very bad news, AW 14670/14650 discontinued!!!

[Aur-Elion]

Wanted to place an order at cpf and got this answer today.

They are not manufactured anymore due to low demand 

I canīt go back to the Trustfires after having these   

[Padawan23]

Get em while you can!!!! Im in need of more cells, both for my flashlight obsession and future sabers! I totally know what u mean about this brand, they are indeed superior compared to trustfires/ spider fire/ super fire. This is very bad news....

[Scorpion]

thers bound to be an alternative yet to be found

[IndustrialAction]

The Sanyo 14650's are still out there

[Aur-Elion]

The Sanyo 14650's are still out there

I know, but only 1800mA discharge rate, with FoC this is by far not enough.

[Scorpion]

i guess the smiths better buy up lol for future runs etc

[IndustrialAction]

The Sanyo 14650's are still out there

I know, but only 1800mA discharge rate, with FoC this is by far not enough.

Take the PCB off and make a pack with a higher max discharge

[Caine]

I have always used the blue Trustfire 14650's and they have worked very well. Yes, with a CF saber with FoC. I am very happy with the run times as well.

You say that you can't go back to Trustfires, but if the AW's are discontinued, unless you can find a suitable replacement then you need to just roll with what is out there. It's just how the cookie crumbles, dude.

[JANGO FETT]

The Sanyo 14650's are still out there

I know, but only 1800mA discharge rate, with FoC this is by far not enough.

Take the PCB off and make a pack with a higher max discharge

No PCB on the sanyo's I buy. I put a Tenergy 32005 PCB and they are fine on FoC, Impulse and Full Power setups.
No differences noted in comparing them to AW cells either.

[LUMINARA UNDULI]

Linkies JANGO?

[JANGO FETT]

PCB http://www.batteryjunction.com/pcb-7-2.html
Sanyos http://www.batteryspace.com/aaaaaseriesli-ioncells.aspx 
Here is a 5% coupon code for your next time order: E7SEA

[LUMINARA UNDULI]

Sweet, thanks .

[Aur-Elion]

I have always used the blue Trustfire 14650's and they have worked very well. Yes, with a CF saber with FoC. I am very happy with the run times as well.

You say that you can't go back to Trustfires, but if the AW's are discontinued, unless you can find a suitable replacement then you need to just roll with what is out there. It's just how the cookie crumbles, dude.

Wise words and nice attitude, Caine.

But I made bad experiences with the blue Trustfire, they were working and runtime was ok.
I never expected them to have 1600 mAh, they had around 1100 mAh at the beginning.

After ten recharge cycles there were only around 900 mAh left, so I donīt expect them to last very long.
And a direct comparison of the same LED with CF 5 and one AW and one TF pack was showing a clear advantage of the AWs.

Maybe I didnīt understand it right, but when you drive 2 dies of an Ledengin serial at 1500 mA and adjust the FoC with a resistor to 1000 mA, doesnīt this sum up to 2500 mA discharge from the battery?

[PhoenixJedi]

Honestly? I've found that the TCSS Trustfire 14500s have higher runtimes than the AW 14670s. Not by much, but you can squeeze maybe an extra 10-15 mins out of them

[Link]

Hey, As long as there are batteries available to power the butterd toast / petit cruton..... Then I see that as a win !   Just sayin