many charge cycles as new cells, but you can't beat free.

Energizer ones or Duracell

Great Video man! thanks,

Yes AA and AAA batteries can power a bright flashlight and they are abundant, but they will not withstand the cold, or keep their charge stored in a light for lengthy periods of time, like a CR 123.

I would love to know where you found these for a dollar a piece. Every where I look they seem to be about $3 a piece

24cr123a energizer and a pk of 12 duracell procells for 54 bucks...now you can't beat that price.

I like AW chargers, I'll give them a try. Where are AW RCR123A batteries made in?

nice blur ESAD

I wish to buy these bateries what do I do now? Duracell

Try Titanium batteries from BatteryJunction com best value and quality I've found.

Did you sharp your camera ? No luck 🥲

I like energizer lithium, lithium dont ever leak acid. I have lost a few things to acid

the panonsoic batteries are probably "the pick of the litter" and the rest are marked with other brands and are cheeper

is it so dificult ........focus

Ugh that focus common dude, even an blank screen would have been better

Focus man focus!!!

Couldn’t watch your video because there was no focus. Maybe next time you can watch it before you post it and then fix the problem...

what if you put USA batteries into a Chinese flashlight? good or bad?

8 years after and more pixels.

I'd agree with everything, except for 1 major issue; You were right to steer people to buy name brand batteries, as opposed to off brand, which is good battery advice in most instances, but then you recommended that your viewers should choose Ultrafire brand RCR123 rechargeables. That advice singlehandedly undermines the whole notion of avoiding cheap, low quality off-brand batteries. If you read expert reviews at Candlepowerforums or budgetlightforums, you'll quickly see that the vast majority of members and reviewers recommend strongly against buying ANY rechargeable battery made by Ultrafire, Trustfire, or pretty much any other brand that ends in '-fire', except for American made Surefire primary batteries. It's ironic that those cheap, inconsistent quality Chinese brands end with the word -fire, because fire is occasionally the result of using their batteries.... They are produced by different companies and then wrapped in a Trustfire or Ultrafire label, and there is major inconsistency with quality, and they often misrepresent their specs. Bottom line folks, DO NOT buy ANY battery made by any company with -fire at the end of the name(except Surefire).

Leeeethium?

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Where can I buy ...

best flashlights I have found is the bushnell pro series. I have the 50 lumens and the 350 lumens. and believe me I will get the other three models. Highly recommended from a flashlight junkie. I took the 350 lumens swimming with me on accident and I tell you shes still going strong.

Those batteries just expired last year lol

If you are paying more than $1 a CR123A you are being taken advantage of. I've purchased hundreds of Titanium Innovations from Battery Junction (less than $1/each) and never had an issue with a single one.

Buying online is inconvenient takes forever to get it either gets lost in the mail or delayed

Thease

Click bait. Why are you asking if you already have a bunch? Obviously, you already know the answer.

Is for are film cameras

Duracell's always last the longest.

US US US US US US US US US US..... Omg...

Don't buy Ultrafire or Trustfire brand batteries people! They are cheap, inconsistent and potentially dangerous. Not worth saving a few pennies.