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.
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.
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’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.
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.
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