marce002
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Hy anyone can confirm any brand and model # with 18650 real 3400mah cells inside (from stock)?? thks in advance ( need to build a 10s4p pack and already have 16)
Notebooks with real 3400 mah cells inside
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marce002
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Seems to be that no laptop has real 3400mah 18650 inside...strange
999zip999
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I agree how much is your time worth. Used cells aren't worth as it's so easy with new cells compared to sorting used stock and spot welding together.
Hillhater
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Most likely due to the extra cost of 3400mA cells.marce002 said:
Cheaper for them to just use 2 x 2200(or 2600) mAhr cells and get even more capacity.
If you are going to find them anywhere , it would be in the small lightweight 10"/11" screen portables that use single cell strings.
But otherwise, power tool packs have better cells .
mikebikerad
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If any laptop mnfgr happens to read this post, I would be immediately inclined to buy a new laptop if they sprung for, and advertised a super high mAh li NCA cell! It would be great to have a consumer laptop with high end cells stock, rather than the crap that goes into most of them.
Hillhater said:
You'd be surprised actually. I buy and sell Li-ion cells for a living and NCR18650B's are now a fair amount less than 2x 2200mAh or 2x 2600mAh cells of any major brand. Not to mention a lighter pack, easier to assemble, less transportation costs etc. Actually the latest quotation I got from a supplier the NCR18650B's are lower in cost per Wh than 2200mAh and almost identical in cost to 2600mAh cells.
And like I said less transportation costs and material assembly costs. So I could make a 3400 pack for less than a 2600mAh pack.Hillhater
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For sure those 3400B's are not expensive these days, but as mikebikerad said, many of the laptops use cheap cells that just outlast the warranty and probably pay less than a dollar each for them in volume,
Bear in mind also, the laptop market is in decline so there is a huge surplus of cheap 18650 production capacity forcing prices down for older spec cells.
Other "quality " brand laptops like Sony, LG, Samsung, etc can also use their own in house cells at cost price or less, leaving only a few like HP , Apple , etc to consider paying for cells that match their market image.
Bear in mind also, the laptop market is in decline so there is a huge surplus of cheap 18650 production capacity forcing prices down for older spec cells.
Other "quality " brand laptops like Sony, LG, Samsung, etc can also use their own in house cells at cost price or less, leaving only a few like HP , Apple , etc to consider paying for cells that match their market image.
I used to get new (bought in error) 2power laptop packs on ebay for around £5 and seem to remember it had a leading panasonic cell in them that gave over 3000mah
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_sop=15&_nkw=2power+battery&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sacat=0&_sop=15&_nkw=2power+battery&rt=nc&LH_Auction=1
molybdenum
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Most laptop batteries are crap and I wouldn't put them in my ebike. After having yet another laptop battery pack die an early death on me, I might put ebike batteries in my laptop 
