the 50E battery might struggle a little in the Amperage category running on high for extended periods. I run the Sofirn 4000 mAh battery with great results! I am awaiting delivery of the Vapecell 4500 mAh cell which I have high hopes for. 20A continuous discharge w/4500 mAh for a bargain is quite good.
Do we know which cell Sofirn is using in their batteries?
As far as spare cells, the Samsung 40T might be the best all-around. It will easily handle the current demands of the C8F, while having 33% more runtime than a 30T. The 5000 mAh cells might work, but they might be getting into the upper ranges of their current ratings.
I got the kit too & am pleased with the Sofirn also.
Using the Samsung 50E you’ll get a bit more run time but a little less output on Turbo.
Using the Samsung 30T you’ll get a bit less run time but a little more output on Turbo.
The Sofirn battery, as Lightbringer said…… “works just fine”. :+1:
Delta_V mentioned the Samsung 40T, I don’t have one of those; but as he said….it would be a good one. On par with the Samsung 30T, but 33% more runtime.
Wellp, I don’t quite understand the obsession with getting, say, 2700lm instead of 2500lm, when even side-by-side few if any people would be able to positively ascertain which one is brighter.
I’d go more for runtime (absolutely quantifiable) vs a nigh-invisible improvement in brightness.
Thanks all of you for your advices, especially hiuintahs, your post is very useful.
I think I’ll stick with Sofirm for the battery and will look for a good charger.
Hey that’s great. I think the Samsung 40T is also a good fit. If I could easily find another Sofirn 4000mAh battery, I’d go with that too. A 50E battery should be arriving soon and will have a chance to check that out.
I ended up buying the Miboxer C4 Upgrade charger. I thought it was a good value. I posted a picture of the Sofirn 21700 in it here: Charger for 21700 or 20700 (post #22)
I have 4 of the Sofirn 21700’s I’ll sell you. $4 bucks each plus what ever 1st Class mail is. I bought them for the Fireflies E07 that pulls 20A, and they just don’t work as well as the 30T does. Brightness is a noticeable difference. But for lower drain, they are an excellent cell.
Thanks Lightbringer, sorry for my late reply; looks like some kinda ‘deal’ is still going on. I picked up 4 for just under $16.
Again, appreciate the info & links. :+1:
Thanks RobertB, but I ordered THESE last night after LB sene those links.
Getting em’ from you would have saved the ‘China Connection’ shipping wait though. Again, thanks anyway for the offer…. :+1:
I got me a Samsung 50E in the mail today. I charged it up along with topping off the Sofirn battery. I checked in my makeshift lightbox, the lux figure for each battery. Naturally, I expected to see a slightly lower reading with the 50E at the turbo level……………which I did.
And I expected to see the same output at the lower levels regardless of what battery was installed………….but instead what I saw was a lower level with the 50E battery at all levels. At the low level (not the moon mode……just level one), I’m getting 410 lux in my light box (about 7 lumens) with the 50E. And I’m getting 660 lux (about 11.8 lumens) with the Sofirn battery.
So I’m wondering why that is? Evidently this light is not current regulated? I guess I can be OK with it as long as I get proportionally longer run time with the 50E compared to the Sofirn battery.