CR123As - where to buy, preferably bulk
 

Hey does anybody know any good places, preferably online, to buy CR123As in bulk? My girlfriend got a Surefire for work, and doesnt wanna pay the price to buy 2 at a time. Thanks.

E-bay is your best solution, I don't know of any store that sell those in bulks but if you look it up on ebay you'll find a lot of them.

If you don't mind shipping from the states you can try the "Titanium" brand CR123A batteries which go for only $1US each:
http://www.flashlightreviews.com/rev...anium_123a.htm

I was hoping to avoid buying from the states, which is why I posted here. However the best deals seem to come from US sites, and the Canadian dollar is only getting better. :-) Looks like my route, thanks guys.

Just watchout for custom fees ... unless you plan to ship as a gift ;) lol

www.wgcshop.com... its cheap there :wink:

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try 911 supply in calgary thier web site is https://911supply.ca
they are 2.95 a piece or 12 for 29.95
look under flashlights

Bump!

Best I found was about 1.25$ to my door on eBay, any Canadian sellers with comparable prices?

how many are you looking for?

I did this research before... eBay is your best option. I've looked locally (Toronto) in places like Battery World and industrial wholesalers and for some reason they were always much more expensive.

Also with the CR123's on eBay, I found a guy there who was reconditioning them and the batteries were great. He was selling them in lots. I'll see if I can still find him...

EDIT: He doesn't seem to there anymore, but his email was lawclerk7777@justice.com. He might still be doing them. He was located in BC as I recall.

I get mine (Sanyo) from DigiKey, I think they are $28 per 10 pack or something (not the cheapest, but hey, for me, they are free!). Best part of it is I order them through my work, mainly because I use my taclight at work, so I can justify the purchases. Lol

Ideally I would be looking for around 25 to 50 per batch, nothing too big.

I've heard many players tell me they pay 1$ locally for theirs, even if I can't get them that cheap what type of store usually stocks them for less?

Cheapest I found right now is about 7$ per unit.

Aren't these CR123a batteries Lithium Ion batteries? Can anyone explain why rechargeable CR123a batteries are so scarce? I've only seen them once, but was packaged with a flash light (cost around $250).

Over the counter rechargeables are full of fail. I bought a pair to try out in my Surefire G2, hoping to save. Cost me about 35$.

They power my low power bulb for all of 3 minutes (usual run time60 minutes) and barely make my high power bulb burp (usual run time 20 minutes).

I don't know the science behind this, but I'm guessing high discharge applications rape rechargeables.

Quick addition, lowest I found on eBay per unit are these:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/50-CR123A-Lithium...QQcmdZViewItem

About 1.10$ per unit to my door.

Just talked to my guy at Corporate Security Supply in Winnipeg. He sells Streamlight brand CR123 batteries (top quality) for $2.92 each. 12 Pack is $35.00.

Here's the contact info...

Geoff Gray
geoff@corporatesupply.ca
www.corporatesupply.ca
1-800-563-5566

Tell him "Stu" sent ya!

-Stu

Haven't ordered from them yet, but I plan too. They are located in Mississauga, and are $2.99 per unit. These ones are the actual Surefire Brand too.

http://www.tetragon.ca/Products.cgi?sku=surebatt3v

Considering you can get them from Surefire directly for 1.75$USD...

EBAY

I'm sure I can find them for less, especially since I'm looking to buy a few hundred.

wow what are you trying to do? Run your house on C123a's? lol

Hehe, no, not yet.

I just use flashlights a lot, and I'd use them even more if I had a cheaper power source. I'm also getting a M3T replica from Huang, which will probably eat even more batteries than my lowly G2.

I tried rechargeables, not impressed.

Hope this helps:

http://www.batteryspace.com/browsepr...ashlights.HTML

Good price, but still over the ebay prices I found. These come out to about 1.60$ to my door.

Alright, ebay it is!

Hey surebet, if you want to split an order, I'm up for it.

Right now, ebay has the perfect model IMHO. 50 batteries for about 55$ to your door just can't be beat!

I'll look into making a group order of high grade batteries down the line, as I'd love to pay a bit more and be able to impress girls with my pimpin' Surefire cells...

I recommend against buying from batteryspace. Prices are cheap and the quality is good, but they insist on shipping UPS to Canada. UPS rapes you with brokerage fees. I just bought 20 CR123As for $19.75, shipping was $10, and then I still had to pay $22 in broker fees. Ridiculous. I hate UPS.

Didn't know that. Broker fee wow...

Yeah, UPS is the devil's whore. Pay extra for another courrier if you have to.

For small orders you can get them for $1.50 a cell from http://www.batterystation.com/cr123a.htm (house brand)
They will ship via USPS unless the order gets too big.

As for the rechargeable 123's - DO RESEARCH.
a. most of them are 3.7v NOT 3.0v (means they will break your shit if it cannot take the extra voltage)
b. unprotected cells will explode if they are over discharged or over charged (if you don't know what that means or know how to prevent it - don't use em)
c. protected rechargeable 123's have electronics in them that prevent over current situations and shut the cell down - this does not work well with high current lamps like p60's or p61's - If a cell shuts down - you have to put it back on the charger to reset it. If this is the case with your light - you will have to risk using unprotected cells or just don't bother.

As for getting them - look to the following links:
http://www.dealextreme.com/
or
http://www.qualitychinagoods.com/

I grabbed a set of 30 off ebay for $36 with shipping, etc.. I feel like this is the best deal we can get.

I got some (SurefFire)for $35 from Dave's. Just waitin' for 'em now..

How many for $35?

Basspro in Toronto sells SF brand CR123s in boxes of 12 for 35 i think

Yepp. That's it. And that's what I paid.

I just wish dave's took EMT...

They do, check with Hotnix here on ASC.

I pm'd him 2-3 weeks ago regarding alternative payment methods, but he didn't reply. So, I assumed they don't, or they didn't deem a 18$(gun tape) purchase important enough to reply to :p

Either way, I ordered my stuff from them, and still have a few more things to get from them.

Hmmm...I might too, want to group it together?

Sure, but it may have to wait awhile. I gots a ptw to pay off :(

What kinda time frame we lookin' at?

Whenever, days, weeks, couple months, just shoot me a PM when you're ready.

Sounds great! Will keep you UTD.

Boink!

Prices on eBay are about 95¢-1$ shipped for unknown brand cells, anyone have something better in 50-500 quantities?

http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.400

Very cheap for rechargable CR123s and CR2s and the corresponding chargers. Shipping is free...

I can get you some for about 1$ a peice if you want enought.

http://www.all-battery.com/index.asp...OD&ProdID=1588

Tell me. I got rebate codes.