I am looking for some rechargeable 16340 Cells for a Surefire 6P which will be using the new SPORTAC TRIPLE NICHIA P60 drop in module. i have a XTAR VP1 to charge them.
not sure which ones to go for, and which are best. I was told the tailcap can handle 5A!.
i did see some keeppower 16340’s on Illumination Supply, and some AW branded 16340’s at flashaholics website.
new to 16340’s.
if there is anywhere else to get some, or better, let me know.
The above post reminded me of a thread in the last few days from the EU, I went looking and voila. The thread was on a different size but their links reveal…
Cant tell you how much postage is as I cant find it, maybe i mentioned the war or something. It might also be because I cant read German.
Thanks …so I can’t use say a keeppower icr 16340 ?
The reason I’m asking is that I ordered a hds 170 light and got a few keeppower icr 16340’s and was told these are good enough, but then wouldn’t some aw imr’s be better as they are good for this p60 triple drop in?.
What differences are there to use icr and imr here?.
The Sportac has high current draw, at the edge of what the ICR’s will be able to handle. IMR’s can handle higher discharge. It’s also safer to use in series.
Thanks but someone did mention it would be way less output compared to imr.
True?.
Yes and 20 mins with that triple will be ok…I guess.
I didn’t go 18650 with this triple sportac as was told it had a high VF so 2 x 16340 would be better to handle…
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True only when the current draw is over 2C (2x the battery capacity), which in this case would be about 1.1A. When the current draw is less than that, ICR and IMR perform about the same.
I’m pretty sure that the HDS draws less than an amp.