Preface

LiIonWholesale have sent over a few more cells for testing. I’m hoping to get something regular going, and I hope this post will motivate that to happen – it’s my first pass at an actual thorough cell test!! This is the Protected LG MJ1 3500mAh 10A 18650 Button Top cell!

As always, click for bigger images!!!

Max Continuous Discharging Curren t: 10A

Typical Capacity: 3500 mAh (3350mAh minimum)

Style: BUTTON top

Approximate Dimensions (including button): 69.1mm length x 18.6 mm diameter

Discharge cut-off voltage: 2.5V (approximate)

Voltage: 3.6V

Full Charge Voltage: 4.2V

Charge Current: 1.675A standard

Protection Cutoff Current: ~20A

Protection IC: Ricoh R5478N101CD

MOSFETS: FNK10N25B (Quantity 3)

Origin: Cell made in Korea, button top manufactured in China, Protection IC made in Japan

Short Review

These cells are good in their rated range. They were of particular use for me since they’re just a little bit longer and they’re also button top. They are the only cell I had that would work in one of my review lights!

Long Review

Package

These cells ship individually wrapped, inside a cardboard box. The cardboard box will hold 2 cells.

There’s a touch of foam under the cells, but they won’t move around much anyway.

Build Quality

Bare, these cells are LG MJ1 cells. LiionWholesale “then adds the high quality PCB along with the button top in an ISO certified factory to all safety standards. A black wrap is put over the top to hold it together.” LiionWholesale also adds a very descriptive sticker. Not just that “regulation” sticker, either.

The positive end is a button top, and the negative end is flat, with the wrapper wrapping over about 2mm from the edge.

Size

Officially: Approximate Dimensions (including button): 69.1mm length x 18.6 mm diameter.

They’re not short 18650’s. But they are perfect for some lights, which need longer cells! (The Imalent RT35 is one such example.)

Testing

The testing I’ve done should be familiar. I decided not to reinvent the wheel, and include similar data to what the cell testing legend HKJ does. Please view this as appreciation for the work HKJ does, and not a simple copying of his work. Thank you HKJ!

I’ve also included another chart or two, which were made thanks to the help of u/parametrek. Thanks parametrek!!

Discharge tests.

Just for giggles, I did test a 20A current drain (even though this is a 10A rated cell, with OverCurrent Protection rated at 20A), and the cell protection did trip.

Capacity

Energy

Charge test

Power, Constant 10W

Internal Resistance

Graph of internal resistance (IR). This is shown over the course of a discharge, and comparisons are made between the nearest discharge currents (ie 0.2A vs 0.5A) and also vs disparate discharge currents (0.2A vs 7.0A).

Spec Sheets

Here’s the spec sheet for this cell.

Conclusion

It’s still a bit early in my cell testing career to make any long term thoughts, but I can say that these cells perform well at their specifications (10A max drain).

Buy these cells at LiIonWholesale!

Up Next

I have more lights this week! Likely will have the Wowtac A4, and possibly another Lumintop. Thanks for reading, and Stay Tuned!

Notes

These cells were provided by LiIonWholesale for review. I was not paid to write this review.

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