The XTAR and the Olight 14500 are the only protected I’ve used so far.
The XTAR is better, but I don’t see it around for sale lately.
You can compare many 14500s here.
Thank you for the opinion.
It would be great to hear of the first protected cell to be used in this light of any type as I am (still) trying to wrap my mind around 800 lumens ‘bursting’ from this XP L (?) vs the 500 I am enjoying presently from my ZL SC52 L2 (XM L?) with the same 14500 cell.
Is this merely a result of the higher (?) unprotected cell giving this LED more power…a more ‘powerful’/efficient LED…or both?
…showing my ignorance ‘big time’ here, I know… :person_facepalming:
I remember (now) once buying/trying an AW IMR unprotected cell in a ZL that I had and why.
What threw me was my ZL SC52 L2 putting out 300 lumens using an Eneloop and 500 lumens using a protected 14500 (which seemed almost impossible not long ago)….vs the UT01 putting out 500 lumens (AA) and 700 something using the unprotected cell.
Whatever I gained by using the protected cell seemed worth it for whatever the lumens turned out to be north of 500 (which seems twice as incredible as I thought the SC52 to be using an Eneloop driving 300 lumens).
Received it today, unfortunately the switch on mine is very bad. It only works if I press it in a special way with the nail of my finger. So far it is unusable. I hope I can get it fixed.
Please keep us updated and thanks for the heads up.
I would also like to hear from anybody on the difference in output between protected and unprotected cells if they (both?) fit in your light (thanks in advance)…