I am getting into lights now and bought a brinyte B158 XPL HI V3. I was wondering what battery would be best to get the longest throw out of this light. I have some older, I believe they are red sanyo batteries that I pulled from an old Dell 600m pack. I ran my cheap c8 and hs-802 with them but looking to get the most out of this light. I tried using search function without any luck.
I use LG cells that I took from a Xiaomi powerbank. If I’m correct they’re about 3200mAh each. I don’t think they’re protected.
You won’t go wrong with Samsung 30Q, Sony VTC5,6 and LG HG2. If you’re new to all these I would also suggest you do some readings on battery safety and potential danger if mishandle or misuse them
Sanyo (10A) is decent with good capacity, but to drag the full potential out of a flashlight you will need a high drain cell most of the time (Please read what the flashlight require first!)
I’m probably in the minority here, but if it won’t draw more than 3A or so, any cell will work fine. Unless you actually plan on running it wfo for extended periods, a lower drain higher cap cell will do just fine.
A nice tried’n’true panny-B or sanny-A will work great. I save my 30Qs for higher-drain lights like the Sofirn C8M (triple XP-G2 with FET drive).
Hell, in my EDCs I got a few really high-mileage laptop-pulls that, well, kinda suck. No idea what’s their remaining capacity, or their internal resistance, but they’re well-worn, and for fairly low-stress lights, they’re 100% usable! I’m just burning them down with repeated and frequent use, just to see how long they’ll still go.
For a new ’158, like I said, I’d go for capacity like a panny-B or sanny-A. 3400mAH will go longer in medium or low modes and give you more runtime than a 2800mAH cell that can push 20A or 30A when your ’158 will only be pulling 3A, maximum.
In short, any decent cell will do quite well in the ’158.
I should have said in op that I almost exclusively run it on high. Thanks for the responses. Have some Lg hg2’s and Samsung 25r’s but use those for vaping. I like to keep batteries dedicated to one device so looking for best batteries for this light. Thanks for responses. How many amps does this light pull? I kind of figured the batteries that could handle 20+ amps were overkill. What are you guys thoughts?
I don’t see that anyone has published amp numbers for this light. But realistically the max draw is probably only around 3A.
About 3A, tops. Like I said, it’s not exactly a high-strung light pulling 10s of amps. So go for capacity over CCA.
Panny-B and/or Sanny-A. Trust me.
it is, it is advertised as 900-1000lm light, with xpl, can’t be more than 3A
For up to ≈3A of drain with linear regulators, let me show you something:
Linear 7135 drivers still stay in regulation down to ≈3.45V for up to ≈3A of driving current. This means the high voltage Sammie ICR18650-30B will make your driver run cooler in high and deliver better runtime than an INR18650-30Q in nearly any case. It is a cheaper cell, and it also happens that if you charge it at up to just 4.2V you'll do away with its full performance (≈15% less capacity) but enjoy higher cycle life.
Used it a year and half ago to restore a netbook battery pack, amazing performance cell.
Cheers ^:)