New single emitter 4x18650 light at DX (APEX 5T6 lookalike)

LED Flashlights – General Info 18650 Flashlights
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Wondering about this for a MT-G2 … CW should come out soon…

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Capital idea, my good chap!! :smiley:

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interesting… if it was 4p1s i would be interested in building a runtime hog… im sure it could be converted

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We can't really tell for sure if it's 4S1P or 2S2P can we? DX specs says 8.4v, but you can't trust that.

-Garry

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I’ve been waiting for this! Now how lift the current flashlight embargo……

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if 4p, would need to mod battery config or find a 3A+ boost driver. Aside from big money for a taskled driver, there is not such beast afaik.

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From aliexpress I can see it is parallel battery config. 4P1S.

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That was my hunch.

EDIT - this must be the photo you saw:

-Garry

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Yessir! Just couldn't get the dang photo link to work and lost my patience :-)

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That (4p) with an electronic switch on the side… I’d buy it instantly and swap the driver.

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I know what you mean, some of these sites make it darn difficult to figure out their photo links! I've learned a few tricks recently.

-Garry

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You sure must have. Thank you by the way. It was kind of you to do that :-)

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I think you guys are right… that’s probably a normal clicky switch, which is reasonable since listed current rating is only 1.8A.

Unmodded, this will be a spectacularly underperforming light for the price. But of course - it’s the modding potential that hooks. Wonder who’ll cave in first.

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You can probably count on it being the normal 5 mode driver with pseudo-direct drive on high, somewhere around 2.5A

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4.5a xp-g2 on sinkpad, awesome thrower. 8)

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Good for folks that need the extra run time, I guess...

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dedomed of course!

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with 4x 3400s you would get around 3 hours on high!

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If it was an electronic side switch, I’d buy it in an instant. I bet you could put the battery tube from a SRK on it and have a 4P twistie :stuck_out_tongue:

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It’s just a few cuts, wires, and solder blobs away from a 2S2P battery config. :wink:
I’m on the edge with this.
Two options for me:

- XM-L2 (possibly dedomed) on copper at 5A+ (no battery tube mod for this)

  • MT-G2 at 5A+ with battery tube mod
    If it was an 80mm head, I would have ordered already. I like this format, although this one is a bit on the long side.