KC1 keychain light is available now

Important question (to me, at least):

Will a double wrapped 18650 fit in my new “Hanklights”? I’m about to purchase a bunch of 3000mAh 15A 18650’s. I’ve had really good luck with Epoch batteries (which is the 18650batterystore.com house brand), and they’re all rewraps of the best batteries out there. Their 3000mah 15A battery is just a rewrapped 30q, but is on sale right now and of course the double wrapping offers better protection. In fact the ones Mooch tested performed a little better than the 30Q’s. So I would like to buy a bunch while they’re on sale, but wanted to make sure the extra wrapping wouldn’t cause fit problems. To be clear, the are NOT protected, just double wrapped. The website gives the approximate measurement as 18.25mm x 65.05mm. Mooch gives a rough diameter estimate of 18.5mm.

Will these fit just fine?

Thanks!!

Edit: Never mind, although I couldn’t find the specs for the inside diameter of the cell tube, I feel like I can safely assume these cells will work. They’re $3 cheaper than the 30Q’s right now on while they’re on sale, so I’m gonna scoop a bunch up. I can easily see myself getting a D18 or that new Convoy 4x18A SBT90.2 sometime in the near future, or else the BLF Sofirn LT1, so the extras will be nice to have. I guess I need to check if any of those require button tops. But even if that’s the case, I at least have 4x PANASONIC/SANYO NCR18650GA’s that Lion Wholesale put button tops on. Those are some fantastic cells for lights that don’t need 15A. Pretty much the same as the 30E’s I guess.

Man I’m really, really interested in a soda can light now. But there’s so many cool options, and not just from Hank. I just saw the configuration for the D18 that’s w2’s in the middle, and a mix of 2700k/4000k sst-20’s on the outer ring. Pretty dope light.

Does anyone have any emitter configuration recommendations for the D18? Also, what are y’alls thoughts on the best/coolest/most-doperest can light to buy for under $150? Even just a regular 18x sst-20 D18 is tempting, knowing the bins he has right now are good. But now I’m reading about all these other awesome can lights like the Astrolux MF01S, and the Convoy 4x18A. Anyone have any other suggestions?

This is quickly becoming an all-consuming obsession. Consuming all my money, to be specific, lol. I don’t mind it consuming my focus and energy. That’s the fun part.

I have the W2/ss2700/4000 combo and I like it. Means it’s good to use around home but really kicks like a mule when you need it. Can take photos/video if you like.

Dude! I just saw a video that really showed some good perspective of how portable the D18 is. I really want one now. It’s honestly a little bit of a bummer that it doesn’t use flat tops like everything else, but oh well. I am so close to adding one to my ever-increasing order.

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Also, everyone else may have already known thjs, but I didn’t:
Hank emailed me back in response to my question about adding a backlit button to the regular aluminum D4S2 and said that it is still an option.

I also inquired if it was an option in the D4SV2’s, and he said that it is not an option.

Just FYI.

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Yeah, man! I’d love to see some pics. Thank you for offering! There’s a good video I found on Reddit/YouTube. Is that configuration as voracious for battery life as I hear?

Pulled the trigger on a D4SV2 with 4x W2, and a D18 with 18x SST-20 4000k. But on Hank’s site, the only option for D18 optics is “floods optics instead of default type $1.99”. There’s not a way to select default optics. Does anyone know anything about this? I emailed Hank, but I figured I’d ask here too. I’m hoping it’s just an error on the site. I ordered the light anyway and emailed Hank requesting default optics.

I now have the following five lights headed my way:

•D4V2 w/ 4x 219b sw45k (full copper with amber switch backlight)
•DT8 w/ 8x 229b sw35 (dark gray with warm white switch backlight)
•KR1 w/ SST-20 4000k [FD2 bin] (dark gray w/ SS bezel)
•D4SV2 w/ 4x W2 (green w/ SS bezel)
•D18 w/ 18 SST-20 4000k (Black w/ hopefully default optics)

I’m in the 5x Hanklight club!
I think I made some good, diverse choices. Just don’t judge me on my obsessiveness. It’s a little embarrassing I went all in so fast and bought 5x lights before even having the first one in my possession. With that said, I’ve done my research, and there’s so many people that vouch for these lights and so many posts and YouTube videos and stuff about them I feel like I’ve made a pretty safe bet.

I wonder how much longer Hank‘s supply of 219Bs will last, lol. Following those many enthusiastic posts here and on Reddit we can only hope he‘s got a whole reel on stock. :D

Hank messaged me the follow a few days ago:

“…currently, there is only the floody optics for D18 in stock…”

I replied asking when the default narrow optics would be back in stock. No reply to this question in the last few days although he as been on BLF as recently as 5 hours ago.

