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small victory, small request
Jul. 27th, 2025 01:41 pmi now have both a headlamp and a pocket flashlight that run on the same, standard li-ion batteries, rather than weird proprietary batteries. the batteries are 16340s -- 16 mm diameter, 34 mm tall, which is a little thicker than a AAA battery -- which are relatively commmon.
batteries are one place i go much further than the right to repair folks, and i want the government to make companies pick/create one or more standard batteries to use in phones, cameras, etc, on pain of the government making a standard for them. that worked magic when the EU threatened them about charging cables.
but i now i have a new first-world problem: i'd like to get a few more of the batteries to put in storage, but all the brands i see online are no-name chinese brands. literally: the brands are just strings of three or four random letters, presumably the initials of the chinese names of the manufacturers.
i'm kinda down on exploding batteries, so i'd like to get some from a reputable outfit. does anybody have any recommendations?
batteries are one place i go much further than the right to repair folks, and i want the government to make companies pick/create one or more standard batteries to use in phones, cameras, etc, on pain of the government making a standard for them. that worked magic when the EU threatened them about charging cables.
but i now i have a new first-world problem: i'd like to get a few more of the batteries to put in storage, but all the brands i see online are no-name chinese brands. literally: the brands are just strings of three or four random letters, presumably the initials of the chinese names of the manufacturers.
i'm kinda down on exploding batteries, so i'd like to get some from a reputable outfit. does anybody have any recommendations?