I think you missed where I was going. a 3x 18500 wouldn’t be much smaller than a 3x 18650, but 1/3 the cell capacity. Why do it? A 14500 cell scales down almost perfectly from a 18650 cell. In other words, the ratio of length/width is practically the same for each. So, to make a 4x 14500 that is the same shape as a 4x 18650, but significantly smaller, makes some sense and could truly be called a ‘mini’ version of the same.
I am in.
I’m in.
Maybe, depending on the final design & specs. ( though for a “flooder” the XP-L HI and 219 are not the highest lumens for that purpose.
Please put me on the list for one.
Thanks
I’m interested!
YEAH 171 interested. Meaning just at the start of this we are at a whopping 34% of the initial goal of 500
Thanks all!
Barry (Thorfire) is enthusiastic and willing to work with us.
Neal is enthusiastic and willing to work with us.
The current plan is to develop the light with Thorfire and sales and distribution are handled by Banggood.
Interested.
We are still open for suggestions for the best led for this light, what do you suggest? 
I’d love some XHPs in there… but 6v/12v?
XHP50/70 or even XHP35 require a 2S2P or 4S battery compartment, and that will limit the modding possibilities of this light. One of the main reasons to want a good quality SRK-type light is because of the use as modding host. We will keep that goal in mind during the developement.
parallel cells.
XHPs from 3,7V no that probably is not going to work.
WTH add me to the list
Very interested in this light, please put me down
Cheers
Please count me in also. Sounds great. I need another flashlight! (not!)
This makes me very happy, both are really good people
It FEELS like a clever arrangement of the battery compartment should allow the light to ship 4P, but allow a modder to “cut here and here for 2S2P, there and there for 4S”. Having never seen an SRK in person, does the tail cap screw on separately or is the battery compartment once piece? Is there / could there be an insulating plastic cup in the bottom of the battery compartment that would be swapped or modified for different cell configurations? How does the front end of the ‘battery pack’ contact the driver? A PCB would allow reconfiguration by changing jumpers and inserting cells in a different orientation.
If the cells were held in a plastic carrier, 3 different carriers could be produced to provide the 3 different cell configurations…
Can someone post some good pictures of a disassembled SRK clone?
check this review, a lot of pics
you see the basic workings and also the weak points like the threads in this review.
Put me down for one please… thanks!
A solid battery carryer like from the TN36 would be nice for modding. But thats not the classic SRK design.
But please make such a battery carryer. Because the Light should be a good modding Platform too.
A Host version of the flashlight would be nice too. To change the battery configuration it would be enough to deliver with the host two sets of two PCBs to exchange them in the battery carryer for 6V or 12V LEDs.