I busted out my hobby charger. Didnt think of that route earlier until someone mentioned it.
I ran one through at 500ma. A bit off of the 1450mah spec’d for the batteries if you consider working voltage — but to 0 it meets expectations. I expected it to be less… For the price and my expected application, I’m good with it.
Just got my 20 today. Do Not use these in anything that will drain more than 500mAh. Tried one in my Clone OTR M3 build with Fet+1 ramping IOS. Cell only pulled 800mAh and dropped FAST, blinked to LVP in a few seconds. Cell continued getting warmer for a minute after it was out of flashlight. Not good.
Bad part is I don’t have anything to use them in that is low drain.
I was holding it in my hand after the current draw test in my light. Its cold here so my hands are NOT 98.6*F… Just didn’t feel like my hands were helping it to cool at all. After about 30+ seconds, and no cooling at all, I put it into a metal dish.
Interestingly enough… I noticed the Wuben e05 had a 12.00 coupon on amazon. Apparently I also had an old Vipon coupon for that item in my cart (I must have added it and never completed the checkout). I went to checkout now and it applied both coupons. It was like 4.00 out the door. Kind of hard to say no at that price.
Still not bad @ 28 its a great light , one of my favorites in the AA size. I did get one a while back on the bay for 24 shipped but he’s got no more. But its still not 4.00 .
Yes, it’s still there. I apparently had a 50% off coupon in there somehow and the $12 dollar coupon stacked on top of that. So I grabbed it at $8. I already have one I put a Luxeon emitter in. I guess I will do the same with this one and give it away to somebody. Bought a returned Zebralight SC600 MKIII as well. Got both after discounts for $43 and some change. I guess it was just my day for a change. I hit Place Order Now before they changed their minds.
I think $40 is too pricey for the light. While it is a step above most AA lights in brightness and build quality alone. I still wouldn’t buy a $40 AA light. Well unless it was some kind of alternative material like copper or something. While the emitter is just fine if you like cold white I replaced it with a 5000K one. Which is super easy. Bezel isn’t glued and a 16mm board with your choice of emitter slips right in. Though the copper board from mountain is a bit thick but, a little sanding had it fitting like a glove in just a few minutes. Fair price at $30 maybe, a good deal at $20 but I couldn’t pass up another for $8.