Lately I have been looking into the realm of super high output EDC lights.
Currently my eyes are set on a DIY xml2 @2.8A in the fabled Ulrafire 602c host.
I chose this host because it’s small, readily available and ridiculously cheap!
However, the 602c has its limitations. For one the heatsinking on this thing is quite lacking and it can only take 16340’s (18350’s are only slightly bigger and have much better capacity).
So my question is, are there any budget hosts (or flashlight that are easily moddable) that are in the 18350 form factor and with better thermal management?
My thinking is that I already have a fair few 18650 lights and thus I’d like to expand to other EDC form factors, mostly because I go hiking a fair bit and the reduced size and weight are greatly beneficial.
The s5 does look very similar to the 602c, however for what it is, it’s quite expensive. It’s substantially bigger than the 602c but weighs the same. If I was going to spend ~$15 on a host I think a convoy m1 or m2 would be better well spent.
However, my goal still remains to have an EDC light smaller than your typical 18650 form factor.
I’m interested in using 18350’s instead of the 16340 if possible in my Solarforce L2 series flashlights. Did they work? I have a bunch of 18650’s pulled from old laptop battery packs but if I’m going to use rechargeables I’d prefer to buy some 18350’s than 16340’s assuming the price is about the same.
And the Solarforce L2M is on sale for $10.99 from Solarforce sales
18350 work just fine in the tube. I’ve built a few L2M’s. If you get the Sportac triple XP-G dropin and remove the lens in the L2M’s head and set the dropin under the bezel. You’ll have enough room for 18500’s
I have this, it does not have a model # on it, so don’t know what to call it. http://www.fasttech.com/products/1359000
Anyway it uses the 16340 with slop and holds the 18350 just fine.
Would not call it Ultra High output, it is rated at 600 lumens, beam looks good lots of flood.
Mine has memory even though FT says no, so ymmv.
For $18.29 it is nice, good clean glass lens with gitd o-ring and good output.
How much can you mod it? That will be up to you I guess.
I keep saying I want to most light I can get out of the Solarforce P60 but I think a triple XP-G is overkill. It must be quite bright. How long can you run it before it starts to fad? Do you have a link to pictures of the how much light is OTF?
