I have Skilhunt H03 and found that my protected Panasonic NCR 3400 are little bit longer.
So now I am using it with unprotected cell.
Personally prefer to have protected, so are they exist?
The shortest I’ve found are Soshine 2600mAh with the Sanjo cell. Fasttech is the cheapest place I’ve found them.
https://www.fasttech.com/products/2769802
Edit. I’m not sure if they are shipping batteries anywhere at the moment.
Thanks for info.
I am wondering:
Are my protected Panasonic NCR 3400 too long or Skilhunt H03 tube are too short?
I can make comparison after a few weeks when Thrunite battery and will come.
Post a pic of your NCR18650s. Most of them tend to be on the very long side of cells, with a rather thick black disk housing the protection PCB.
Here is measurements with Caliper. Length is around 70,4 mm.
My Skilhunt H02 just came. The tube is even shorter then H03. I am waithing also Eagle Eye X2R.
So if I can find protected 18650 shorter than 68mm will be good.
Any sugestion?
The EE X2R can accommodate the protected Panasonic NCR18650B, in case you were wondering. I have one of each (X2R & battery) that I am getting ready to give as a gift, so I have been testing it out recently.
IIRC, some of the protected Nitecore 18650s are closer to 68mm. In fact, I believe that many of the Nitecore chargers cannot even handle the length of the ~70mm cells.
I have some protected Keeppower 3500mAh :
They fit in both my H02 and H03 :
OK. I have ThruNite 18650 Battery 3400mAh which is 68.6 mm and they fit in same way.
But for me battery fit means battery to be on same level as tube, not to go over it. Like in my Thrunite TC12 and Nitecore P12W.
In Skilhunt H02 and H03 the only battery that fits is 2 x CR123. May be Skilhint are designed H models for this battery.
By the way does Skilhunt H02 and H03 has low voltage protection and can I use safety unprotected battery?
Depending on how the springs and tolerances are setup in lights, many lights are designed to be able to accommodate protected batteries even if the battery sticks out of the tube. This is especially true in lights that have a spring in both the front and back end. The springs are designed to compress accordingly. As long as you don’t feel like you are putting too much pressure on the battery to the point of denting/crushing it and the cap goes on all the way, it should all be fine. If the tail cap doesn’t go on all the way or you feel a sudden spike in pressure when screwing the cap on, that is another thing.
To have working springs battery even should go over tube.
So for H02 and H03 I prefer using unprotected battery.
Same story with my Eagle Eye X5R. Probably same with EE X2R.
Unless I find short protected 18650.