Thanks for sharing!!! I have been tempted to go for the Mini in silver as I really liked how it looked in the Banggood pictures where it has a darker, richer look. However another picture online showed it to be much a lighter silver which I too thought looked “cheap”. Your confirming this has saved me the disappointment I think you feel. Hope you find someone you can sell/gift yours to and then pick up a better colour. I’m going to finally pull the trigger on the gun metal grey.
Got mine a few days ago and I’m really impressed. I ordered a silver 5000k but asked if they could send me a green one instead and Banggood came through. Very happy that they did, the color looks great. I do sort of wish I’d gone for the 4000k but I have an MF01S in 4000k so I figured I’d try a different temp this time. It’s nice but not as nice as the 4000k; oh well, live and learn.
I have ordered some Shockli IMR 26650 from banggood and those should be the same cells you mentioned just rewrapped (from what I heard). But I have those 2019 Liitokala 26650 I bought for a different flashlight and wonder to what extent I can use them in this one and what I can get from them.
Output on turbo woold be lower but should keep up longer. We need some test to really know. The battery would be worn down, capacity lowered, faster but with turbo being so short it might not be too bad.
The black Liitokalla would be an alterntive inbetween them.
The Vapcell look very expencive, it is just for one battery.
The 5100mah are junk. Typical unknown cells. Probably work okay, but have a lot of voltage sag. No one has tested these other than your common battery charger capacity tests which show that these cells vary a lot. It’s not a good sign. They may be using a variety of cheap 26650 cells under this wrapper.
Your probably thinking of the older blue 5000mah LiitoKala. Those where the good ones. They don’t make them any more. They switched to the black and gold which were also goid. Unfortunately, these are sometimes faked, so you have to get them from a reputable source. Due to these factors, it might be best to go with a different brand 26650 cell.
I just picked up my Green MF01 Mini today and it’s awesome! It’s SST-20 5000K which is pretty nice but if I get another, it will be 4000K.
I love 26650 lights for the vehicles or in the house as opposed to multi-cell lights. They have a great balance of runtime and output. I was planning on getting a MF01S but I think I may get another one of these.