Yeah, 30Q definitely for 4P. HG2 performs almost as well, but is significantly more expensive.
Below are two graphs, one for 30Q and one for 25R, both at 15A. The 30Q provides a significant increase in capacity, as well as maintaining a higher voltage the entire way.
Gotcha! Yeah imrbatteries are currently having a sale where 30Q and HG2 are the same price so it made me curious which would be the better option.
VTC5A performs a little better than 30Q (lower initial voltage sag) but has less capacity (2600 vs 3000mah) so you’d be taking a ~15% range hit. Depends on the pricing - if the VTC5A was cheaper than 30Q and the range hit wasn’t an issue, I might go for the 5A. However I wouldn’t go that route if they cost more.
By the way the vtc6 are available for 2.68€ a cell at nkon right now.
Don’t know the imr price for 30q or vtc5a right now, but might be worth a look as well
https://ru.nkon.nl/sony-us18650vtc6.html
I know this topic is about 18650s but the 21700 Samsung 30Ts are my favorite ones because of their maximum current discharge and stable temperature
yeah 30q’s on nkon are 2.49 euro ($2.89). lionwhole sale in the us are selling them for $4.1
Why are they more expensive if you buy more?
It’s just issues of the side, they forget ro change price.
Put them in the chart and you will see the lowest price when check out.
Ok. It’s like that for every single battery
Could you put a photo of 31T ?
he means 30T
If you want an additional 3% discount on nkon, enter the coupon code esk8 3% off
I recently bought a bunch of HG2’s during the last big sale that IMR had. Just bought an additional 12. I’m hoping these cells are solid in 12S6P. Another builder recently called them “firecrackers” when I mentioned my new build to them. Here’s to hoping they don’t live up to that nickname 
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Does nkon ship to US?
That’s something I don’t know. Give it a try?
Can anyone give me a feel for what a good deal (us) for 30q cells is? Also what are the most reliable vendors? It seems like IMR is the most popular.
Nkon… Take about 4 weeks for delivery and since the euro is down right now pricing is almost 1 to 1 so it’s a good time to buy!
ru.nkon.nl ships to the US slowly but they offer the best prices for new cells as well as a 3% discount for ESK8 builders. https://esk8-calculators.com/
I ordered at the beginning of this month and it has not shipped yet, Once it does it will get here pretty quick.
I expect it by the end of the month.
My last shipment too exactly 1 month.
I wish this super slow shipping was not $33.
My last shipment from them took 4.5 weeks or so.
Great cells for the price though! They had a sale for $2.75 for VTC5A for a while.
