Convoy L6... XHP70 Beast!

Also, the griffith observatory has a ton of lights at the actual observatory itself that are brighter than a couple of flashlights. We were on the trails in the park, farther away from the observatory.

The light pollution from Los Angeles is pretty bad and the observatory is in the center of that albeit on the top of a mountain.

Where would be a good place to sell my L6? I have three of them, two silver, one black. Used only a couple of times for a very short time and all look brand new? I am from BC Canada.

Looking for some guidance everyone….

I owe a mate a big favour so I was thinking of gifting him either An L6 or the TF S70/S now that there are a few good prices on offer on these babies.

He has acreage so I think he’ll get a lot of use out of this format

So my question is can either of these lights run with 2 18650s because I know he has Panasonic NCR18650Bs (protected) ?

If they do, I guess I’ll have to get him some of those plastic do da’s to put on the 18650s so they won’t rattle

Sorry if it’s already been covered in here but I can’t find it

Ps. Still Loving my clear L6

Thanks all

Yeah, they will both work with 18650. The L6 needs cells under 70mm, though.

If he has the Evva brand protected versions, they are 69.5mm. So those should work. If it’s a different brand, you’ll need to measure as different companies add slightly different protection circuits.

If you do have some cells too long you can unscrew the battery tube from thd head one or 2 turns to get some extra length.

And you need spacers. Simon sells those.

Thanks JasonWW and Jack
I should have said this but I will try a few different 18650s in mine but it’s just that I don’t have those do da’s but tomorrow I’ll dig around the shed for something that fits , and report back

I have been running my L6 exclusively on 18650 with printed battery sleeve/adapter, i couldn’t be bother to buy additional 26650 so i just 18650 that i have plenty but if runtime is important you should get 26650 as they are bigger in capacity.

I am getting my convoy l6 modded with xhp70.2 FET driver… should I use shockli or liitokala?

Shockli might be too fat?

I’m running Shockli 5500 in any of my 3 L6’s, 1 orig black or 2 clears. Little close fit in one of the clears but still works. You’ll need a solder blob or magnets.

On L6 with TA driver I’m getting 4800 lux @ 5 meter for approx 120,000 cd. (4.15v)

Sorry don’t have liitokala to compare against. But definitely an upgrade to Keeppower Protected.

Is this with SMO or OP reflector?
XHP70 or XHP70.2?
Dome on or sliced off?

I think a better way to compare the batteries would be to measure the amp draw at the tail cap.

What is the Shokli length?

I have 26650 series connector coming from the jaxman… I forget to mention that.

According from the blf, liitokala battery works best with the FET driver…

Add some wire bypasses so you don’t melt the springs.

Shockli 5500 mAh
Diameter: 26.7mm
Height: 65.3mm

Stock emitter with op reflector was just comparing to my stock driver w KP batteries.

Unfortunately, my inferior amp meter is not good to yeild meaningful results.

Look at the cells, the Shockli says max current 20A, pulse 30A… the LiitoKala’s say 50A. Should tell the story right there.

Dale, you know more than anyone that you can rarely go by what the wrappers say. If we did, we’d have 6,000 mah 18650 cells. Lol

It seems like the most you can get from the L6, fet, 70.2 combo is about 17 to 18 amps. That’s within range of both batteries.

Of course, the blue liitokala are tried and true. I think the black ones are just as good from the reviews I read. Have the Shockli been tested? I’d like to know more about them.

Who knows, if the Shokli turn out to have more internal resistance and only pull, let’s say 14 amps, they still might be a good choice. The 17.3 amps I’m getting are really up there and it gets hot really fast. I only use full power on very rare ocassions. I might get me a pair of the Shockli just to tame it a little. Know what I mean?

(The 14 amps was just hypothetical. I don’t know anything about that cell).

I don’t know about the “rarely” part, but yeah I do know a few things… the Shockli are a rewrapped Windyfire from what I can gather. I also know that you have to start somewhere, and you can’t discount every cells wrapper lingo just because there have been “miscue’s” in the past. I know everyone shuns Trustfire cells, but their 6,000 mAh 32650 is the best in the class. So perhaps common knowledge isn’t an across-the-board kind of thing?

I have both the sky blue LiitoKala and the new black ones, and I have an L6 with XHP-70.2 and FET driver… making 9,280.5 lumens at 18.16A on the new black LiitoKala cell. The blue ones do 16.48A for 9108 lumens. Surprising, yes?

FWIW, I’ve seen more than one light tested where one name brand cell gave higher amperage, while another name brand cell bests it in lumens output while having less current draw. So it’s not all about the exact numbers.

I also know that it really doesn’t make much difference in the end when you’re pulling 3.6C on the cells (3.6 x the capacity of the cell), the output will drop rapidly as the cells take the hit so the absolute max lumens simply won’t last long enough to really add it all up.

Edit: Another quirky little FWIW…. the Efest 20700 dark metallic purple cell yields 18.71A and 9,591 lumens in this light.

Thanks db, then I will use black liitokala on the convoy l6. Shockli will go to the trustfire tr j20… Both modded lights are coming soon to me.

Anyone got experience with these?

https://www.nkon.nl/rechargeable/26650/enercig-26650-5200mah-flat-top-battery.html
Edit, international link might be more useful instead of Dutch :wink:

https://eu.nkon.nl/rechargeable/26650/enercig-26650-5200mah-flat-top-battery.html

My L6 arrived this week :slight_smile:

Since the Black and gold Liitokala 26650’s still didnt arrive, and some laptop pulls do the job, but i dont trust my current measurements (20 cm standard hirschmann measuring wire, gave 2,6 A and dropped quickly to 2,4 and lower)

I thought, lets try these, since the efest is out of stock, and they can deliver fast to me