Looking over the numbers our margins on Zebralight are already not that high. The best I could do for international customers is to use the current coupon code, then I will manually refund shipping costs by $5. If you place an order from a valid international address, leave a comment during orders saying so. Sorry I couldn't do more :(
Thanks for the heads up, I looked over the description and modified it.
The reason I thought they wouldn’t fit is because I have protected Panny 3400’s, and they are long arse, button top cells.
I’m not surprised yours are 65mm if they are flat top unprotecteds.
This has me concerned about keeppower batteries too... they aren't quite as long as the protected panasonics, but still very long.
Hopefully the folks at zebralight took note of battery sizes and the final version will be able to cope. If not I guess I'll have to order a couple more 3400mAh flattops.
Well that's a bummer. I really really hope there is some more tolerance in this light... the sc52 handles the longer 14500 keeppower batteries just fine, a tad tight, but ok.
All of my protected batteries are either the panasonics, or keeppower 3400mAh... really would be a shame not to be able to use them. Maybe an extra GTID oring would work as a spacer.
You can’t use a spacer because of the tailcap design. The threads are anodized and the only part that makes electrical contact with the tailcap is the non anodized top of the body tube, makes contact with a copper ring inside the tail cap. It has to be screwed fully down or the light won’t work. You can disable the SC600MKII by unscrewing the tailcap only a 1/4 turn, so you can see how tight it has to be to make electrical contact.
I heard from an unofficial source that the recommended battery length for the SC600MKII is actually 67mm. 68mm is the absolute biggest battery you can fit allowing the tailcap to make proper electrical contact and without putting so much pressure to damage the electronics in the flashlight If you had the 2600’s you might just squeak it in, but I wouldn’t even attempt the 3100’s or 3400’s for fear of damaging the light
When I ordered my SC52 I owned no 14500’s, so I got 2 ZL ones (rewrapped Sanyo’s?)
Now with the SC600 it seems I am going to have to buy some other type of small, protected battery for it, recommendations? Will ANY protected cells fit at 67mm or less?!
I wouldn’t do that tbh, you pay more for the PCM in the first place so it seems a bit of a waste to rip it off. You will also probably be left with sharp solder tabs on the top and bottom of the cell…
As a last resort then I could see why you might want to do it but I would recommend just ordering a couple of unprotected cells from fasttech instead and using the protected ones in other lights.