Sounds like a great battery for my needs.
Stupid question now. Is it possible this size battery will become popular and widely available or will it fade into obscurity? The battery world seems to be “driven” by EV manufacturers, so does anyone have inside info or a crystal ball to assess the chances? And then there is the charger issue…. any thoughts or guesses?
Nealsgadgets also list 21700 batteries as being usable in that light. I have not got a single charger that could charge a battery that long, so that would be a deal breaker for me. I guess I could get one of those olight chargers with magnetic positive and negative ends, but still, as many 21700 batteries as I have, I would just use them. you could also rig up a piece of steel bar 26mm diamater and 15mm long on the negative side to allow use of 26650 batteries. I just never have liked batteries of unusual size. In spite of what Olight would have you believe, a standard 21700 protected button top battery will work fin in my seeker 2 pro turned with the negative closest to the head, it just can’t be charged inside the light. The orbtronics batteries work well. No need to pay over twice as much for the Olight modified batteries just to have a spare.
I don’t think there’s significant future for this size. No big cell manufacturers make it which means that few flashlight manufacturers care.
This is unfortunate though, 26800 is quite an ergonomic size.
Thanks for the pics. I am also getting that light through SkyLumen. I asked him about the charger that comes with it. He said single cell and charges at 2 Amps. No doubt the same one you have.
When I google YONII C2000 nothing comes up. Before I knew the name that you provided I decided that I better get Two of these Folomov magnetic chargers. Only charge at 1Amp , but good to have others in case YONII is not reliable and for the ability to charge more batteries.
Got the 26800 to fit a FT03 with De-lensed 90.2… copper contact on driver, bored out copper rings and driver retainer, to space out battery tube, flat laying (when totally compressed) alloy gold plated tail cap spring… 4.21v 22.7amps 5200lumen off the T/A maukka lumen tube.
Purchased 4 of the QB26800’s… thinking about maybe making a couple custom tubes for other lights I have…it is a really good performing battery so far…
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Thanks for the link (‘alofthobbies’). Unfortunately, the shipping of $12.50 USD to Canada breaks the bank.
Had purchased a NA40SE and shortly after receiving saw this add-on: an extension tube with this similarly sized battery. But cells not within the OEM device are not shipped here. Would have liked the form factor plus an increased output (6500+ lm).
Backstory; Neal (Gadgets) has this but at 98 mm length. The extension tube may ‘lego’ to some other lights? [link in pic]
No…the head was opened up with minimal clearance, like a reamed fit it is tight to the battery O.D. and a ring groove machined into the neck, a circlip ring inside the head engages the ring groove on the battery to hold in place that is the actual battery (with out the wrapper) plugged into the C8F head… been working/testing and working on a couple idea’s…
Can you take a picture of this Yonii C2000 charger, beside the 26800 battery and also a protected/unprotected 21700 battery?
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I’ve tried the Yonii Q1 charger from AliExpress, it fits protected 21700 but wouldn’t fit 80mm long batteries.
I’ve also got a Yonii Y2 and Yonii C1 bundled with some flashlight, these also fit protected 21700 batteries, but definitely not 80mm length.
(the Yonii C1 looks exactly like an Eizfan NC1 — in fact peeling the “NC1” label sticker on the Eizfan NC1 will reveal “Yonii C1” embossed on the Eizfan NC1 charger.
It would seem like “Yonii” is an OEM for basic chargers… Based on Google search, I’ve seen a Yonii C2 and a Yonii Q4, but they don’t seem to fit 80mm length either.
When I said “bad stuff” above I mostly referred to the Yonii Q1's test result, it ended up pretty bad.
Will anyway send a private message to Henrik, or is it Hendrik? Henrik is as I had seen his name before, and the spelling for which a good deal of hits the (G00gl€) forum search makes. Will suggest him to fix the spelling typo.