Current compact 26650 lights?

Nice - nearly everything Olight puts out is nice - but it doesn’t quite qualify for the budget end of the spectrum. My budget end anyway……

SP

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_183118.html

Regards Xandre

Can you really call any 26650 light compact??

It’s like saying there are no compact lorries.

26650 offers two advantages.

-capacity
-amp draw

But you’ve got to have a very special use case to actually exceed what the ability of a good 18650 can currently offer.

Compact van maybe…… like a Transit Connect……

I totally agree with your valid points but was just wanting to get peoples views on these fairly rare beasts. The DQG thing I mentioned at the beginning was definitely compact, certainly in terms of the direct competition if not in comparison to some of the very nice 18650 lights that can be had. In terms of most of the usual 26650 lights, they have very big heads. That just doesn’t appeal to me. I’m not in the market for one of these things by the way, just wanting to chew the fat a bit about them.

SP

Highly illogical price.

Trustfire A8 is probably as compact as you can reasonably get. It’s essentially a 26650 tube light.

I daresay with some careful design you could make it a tad shorter and maybe thinner walled material for the body.

It’s about the same size as a p60 such as the Solarforce L2 series, just with a fatter body. It’s actually quite a nice light to carry and use, and you can notice the extra runtime. But you also notice the extra weight and bulk too.

I admit, I don’t really know of any other lights this size and design.

I’m rather liking the Strive Standard that I won in an OL auction.

You can buy it direct from Lumapower here.

A little pricey at 75 USD but a nice compact light that comes with a small waterproof pelican style case, holster and extra o-rings…

Thanks for bringing this one up ‘Swib’…. nice looking little light! :+1:

STRIVE standard / http://www.lumapower.com/Online%20Web/contents/en-us/p47_STRIVE_standard.html

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_415403.html?wid=21

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_353326.html?wid=21

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_364582.html?wid=21

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_350319.html?wid=21

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_147606.html?wid=21

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_79490.html?wid=21

F13 is your best and cheapest bet.

The most compact one I have is the Shadow JM20, really like the little guy. It always fits my smallish hands just right.

JM20

The Trustfire/BLF A8 is fairly compact as well. The Uniquefire UF-2200 is another fine 26650 tube light. But the DQG is by far the smallest, but does not look like a good hand fit to me.

Cheers guys - some interesting stuff there. Plus some of them are really cheap!!!

http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_364581.html

Sold out for awhile…

Here is my compact 26650 light lineup. I really like the JM20.

The Olight R50 Seeker is a little shorter but has a larger head diameter.

The only two “compact” 26650 lights I know about:
Palight MS600
&
PALIGHT M900-S

If compact is key then I would go with a Strive standard. The JM20 is also good. The JM20 is possibly more solid with better heatsinking but the Strive is smaller, lighter, and has better UI (imo). I have some old DQG’s that I might do something with one day but as mentioned the switch could be better. Are you after a flooder and something with just a little throw?

Klarus G20:

Is your JM20 a different finish to the one you linked to? That looks glossy whilst yours looks matte grey? To my tired old eyes anyway.

Pinkpanda3310 - As for flood or throw? I’m not actually looking to buy one at present, just set this thread away as a discussion to get some ideas.

Charles Lin - both those look quite neat, especially the M900

Cheers all.

SP

Will long protected cells (or even 2x 26350 cells) fit?

To bring data :

BLF D80 (18650) and Olight R50 (26650)

acebeam ec50 gen I and II and ec60?