SureFire CR123 Batteries twin pack at Lowes for $4.97

[SteveRacer]

Just thought I mention for my fellow yanks ...

Perusing Lowes a bit today, and Surefire is hawking their 6P and G2 flashlights at Lowes.  Pretty expensive, if you ask me, and I'm happy with my Fenix PD30 which is smaller, more settings, came with a sheath, and a whole bunch more output when needed ...   220 lumens vs. 80.

Anyhow, they are also selling 2 Surefire CR123 batteries in a blister pack, for $4.97.  Which in my area, anyway, is a graet deal, as I was paying $8-$10 for a pair of Duracells.  This price is on par with Streamlight if you buy 10 at a time.

I suspect they are cutting margin on the batteries in an attempt to sell the flashlights next to them.

Check the "endcap" displays right in front of the checkout lanes; that's where they usually are.  The "impulse buy" areas.   

I'm a big CR123 fan these days.  A few days ago I grabbed the "emergency" alkaline D-cell flashlight from the kitchen wall, and of course it was dead.  Other than the initial expense, it's nice to have a battery that isn't losing it's gumph just sitting there.  Lead acid seems to last a long time if they are constantly on charge.  Ni-cad is a joke, they just get burned up without rigorous and complete charge-discharge.  Li-ion rechargables are expensive and often in proprietary formats which are expensive.

I'm going to be shopping for 3-4 "emergency" flashlights, mounted on the walls in main rooms, plain sight, at gradeschool children's easy reach.  CR123 power for all.

-steve

[prime77]

My local Lowes as the same deal. At a local gun shop you can get a 12 pack of SF123s for $24. Not bad at all.

[eodtech]

CR123A
1400mAh capacity
Battery Station CR123A....$1.50
MADE IN USA
Box of 50 ($1.25) $62.50


http://www.batterystation.com/cr123a.htm

[SteveRacer]

Battery Station CR123A....$1.50

That's a great deal, but keep in mind with shipping ($6.95) the break-even point with the Lowes deal ($4.97 + 8.75% tax) is about 6 batteries.  So I'd have to buy 10 or more to make it attractive enough to place the order, wait, etc.   I only burn a set of 2 in my Fenix about every 3 months, even with what I consider heavy use.

The Battery Station cells are top quality; but I feel the SureFires are just as good.  Streamlight also has a house brand that can be had around the $1.60 mark.

Then there's "Titanium Innovations" at $1 each, down to $0.90 if you buy 2400+.   Yikes:

http://www.batteryjunction.com/tpen-tcr123a-.html
Whether these are made in Kajikastanpuliaopolis or not I can't say.  They have some interesting graphs at this website making some interesting claims.


And who could resist Battery Station's "Case of 1200 CR123A batteries for $1320.00 and FREE domestic UPS ground shipping." deal ?!?   That's only $1.32 a cell. 

Unfortunately, none of my kid's toys [nor my girlfriend(s) toys ]  use CR123A . . .   

-steve

[prime77]

[nor my girlfriend(s) toys ]

[eodtech]

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