The TP4056 I used is a 1 amp model, thus giving roughly 250mA to each cell, (four in series) a 2 amp built in charger would be faster, but either way will depend on how far you run the cells down to and the capacity of the cells. With 2 amp wall charger I charged the lantern in 7 hours from 3.6 volts to full with 2400maH cells.
I think that a 2 amp built in charger would be better for sure. At what point would the heat generated by an internal charger in a closed light become an issue?
Thats not extreme, but it isn’t insignificant either. I’m not an expert, but my gut says you would need that to be heatsinked to be reliable long term. I bet if we asked someone like HJK he would be able to give a good idea.
I wish the lantern project would be a sort of addon to the Q8, I am sure with a proper reflective cone shaped on the top with a milky cylinrdical diffusor the light pattern would be great, without moving the LED on the top
Just screwing the diffusor on the Q8 instead the bezel
Lexel such questions are asked many times
This is a lantern with different features.
Every time somebody says a diffuser or add-on for the Q8 suffices this will probably be the response