Scott, yeah, the Meteor is 4P to 12 emitters. Stock the cell choice may not be such a big issue, but, well, mine is a long way removed from stock. May be pulling 50-60A. (I get a quick 17,284 lumen reading and it plunges, getting hot and draining cells at a crazy rate) So of course, Iām looking for that little bit moreā¦
The VTC5D (late 2017, early 2018) is supposed to be the latest, greatest chemical mix. Itās a bit better than the older VTC5A (2016).
When it comes to the major battery manufacturers, it seems like their newest version always performs better than their older version. They are always finding small improvements. (Donāt qoute me, Iām talking about in general they always make improvements)
Yep, thanks Kawi. The 30Qās Iāve been using are showing around 25 IR. Compared to the single digits of my 30Tās (07-09) 25 is pretty high.
Thinking about trying out the offset boring with a 4 jaw chuck to see if I can open the battery tube holes in the M43 a bit to accept the 20650 LG HG6, pretty dang close to the 30T really in a slightly smaller form factor. (I could offset bore towards the middle and not bother threads or anything, in theory) Wish I had a millā¦.
Still thinking about making a new tube for my GT mini to use a 30Tā¦
BLF GT mini with short and reg tubes, BLF GT with short and reg tubes. Not sure that Iāve seen these all together or at least recently, so here they are.
When a battery manufacturer designs a battery they have to adjust the chemical mix to give them what they want. They can go towards the direction of high capacity at the expense of less amperage output. Or they can go the other direction and make it have more amperage output at the expense of less capacity.
Every new battery seems to perform better overall. An example is the old Sanyo/Panasonic 3400B compared to the newer 3500GA. Max continous amperage went from 5A to 10A and capacity went up just a tiny bit.
To my knowledge HKJ has not tested the VTC5D, 24S or 20S. Maybe you are refering to Mooch?
Do you have a chart of these tests? Iām curious to see it.
Yeah, I think you mean Mooch. He even explains in his report that you have to sacrifice capacity if you want amperage and vice versa. Here is a chart I found. Iād this the chart your refering to? The batteries are a bit different.
Thanks for the infoā¦ i have 5 sony vtc5d. I dont see much improve over the sony vtc5aā¦ vtc5d are damn expensive $10 eachā¦, i personally would use sony vtc5a if i canā¦ its much cheaperā¦
hm i think my mini has a problem with the button now It barely works i just put in a fresh charged 30q battery and its like not coming on, it gets power and i have to click like 10 times or more for it to come on suddenly i dont get it? if i double click a few times i get high mode and cant if i hold in button ramp. If i lose tailcap and back again the button turns green so idk it wasnt like this last night,
anyone else have issues with button?
I should send neal a mail maybe but this sucks never had a button go bad on a light before like thisā¦