Surfire Batteries

[ptschram]

The Twin task is a different light. It's hard to find the one I have.

Cheers,

Kennith

Not around here, all of the professional parts houses and tool trucks have them-they run about $45. I got the one I got because the laser is great to point out things like leaks, etc on client's trucks. It does get old having to push the button twice to get to the real light and twice again to turn it off.

 

[discosully]

That's why I roll all LED, all the time.

I found a cree LED bulb upgrade for my 6p on Ebay that cost me about $20. its about twice as bright as the original 6p. Its aso brighter than my stinger. since I got the bulb I've also picked up a couple of the other Cree lights on Ebay and I'll be damned if these Cree LED's aren't better/brighter than pretty much all of the other "tactical" lights on the market, unless of course you want to spend a few hundred dollars on a flashlight.

I've since bought one of these for every member of my family..and no I don't have any connection with the seller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Ultrafire-CREE-XR-E-LED-CR123A-Mini-Flashlight-Torch_W0QQitemZ220195211517QQihZ012QQcategoryZ106987QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[lagged]

nope. I go out fly fishing in really cold weather and the brand new Duracell's I put in my camera go dead in half a day without even using the camera.

Thats because batteries don't work well in the cold, but they should last longer in storage in the cold. You just have to warm them up first.

 

[leeawalden]

Where is a good place to get batteries from? I went through 3 sets of 3V last deer season. I was looking at who has the best price on a case of them...

 

[stu454]

I usually get mine from EE.

Seems to be the best price.

 

[flyfisher11]

Direct from surefire is a good price or at least it used too.

 

[p m]

I get mine from gun shops.

 

[hafaday]

Where is a good place to get batteries from? I went through 3 sets of 3V last deer season. I was looking at who has the best price on a case of them...

just found this place on line, i don't know a thing about them though.

http://www.batteryjunction.com/tpen-tcr123a-.html

 

[KngTgr]

Directly from Surefire
http://www.surefire.com/Batteries

 

[az_max]

Lithium may be different, but generally don't the electrons get really excited the cooler it gets expelling the stored energy in the battery? In S.E.R.E training we were always told to put your batteries in your sleeping bag with you. Another trick for the survival radio/beacon was to pull the batteries and put in your arm pit to warm them up and get a little more operational time out of them. That is if they were dying on you.

Cheers,

Mike

Can the fat people store them under rolls of fat?

Like Kennith, I find the LED bulbs greatly extend battery life. I can't tell you the last time I replaced the D cells in my mag light. I have half a dozen 1-5 LED flashlights that use button cells. I bought a card of batteries from the local costco, but I've only had to replace 5 batteries so far (2 lights). I've also lost 3 clip on lights that I use for ID'ing ports and jacks on the back of equipment. Single LED dollar store lights that are perfect for losing

BTW, I have a 52 LED bike headlight from DealExtreme. Runs on three AAA. I use it for an hour and a half daily and have not had to change the batteries since I got it 6 months ago. My old light (Xenon) used three C cells a week.

 

[ptschram]

Lithium may be different, but generally don't the electrons get really excited the cooler it gets expelling the stored energy in the battery? In S.E.R.E training we were always told to put your batteries in your sleeping bag with you. Another trick for the survival radio/beacon was to pull the batteries and put in your arm pit to warm them up and get a little more operational time out of them. That is if they were dying on you.

Cheers,

Mike

It goes the other way around, electrons slow down in colder weather.

 

[ptschram]

Man, I must use a flashlight a LOT more than you guys, I repalce batteries weekly to keep from dealing with dead batteries when I need them...

There are always a handful on charge.
I get my 123s from Napa.

 

[flyfisher11]

It goes the other way around, electrons slow down in colder weather.

Yep you are correct. I was thinking of using a cold battery where the battery dumps tons of electrons trying to push the power. However if you store batteries cold but warm them up before you use them all should be okay.

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/bl...less-can-batteries-be-left-out-in-the-co.html

 

[ptschram]

Yep you are correct. I was thinking of using a cold battery where the battery dumps tons of electrons trying to push the power. However if you store batteries cold but warm them up before you use them all should be okay.

http://www.electronicsweekly.com/bl...less-can-batteries-be-left-out-in-the-co.html

I've been storing batteries in the fridge for as long as I can remember, now many battery companies say not to... The newer batteries have much longer shelf-lives, maybe it isn't the problem it once was.