The 26650 that comes with Cometa is Vappower (not Vapcell… lest they get angry…), I also have it, and appears to be a weaker cell (higher IR).
The HLY seems to compare similarly to the Liitokala Lii-50A (black) — at lower current drain (ie. when doing a discharge test @ 1A discharge current of a fully-charged Lii-50A alongside a fully-charged HLY 26650, they seem to track close to each other, at least at 1A).
Tried using the HLY and Lii-50A on MF01-Mini, seems to yield almost similar Turbo brightness (ceiling bounce, and with lux meter to compare).
The HLY 26650 comes in 2 types: beige and light green. I “guess” the beige one has a slightly newer date code than the ‘light green’ HLY (I’m just guessing the date code markings). I measure AC IR (using YR1030 resistance tester) of ~17mOhms for the HLY 26650. (for Lii-50A, I get different AC IR for different batch, but most are around 17-18mOhms AC IR when measured using the YR1030).
*re “date code” of HLY, only my “guess”, the last 2 digits of the 1st group of 8 alphanumeric characters is probably the year of manufacture (the ‘light green’ has “18” for 2018 and the ‘beige’ HLY has ‘19’ which probably means 2019 year of manufacture.
Just got them in the mail
I love this lamp with the 21700 Samsung 30
Only problem I ordered 4 by mistake (needed 3)
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Best light ever considering size weight using them for camping boat and with my dogs
I thank this forum for the great advice and review for this lamp. A true winner
Can u tell I am excited
I ordered a Ft03 so I could have a thrower. But, Bangood can’t find my order. So, is the mini a thrower like the Ft03? The problem I have is I got a bonus from work so I have to spend it or I have to give it back. Hmmmm. I’m just joking.
New Toys!
Made sure everything works (including aux LED). All is well for now.
Have 2 copper plates (Arrived before flashlights) that I will insert along with MX4 thermal paste and possible thermal pad in other areas.
Seems like button click speed varies between the 2 for activating various functionality. The sleeves work great as I can use 26650, 18650. Have not tried 21700 yet.
The aluminum with battery weighs less than the copper without battery. The copper is one hefty weight flashlight!
Has anyone successfully been able to change the thermal configuration for the step down? I been reading and watching videos on how to do this. But no matter what I do, nuthin has changed….light steps down from turbo after 10 seconds each and every single time. Any help is appreciated. Thanks all
be sure the light settles to approx. room temperature
go to the temperature readout mode (called TempCheck on the diagrams)
click quickly 4 times to get into thermal configuration mode
the light should flicker, like strobe mode - you only got a few secs to start, but while it's strobing, click the # of times you want to set the temperature to. For example, click 20 times to set 20C. These clicks don't have to be quick - it's just the total # of clicks that count.
Once you stop clicking, it will timeout in a few seconds, then the strobe will start again. Now you want to set the max temp for thermal regulation. If you want to max it out, click 40 times (sets 70C as the max temp). Again, it will timeout after you stop clicking, and don't worry if you click more than 40 times - it will still act as if you clicked 40 times to set the max temp to 70C.
You can confirm the current temperature right away, because as soon as the 2nd strobe finishes, the light returns to blinking the current temperature. If you set 20C, it should now blink out 20 or 21 or so. Unfortunately you can't confirm the max temperature setting.
Now if this 70C doesn't work for you, you can do some cheat'n -- . Repeat the steps above, but instead of setting 20C as the current temperature, click only 5 times for 5C. This will effectively raise your max limit to 85C, though your current temperature will be calibrated 15C low. So the good thing about this is the light will start to temp regulate at what it thinks is 70C but is really 85C.
There are kinda question.
In reviews, current in maximum ramp level is around 5A. And in maximum ramp level there are trouble with 7135 overheating.
But regulated current is 2.4A. This is 6th level of ramping, not 7th! So, what s the connection between 7135 overheating and 7th level step downs, if on 7th level NO 7135 used, but something PWM from FET.
. Repeat the steps above, but instead of setting 20C as the current temperature, click only 5 times for 5C. This will effectively raise your max limit to 85C, though your current temperature will be calibrated 15C low. So the good thing about this is the light will start to temp regulate at what it thinks is 70C but is really 85C.