OL, would you be interested in some 14500 primaries? I have a bunch of them I got for a dollar a piece and I can send you a couple if your interested. :D
I'll add that these are safer than normal lions and can be thrown out when they die. No multimeter required.
Your method there of beefing up the pill with copper is exactly how I've been doing it with p60 pills for some time. It makes a huge difference, doesn't it. :)
Some of these hosts are overly expensive and many times not what you were expecting. I have a steel 26650 host that was almost $50 and still had flaws and just too few threads to effectively screw the head after the driver. Empty hosts should go at way cheaper and encourage one to buy special tints, drivers or reflectors/TIR lenses. They are almost the price of a very well built Solarforce light.
Thanks for the review Old-Lumens. I looked at this host awhile ago tossing up whether to get it or another red one. I went the red option again. I think I'm glad I did now. Love the hand work as usual. Cheers.
Yeah, they’re much safer but not rechargeable. They have a max voltage of 3.7 volts (marked as 3.6) and will not vent despite me trying to get them to.
This is one of the best pictured and commented mod I have seen. Good job O-L, I like it! I'll be building AA light from this host too but maybe with Nichia 219. Looking fw for the beamshots.