You are wrong about many things. And there have been alot of people who seem to have bought the right batteries, so not a “got mine” scenario.
It is obvious to me you should not have purchased this light until after it has had some bugs worked out. You are to excitable.
As i have mentioned before in all of my apologizing: They have one battery listed on the website under pl47. An lg i think. That one is the one you should have bought—if you needed the light right away. As i have mentioned zebralight only lists under the light they sell the batteries guaranteed to fit. Mtn electronics also lists batteries guaranteed to fit.
Only 1 battery is listed under the pl47. Just the one. Caveat emptor. This is true with all non-walmart flashlights. Derp.
I have alot of flashlights in the 18650 format. I also have alot of 18650 batteries and none of those batteries are the exact same size. Should be 18mmx65mm. Do you think even one of them is that actual size? A 21700 should be 21mmx70mm. I would not expect this to be the case, especially as this appears to be a new format on the heels of tesla packs.
‘Freedom’ went on and on about battery fitment. He was obsessed earlier in this thread—wouldnt stop talking about it—but no one had an answer because no one had a light tj measure. He was right to have concerns, but he needed to wait until we could measure the battery tube. Then you measure the batteries or take a battery manufaturers word or their vendors word that that is the precise size. Assuming every battery made by a manufacturer will also be identical is silly, and to think across brands? There are what 5 major manufacturers and the rest are rewraps. So lg, panasonic, sony, sanyo and samsung are originals any other name is going to be fatter because they rewrapped.
As for your gas nozzle analogy i agree a gas nozzle should fit. It is national/ global infrastructure the whole planet falls apart if it doesnt. Thats why it has a weights and measures sticker on the pump.
You are comparing apples to penguins. Flashlights are not standardized, the batteries most certainly are not stadardized. If you want any battery to fit you should stick with alkaleaks and nimh. I suspect they have to meet certain criteria.
But to take it a step further even within a set cell size you have considerable variance just with chemistry those that require protection Circuits and those that dont. Flat tops button tops and weld tops. Just look at the 18650 cell, look at your own batteries biggest to shortest. Fattest to skinniest. This format has been around and still wildly fluxuates. 21700 only seems to have come to the fore about a year ago. How the hell do you think that will all of a sudden have a weights and measures standardization. Thats just silly.
Then if you are a flashloght maker. Do you pick the longest cell? Shortest cell? To base your tube on? Like my zebras they picked the tiniest cell they could find that pushed at least 10a. To keep those buggers small. So this means bigger batteries may be problematic. This is logic working. You cannot make a standard tube for a battery that does not have a standard size. Too big wont fit in, too small wont engage contacts.
IF THERE WAS NO INFO ON BATTERY SIZE THEN IT WAS NOT YET ESTABLISHED AND IT IS ON YOU TO BUY LIGHT THEN MEASURE LIGHT THEN BUY BATTERY.
this really is simple. You bought your batteries first just like i did—and hoped for the best. But that was a silly and uninformed decision. Now you want fireflies to make you a new battery tube to fit your favorite battery.
Thats absurd. Buy the battery they sell. Or wait too see what people say will fit. Period.
Easy peasy. This is the same throughout the industry.
Not dor nothing, but there was an episode of southpark not to long ago where they poked fun at yelp reviewers. This reminds me of that. In fact i have been singing about boogers and gum as i typed.