Thanks Matt, I will bookmark this page.

John

--- Matt Pobursky <piclist@mps-design.com> wrote:

> You can buy small quantities of all their batteries,
> pre-made battery
> packs, and several other high quality manufacturers
> cells like LG
> (Samsung) for example, at:
> 
> http://www.all-battery.com/
> 
> They sell a lot of other "stuff" there too -- LED
> flashlights,
> replacement battery packs, chargers, etc. They have
> some good battery
> chargers and protection PCBs for Li-Ion that I've
> bought and tested.
> 
> Way back when I first started looking at their
> Li-Ion cells for some
> production units I believe they sampled me several
> pieces. You can
> try writing them on form at the contact page on
> their website. IIRC,
> that's how I got them. In the meantime, I've been
> buying small
> quantities for prototyping and testing from their
> site as it's fast
> and relatively inexpensive.
> 
> Matt Pobursky
> Maximum Performance Systems
> 
> On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:10:38 -0700 (PDT), John Chung
> wrote:
> > Anyway to get samples from Tenergy?
> >
> > John
> >
> > --- Matt Pobursky wrote:
> >> I've found some *very* high quality chinese made
> rechargeable
> >> batteries. In particular, I've found the Tenergy
> brand to be very
> >> good (price and performance) for both NiMH and
> Li-Ion cells.
> >> That's the U.S. brand name they use but they are
> the marketing arm
> >> of a chinese manufacturer.
> >>
> >> Their high capacity NiMH cells (I'm most familiar
> with their AA
> >> and AAA cells) have all met or exceeded their
> specifications over
> >> the course of the last 2 years in my testing and
> use. I've spec'd
> >> them in several OEM products for clients and use
> them in almost
> >> all my remote controls and battery powered
> devices at home.
> >>
> >> I've beat the crap out of their AA (14500), 18500
> and 18650 size
> >> Li-Ion cells in the past year and have found them
> to also be very
> >> high quality. I have one commercial medical
> device and a military
> >> medical device design that use these cells and
> they have gone
> >> through the ringer in testing and validation.
> >>
> >> Then again, the Tenergy brand has been around for
> a while and you
> >> can actually get real datasheets for their cells
> and they have
> >> application engineers too.
> >>
> >> I suspect like most things in engineering, the
> component is only
> >> as good as the company behind it (regardless of
> where they are
> >> located or manufacture).
> 
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