Hi old4570,
Just want to make sure, is it true that the old Solarforce is not a good one (according to your thread in here http://budgetlightforum.cz.cc/node/1327) and the new Solarforce is prety good.
New Solarforce has more length compare to the old one, will this be a problem to some of flashlight?
Thanks.
Yes the new Battery is good , No , the older batteries are just that , old , they did not age well .. How the new ones will age ?
Yes , they are long , in fact a little longer than the protected Flame Trustfires , and yes in some lights , that might be a problem .
I use them in my A20 T5 , and I had to mod the light a little to make room for the batteries ...
Atm, Solarforce is selling 2 types of RCR123’s
A white one with blue text, and a white one with black text
Is the blue text battery the newer version to the black text?
Or
the black text battery is version 3, and version 1 is no longer sold?
Secondly, is the diameter of both batteries the same?
I’ve heard the blue battery has a 18350 size.
On the Solarforce page, it says the white one is a CR123A, then says it’s a rechargeable, then on the battery it says 16340 which sounds like an IMR.
Blue text on white = New
DIA = 16.7mm
Length = 36.1mm
Black text on white = Older
Dont own any ATM
Then I bought 2 of the wrong ones > <
The black and white version looks so respectable though.
Thanks for the info, old4570
Do you think both the RCR123 versions can handle 1.5A safely?
Yes they can but run times will be short.