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I prefer the solderless because when you ride there is a lot of boucing around. Solder is inevitably going to come loose and that means you will have a potential loss of conductivity at some point. With Solderless tubes the spring ensures that no matter how nasty the bumps get that when the bouncing stops the cells will be pressed together.
SubC's are pretty close to the same size as C cells... smaller than D cells, but much larger than the AA cells.
SubC's also have the reputation for being the "leading edge" as far as chemistry is concerned. You can get cheap high discharge rate (10C) SubC cells, but try to find that in D cells and they don't exist. It's very rare to find anything in the 10C range for any chemistry... so when I saw that you can also buy NiCad SubC's for about a buck each ($1.25) that's what I bought. If a cell goes bad it's no big deal, I just pull it out and throw it away. With the solderless pack design you just accept bad cells and live with it. (you assume that things break and you are prepared to deal with it)
SubC's are pretty close to the same size as C cells... smaller than D cells, but much larger than the AA cells.
SubC's also have the reputation for being the "leading edge" as far as chemistry is concerned. You can get cheap high discharge rate (10C) SubC cells, but try to find that in D cells and they don't exist. It's very rare to find anything in the 10C range for any chemistry... so when I saw that you can also buy NiCad SubC's for about a buck each ($1.25) that's what I bought. If a cell goes bad it's no big deal, I just pull it out and throw it away. With the solderless pack design you just accept bad cells and live with it. (you assume that things break and you are prepared to deal with it)