That is all I know.

Well crap. I figured it was an error on the site. I figured wrong. Do y’all think it’s a bad move to go with the floody optic for this light? Should I just cancel the order and wait for the default optic to get back in stock? I guess I could also just keep the order and ask him to just wait to make it and ship it until it came back in stock if it was going to be sometime real soon.

Would the floody optic be cool, or nah?

Edit: Btw, thanks for the heads up, Nite Shadow. I appreciate it!

I bought replacements in 2019 for mine (D18) and it wasn’t cheap. Now the price of these has gone up 2-3x and they are OOS most places. Hopefully he has a different source.

That’s a bummer. I tried to search for a review of the floody optics, but no one seems to have them and everyone suggests default because it already has a lot of flood. I searched with confirmation bias, hoping I’d find something that would say it would be a desirable setup, but no luck. I might just see if Hank will refund that part of my order. Shame, because I wanted to get a D18 while I was sure his SST-20’s had good tint

What do y’all think about a D18 in SST-20 4000K with floody optic? Should I just stick with it? Do you think I’ll like it and find good use for it? Or would I just be settling? I can’t find anything online about the floody version. Doesn’t seem like anyone has one, and if they do, they haven’t put forth any reviews or opinions on it.

It’s hard for us to answer a question about what you will like. Don’t pull the trigger on something just cos you want it now. Only you can answer these questions really and see how they match up to your use case for the light.

I have floody optics in mine on the 2700/4000K emitters and the middle W2’s have normal optics. This way at low ramp i get a nice light tint that fills out in front of me but when I ramp up the W2’s take over and can throw as far as possible.

I understand. Context matters. I just don’t know what to expect of a D18 with default optics, so I can’t extrapolate what I don’t know about it to make a reasonable assumption of what to expect from different optics. I just wish there was like, one review, or one video, or even one beam shot photo I could find that would give me some indication. It’s not that I’m certain I will inherently prefer a non-floody optic, I just really don’t know. I wish I knew what kind of throw it would still have.

Thank you for the feedback. And your setup/configuration sounds really cool.

Anyone have any 26650 suggestions for my new D4SV2 with 4x W2’s? I assume a continuous discharge rate of 20A is probably a safe number. I can’t go with the trusty name brand Japanese companies like I would for 18650’s because, well, they don’t make 26650’s. Looking on Parametrek (which is an amazing resource if there happens to be anyone out there that’s not familiar with it), it seems like my only good options are this Vapcell 5300mAh 20A cell at Liion Wholesale, or this Shockli 5500mAh 20A cell from Mountain Electronics, or this Orbtronic 5750mAh 22A cell from Orbtronic . I’m worried the Shockli will be too wide, and I can’t find a “maximum cell diameter” spec on any Hanklights (maybe y’all can point me in the right direction to find those specs), and “Orbtronic” isn’t in my trusted group of battery supply stores (18650BatteryStore, Illumn, LiionWholesale, and Mtn Electronics), so I’m less inclined to order from there.

So I guess I’ve more or less answered my own question, or at least narrowed it down, but I would still like y’alls blessing/assurance that the “Vapcell G53” 5300mAh 20A 26650 is an appropriate cell for this light. And I still want to know what y’all personally use, because that could very likely sway my decision.

Edit: After reading more, I believe the Shockli will fit, and I might be better off with it or the Orbtronic (which could very well be the same cell as the Shockli, with a different wrap) rather than the Vapcell.

Great news!! Hank just said the clear optics should be arriving and back in stock in one week! I asked him if he would wait to make my D18 until those come in. I was afraid it was going to be a lot longer than that.

:sunglasses: :+1:

Sorry, I haven't read all the responses to this -

I did message Hank the other day and he said themregular optic will be back In stock ASAP. He did not indicate if it was a week, two weeks , a month.. but Im Waiting for that to be in stock before I order my first d18.. I think I would not like to be limited to a flood set of optics on a throw-ey light..

i run a molicel p26a 18650 in mine a lot of the time,with an adapter. The rest of the time I run the efest purple 4200mah 26650. They both work well.

https://www.18650batterystore.com/collections/26650-batteries/products/efest-26650-4200mah

I've read a lot of people hating on efest, but I've been vaping there batteries for 7-8 years and I've used these 26650's for over a year and have had no issues, and I feel they work very well.

And you’re still alive?! :open_mouth:

@Hank Wang

PM sent!

I could not agree more with Lojik. The bad thing is that these are a generation old now and when they are gone, they will be gone! My personal stock started at around 75 of the sw-45k’s years ago, now I am down to 7 or 8, they only went in to special builds and someday, depending upon tech, they may get moved to another light host. They really are that special.