Efest IMR18500 1000mAh (Purple) 2016

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Official specifications: Efest%20IMR18500%201000mAh%20(Purple)%202016-info

These batteries are rated for high current and low capacity, but something is wrong. They have fairly high capacity and cannot deliver high current.

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Efest%20IMR18500%201000mAh%20(Purple)%202016-Capacity

The discharge curve looks good, tracking is just about perfect and the cell has nearly double the rated capacity. The cells can handle 7A, but neither 10A or 15A

Efest%20IMR18500%201000mAh%20(Purple)%202016-Temp-7.0

At 7A the cell heat up, but nothing serious.

Efest%20IMR18500%201000mAh%20(Purple)%202016-Temp-10.0

At 10A the cell do not have time to heat.

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Efest%20IMR18500%201000mAh%20(Purple)%202016-Energy

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Efest%20IMR18500%201000mAh%20(Purple)%202016-TripCurrent

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Conclusion

The batteries looks good for high capacity 18500 cells, but they are not high current cells.
Efest must have made a mistake when wrapping these cells.



Notes and links

The batteries was supplied by Efest for review.

As an extra test I did a 1A cycle on my calibrated SkyRC MC3000 and it showed 1906mAh.

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