I am interested in this depending on the final configuration and price
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some of my preferations:
If it has a tripod nut iām in, probably for 2 pcs.
If you are going to charge 4x 18650 through a BD0x style charger itāll take very long, I donāt think this is usefull.
Iād prefer a black bezel
a led ring around the switch which shows the voltage would be very nice.
Well, yeah! This is an idea generating and general interest thread. Thatās what itās supposed to look like, until the manufacturer gets on board and solid decisions are being made. Go back and read the OP and first several pages of comments of the other BLF Special group buy threads of recent past. In fact, look at the BLF Watch group buy interest thread that is going on now. It looks very much the same.
I agree. I see no point in 14500ās in this config. Iād rather a 3 x 18500 however. As itād give you the same compact length as 4 x 14500, but a higher WH rating. And I think wouldnāt need to be any wider.
The reason I want multiple cells is because thatās the way SRKās are now. Itās a small thing, but if Iām gonna call it a āminiā or ābabyā SRK, then I want it to be the same design. However, Iām not hung up on it. I can go either way. As The Miller has said multiple times, this thread isnāt about the small SRK, but a regular size one. We can discuss the small one later.
I do want to offer a small insight about the 3x 18500 vs 4x 14500 statement. They wonāt exactly fit in the same space, although close. The 4x 14500 will fit in a 34mm ID tube, whereas the 3x 18500 will need a 39mm ID tube to fit. Additionally, there are lots of people on BLF that think 18500 are a waste of time and money. Think about it: 15mm more and you can potentially have 3x the capacity with a 18650.
If a black bezel means aluminum, Iād prefer SS. Iām a BIG SS bezel fan, always was. 5,000 lumens out of a XM-L2 modded SupFire M6 with a SS bezel isnāt bad. I didnāt notice any issues with the beam pattern. Thereās good and bad ways to do bezels though, regardless of color or material. The EE/BLF X6ās for example, have a very low profile bezel, minimizing artifacts or lossās. Deep bezels like the Roche/Convoy F6 and SWM C20C probably have lossās because their bezel sticks out significantly.
Deep bezels probably protect the glass a bit better, while shallow bezels have no lossās. Generally, a black bezel will absorb light more than a reflective SS bezel.
People who think like that probably arenāt thinking rationally or logically. To paraphrase your argument. Only 4mm wider will give you double the capacity of a 14500 for the same length.
And as there are already plans for a 4x18650 SRK a 3x18650 would probably be redundant. But 3x18500 would be significantly smaller than a regular SKR and much better performing than any 14500 power one.
must resist temptation
ā¦ ooh canāt resist going off topic
I would love to see a smaller brother baby SRK capable of 14500 and AA cells, this I would gift no I fell for it
Please know a baby SRK is talked and thought about but first the King!
I think you missed where I was going. a 3x 18500 wouldnāt be much smaller than a 3x 18650, but 1/3 the cell capacity. Why do it? A 14500 cell scales down almost perfectly from a 18650 cell. In other words, the ratio of length/width is practically the same for each. So, to make a 4x 14500 that is the same shape as a 4x 18650, but significantly smaller, makes some sense and could truly be called a āminiā version of the same.