18650 protected button tops

what are some good lights that use these batteries?

Wellp, most good lights have LVP, so don’t need protected cells, so…

well theres gotta be some lights that can use them…

I have been using the pair I have in my BLF A6 and they work fine.

Any low-stress light probably can.

If the protection kicks in at, say, 5A, but the light draws 8A on turbo, well, you know…

Otherwise any light like a S2+ could use ’em fine, especially with, say, the 2.8A driver.

im not asking for lights that can take advantage of the protection, just lights that can fit them physically…

Most, then. Also depends on the nekkid cell itself. “65mm” seems more of a guideline than a guarantee.

well button top protected is definitely closer to 70mm than 65mm, thats why im afraid theres not enough room, i dont wanna compress the springs too much

Seems to me any of the Wowtac lights that come with the battery that has built in USB charging (micro USB on the battery, not on the light) are set up to handle longer batteries. I tried a flat top in my Wowtac headlamp and it didn’t make solid contact with the springs.

oooh thats interesting, do u know if wowtac is part of thrunite? i see on amazon.ca, the a4v2 is sold by thrunite store

Don’t know about thrunite, but I just measured one of the wowtac usb rechargeable 18650’s and it’s between 70 and 71 mm using a ruler.

Wowtac is basically the budget brand of Thrunite - they proudly advertise that Thrunite provides technical support.
You can see a lot of parallels between Wowtac lights and their Thrunite counterparts, as well as where they omitted certain features to target the budget price point.

hm that makes a lot of sense. i always thought a4v2 looks a lot like the v6

Personally, I really dislike protected cells and just remove the protection circuit from any I come across. The last light I bought came with a protected 26650 that would not work in my SkyRC MC3000; the negative end of the cell was recessed and wouldn’t make contact. Just attempting to get that long beast in the charger was a chore. A little slice-n-dice yielded a 26650 just as nature intended.

ya maybe i will. im just worried that ill fuck it up

hard to say but many small lights that need high drain batteries cant take protected cause its too long and u dont want protected anyways in high lumens lights…

yes i realize that, im asking because i already have protected button top batteries, im wondering what i can use them for LOL

You can use them in C/D cell Maglites if you have any.

i do not lol

Protected batteries are really not recommended for performance lights.

I never heard of buying a light for the battery you have, its always the other way around.