DavidEF
May 7, 2015, 2:36pm
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wolfdog1226:
This light w/ an 18350 IMR is very similar to my D25Cvn Ti that needs IMR 16340. I use Efest IMR 16340.They both drain the battery very fast on max. The D25Cvn will get 12 minutes of combined run time on max w/ ending voltage of 3.55v! 2 minute step downs. The EC11 also got 12 minutes COMBINED run time on max with a safe ending voltage of 3.50v
I guess what I am trying to say is that I know this, I have plenty of 16340 IMR and Three 18350 IMR specifically for the EC11. By no means do I use max all the time! You can’t ,they both get too hot.
Inconvenient as it may be at times, I know that a spare battery is at arms reach and certainly is not to bulky to carry in my watch pocket or a battery case!
Sure, it can be a pain to always be aware of the battery capacity. These are small and powerful lights and the batteries have limited capacities as others have mentioned. We have to take the good w/ the bad sometimes.
With that said wouldn’t be nice if somehow these smaller batteries could have even HALF the capacity of an 18650!
Logically, it should be pretty easy to make an 18350 with at least half the capacity of an 18650. But, I don’t know anything about the chemical composition or the construction of Li-Ion cells. Maybe it isn’t easy at all.
DavidEF:
wolfdog1226:
This light w/ an 18350 IMR is very similar to my D25Cvn Ti that needs IMR 16340. I use Efest IMR 16340.They both drain the battery very fast on max. The D25Cvn will get 12 minutes of combined run time on max w/ ending voltage of 3.55v! 2 minute step downs. The EC11 also got 12 minutes COMBINED run time on max with a safe ending voltage of 3.50v
I guess what I am trying to say is that I know this, I have plenty of 16340 IMR and Three 18350 IMR specifically for the EC11. By no means do I use max all the time! You can’t ,they both get too hot.
Inconvenient as it may be at times, I know that a spare battery is at arms reach and certainly is not to bulky to carry in my watch pocket or a battery case!
Sure, it can be a pain to always be aware of the battery capacity. These are small and powerful lights and the batteries have limited capacities as others have mentioned. We have to take the good w/ the bad sometimes.
With that said wouldn’t be nice if somehow these smaller batteries could have even HALF the capacity of an 18650!
Logically, it should be pretty easy to make an 18350 with at least half the capacity of an 18650. But, I don’t know anything about the chemical composition or the construction of Li-Ion cells. Maybe it isn’t easy at all.
Sometimes “Our Logic” is NOT reality!
For the 18650 IMR I know they do their best to get Maximum mAh and Maximum cont. discharge rate. Usually One or the other[EX: 2500mah/35A] w/ the NCR18650BD and others seemingly having the best balance between the Two.
One day they will hopefully have an 18650 IMR 4000mAh/35A Max cont. discharge rate! Or an 18350 IMR with 1400mAh/20A Max cont. discharge rate!
Ormbett
May 7, 2015, 3:27pm
43
…with overcharge and discharge protection!
The only problem is that a protected 18350 ICR is too long to fit in the EC11.
Great suggestion Ormbett!
