In my other thread I had a problem with a Keepower protected battery. Fully charged and fresh off the charger, Turbo would apparently trip the protection circuit and the tail cap had to be loosened and tightened back up to use the battery. After just running it on high for a while, it returned to normal behavior, It was the battery, not the light as it worked perfectly with other batteries.
I know some guys prefer protected batteries, but this light appears to be more reliable with IMR high drain unprotected batteries. Being a true newbie, I can not explain what happened just report it.
I did. Waiting on delivery.
This light can easily pull 15A, there aren’t many high drain protected batteries. so it’s not really a reliability the thing but compatibility.
This light has built in protection so you don’t need a protected cell either.
The funny thing is, I was using the same battery all day yesterday with no issues, and after letting it run on high for around 15 minutes it started acting normal again. So maybe it was hot internally from just being charged or something.
Here is a comparison between the FT03 and the Convoy L6.
By the way, the FT03 runs a LONG time.
When I ran the above battery down, it was on high or Turbo for over two hours, the battery was still at 3.57 volts, so it had a long way to go.
The distance to the house is probably around 100 feet. You can see how the FT03 is so bright it washes out the wall! Yes, the Convoy looks a little better at that range, due to being less powerful.
This thing is silly bright.
And with the AWT battery it gets silly hot.
Minaret. What minaret? (Spire sticking above roof? Picture below must
be that of the L6.)
Looking at the proper picture, the FT03 does show a deeper
throw than the L6 ( was confused with the labeling ). I believe.
Thank you, @scosgt!
PS Had thought minarets only exists in Muslim Middle East, or Turkey. LOL
Where does one get one of these high faluten Lumens fire sticks
(with XHP-50.2)? The 21st Century, just moving along!
Looking at the “washed out” upstairs walls on the house.
The Astrolux beam will throw a fair bit further than the L6.
Quite an impressive light for under $35. I bought 2 of the SST-40’s in 5000K and 2 of the 50.2’s also. The 50.2’s are awesome. I actually just bought another one in 5700K.
I admit, the FT03 is a very nice budget light, with great specs, but if bought 5 Astroulux FT03’s i would have to come up with a VERY GOOD excuse to my wife 
Every shop where they sell flashlights, i walk into the lights section, and my wife says, “like you don’t have a flashlight yet … ”
How did you get this light for $33? Did you need a coupon? I see it selling for $49 on Bangood.
Yes, for almost every light there is a coupon, or otherwise a 9% discount for BLF members when using banggood ( was it 4BLF ?)
Coupons can be found on the forum or from M4DM4X
Edit, the banner on top just showed a FT03 for 31,99 now, when using code AFT03
The top pic is the L6. You can tell by how the FT03 washes out the front/roof.
That is the view from the front of my house. The minaret is the mosque on the next street. They also own three houses on my block. It is what it is. But frankly, they are better neighbors than the turd next door to me that they bought out.
There was a sale that ended 7/19 I think. I bought two, still waiting on one.
Check out the bottom pic. $25.99 Chaselight from Amazon. The throw rivals the L6 and the FT03. It takes 2 X 26650 to do it, but they come with the light. It has a nice white color output.
Wonder how that compares with, say, a P30 and/or GTmini…
Or a Cometa, for that matter.
I just found this coupon which gets the price down to about $36. BGFT03X
Now my only problem is I can’t decide whether to buy the 50.2 or the SW40 which is also available in CW version for the same price. If it was NW it would be a no brainer. Anybody have a suggestion?
I went with the HP50. Rated for higher light output.
The banner on top just showed a FT03 for 31,99 now, when using code AFT03