But of course wolfdog, and in many another light they should work well also.
You DID, after all, go to a lot of trouble to post all the specs on those cells in case anyone else was interested… They should make a good viable alternative for a gifted L6, even with some tweaks done to it. So it’s good to know what’s out there and available. Thanks!
I do not understand the specifics of why one should use “Protected” over IMR. I am just following the recommendation from the gentleman who sold me the light.Only a handful of his lights does he stress us to use Protected batteries.
I am just glad that I chose the Orbtronic 26650 over the Acebeam 26650. The Orbtronic had a capacity of 5096mAh with a 9A continuous load.
I am not positive, but I do not think the Acebeam can even handle a 9A load,at least not safely[too hot @ 7A]
The review below does NOT include the Orbtronic[15A max continuous discharge], instead it pairs the Xtar and Soshine against the Acebeam 26650. The Acebeam appears pitiful to me! It got way too hot at 7A .
For those who do not know the link can be translated into English. :sunglasses:
Put a cherry-picked XHP70.2 80cri 2-step 3000k emitter in my L6, but the hotspot is still greenish compared to the spill, which I would say is magenta-ish. I have not scratched off the phosphor at the edges of the emitter though.
Now I’m thinking getting that lower binned easywhite emitter wasn’t worth the cut in lumens and lux if I could perhaps get a cherry-picked 4000k one with higher flux bin but still decent tint to it.
Think of how the batteries fit in the tube. 2 batteries, end to end with the positive of one touching the negative of the other. They have to touch to get electricity to flow. If the positive post is not high enough, they can not touch.
So if you use flat tops that don’t touch, like me with the blue Liitokala cells, you need to add solder blobs to raise the positive posts. Or some people use a tiny neodymium magnet between the cells to get a connection. (Magnets can cause extra resistance and maybe a short circuit under certain circumstances, so they are not a good idea).
Other choices are button top batteries or “raised flat top” batteries.
You can use 18650’s with a spacer tube to keep them centered, but you get less run time and maybe less output, depending on which 18650 cells you use.