{"by":"Tade0","id":49868832,"kids":[49871755,49869637],"parent":49866515,"text":"Word of warning: batteries from AliExpress might not be the size it says on the tin.<p>Also: not all lights require soldering to change the battery. Some brands, like Fenix, offer lights where you can change the battery on the go.<p>I had a light from a lesser known Taiwanese brand - an INFINI Lava 500.\nAt some point it stopped working, so I took it apart with my iFixit kit and inside was a 102660 battery (1700mAh instead of the advertised 2600mAh), so I bought a 102560 unit - 10mm thick, 25mm wide and 60mm long (supposedly).<p>It was a good few millimetres longer and didn&#x27;t fit. What&#x27;s worse - AliExpress stopped shipping batteries to my address, because due to safety regulations you can&#x27;t ship batteries via airmail, it&#x27;s just that one vendor who chanced it, so now I couldn&#x27;t even buy a smaller replacement.<p>Local vendors didn&#x27;t have anything nearly the same format, so I gave up and bought a LEZYNE LED Macro Drive 1300XL. Inside there are two 18650s wrapped in a pack that has a plug, so should they die, you can replace the battery without soldering.","time":1790530330,"type":"comment"}