BLF Q8 or alternative

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In my opinion you can easily avoid buying new cells, and use those you have. you won’t notice a big difference, especially if you don’t have other cells to compare. It’s plenty bright even with 18650b. I have 30q’s and 18650B’s and use whatever cells are charged when I need them, can’t tell which ones I’m using. save some money and the trouble

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I just tried using some protected cells in my Q8 to see how it looked. I didn’t notice any less output. There likely was less, but I couldn’t tell.

My panasonics from what i’ve read are good up to 5A drain each cell and the BLF Q8 draws 20A max, and its 1S4P so i think maybe in max they trip the batteries protection, but i would be good a little lower from max.

My 30Q’s with a stock BLF Q8 draw 16A, that is 4A each cell. The 18650B has a higher internal resistence so the current will be less than 16A, so you will be fine.