Hello Light People,
This may be old news to some, but if it saves anyone trauma, I just thought I’d post it. Just got a Monster Giggler in the mail (used Banggood, as I am in NYC and they are local.) Am very pleased with the build
quality so far.
Problem: Upon reading the manual, prior to loading the beast, it gave a very stern recommendation that only protected button top cells from reputable manufacturers “such as Samsung, Sanyo, Sony, Panasonic, LG, ”
be used. So I ordered 8 18650B Panasonic NCRs, and upon attempting to load them, discovered that they were
about 3 or 4 millimeters too long to fit in the cradles. (Actually, the protected NCRs run about 69.8mm, (I think they were rewrapped for the circuit protection) and I estimated 65 mm would be about right.
I had to look at it for awhile, and actually think, and use reasoning, which I hate, and I’m glad I didn’t cut the springs off, or attempt any other such stupidity, and I sent an email to Lumintop, with pictures, too many words,
and all kinds of friendly nonsense, and another real short one a few days later when I hadn’t heard from them,
and that time I got a response, (from Leo) which was; yeah, they had made a mistake in their manual, and when I asked what they recommended, said Samsung 30Q, so I just ordered a bunch of those, they spec out at 65mm.
It looks to me, upon examining the cradle, that some protective circuitry may have been added to the inside of the cradle, both top and bottom, which would mean that only ‘unprotected’ cells are likely to fit anymore, but
this information is not yet in their manual. Anyway, I wouldn’t want to go over 65 or maybe 66 mm with it,
and as for chemistry, I have no idea, but the Samsungs they recommend are INR. I saw somewhere else on this site where someone had posted that they ordered a GT that had come with a Samsung 35E installed, I assume from the amperages that that is probably for the 35 Hi rather than the 70.2 emitter.
Anyway, I will be getting the Samsung 30Qs in a few days, and will repost to this thread, suffice it to say that
the last few days have caused me to learn more about 18650s than I was ever intended to know, else the Deity
would likely have created me with built in headlights.
Best,
Zhou Lin