Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-27035444-20161121214412/@comment-27306930-20161124032837

So here's the thing. These 14500 IMRs are physically the same size as a AA battery, but they have 2 and a half times the voltage, and twice the instantaneous current as regular alkaline C batteries, and three times the instantaneous current as C-sized NiCads.

Yes, an alkaline D has about 18,000mAh of capacity compared to a 2,000mAh IMR. But after a couple hours of battle, you've only used 1,500mAh. Let me put it another way. When was the last time you completely burned through a set of D cells in one afternoon. Lemme guess. Never. D cells are overkill for the play style of 99% of Nerfers. A smaller, higher current battery like a 14500 with 2000mAH capacity is perfect for Nerf blaster applications.

So long story short, I run two 14500 AA IMRs in my Elite HyperFire. I play with it 2 or 3 times a week for maybe 10 minutes. I recharge it once a month, whether it needs it or not. It totally outperforms D cells. Totally.