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I really wish a significant fraction of consumer electronics ran on removable rechargeable cells of standardized form factors. There are only bad reasons most Bluetooth speakers (to give an arbitrary example) don't run on a removable 18650 cell.



Safety is a top reason.


When companies do use that approach, they usually include a warning insert about not shorting, mechanically abusing, or eating the battery. Li-ion cells aren't very difficult to handle safely, especially in single-cell applications. This has gone well for flashlights, but has yet to be widely adopted in other product categories.

I understand that major consumer-product companies are reluctant to offer a product with any risk of attracting personal injury lawsuits, but I'm still classing it as a bad reason.


How so? It seems to me like standardizing would help focus efforts on building safer batteries.

I don't really know what I'm talking about though.


Standardized Li-On battery could be safe. IMO it's now available as "Portable Power Banks", but its form is not standardized.

Simple 18650 cell can't be safe. Normal consumer may just put/charge raw 18650 cell, then burn.

It seems that no one intend to make standard Li-On battery. Some manufacturers just use other brand's battery. (e.g. Blackmagic products uses Canon's battery)


Makes sense. Thanks for explaining.




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