A salt, and battery

[unixronin]

CR123A lithium batteries, specifically.  Anyone on my FL know a good place to buy them online that DOESN'T work out as expensive by the time you pay shipping as just going to a regular brick-and-mortar store?  I just went to buy some replacement batteries for my Inova X0 LED flashlight (which takes two CR123As), and even if I bought four sets, by the time I paid the cheapest shipping offered (USPS priority mail), they're $4.50 a set shipped.  At that price, I might as well buy them at Lowes and not have to wait for them to get here.

Oh, the salt?  In a CR-123 lithium cell, it's most likely manganese dioxide.

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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

They're $21 for a box of 12 now, before shipping. $1.75 per battery. The best price I've found online is about $1 per battery for 1300mAh or $1.45 each for 1550mAh, which is probably half the price I can get them for at the store, but then the estimated shipping cost is just about equal to the cost of the batteries, which gets me back up into $4-$5 for two as if I'd just picked up a blister pack at Lowes.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

cost of batteries went WAY up lately.

which is why i love rechargeables a lot.

also got away from using cr123s mostly, but i know they have rechargeables for those too. probably worth it at the prices now.

it was actually cost beneficial to goto a flashlight that used AAs and was as bright or brighter than my then favorite EDC cr123 flashlight. i still have a few of those around, and they're worth as emergency lights, but not EDC.


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[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I've seen CR123 lithium rechargables, but their charge density is rather poor compared to LiMnO₂ primary cells, and I understand that to maximize their life, you're never supposed to discharge them beyond 50%. Hard without a battery meter.

[unix-jedi.livejournal.com]

That's not bad - where did you find them for that? I did a Froogal search and didn't see anything like that.

Shipping from SF wasn't that bad, like I said, I thought it was $2 or so, but I haven't had to order recently - still have some left and I've started using a rechargeable streamlight.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Froogle. :) Keywords "lithium 123".