That’s good news, how can you tell if you get the cheaper 2600 battery or the ncr18650b?
…………………
…………………
I read somewhere on here where someone swapped out the LED for a NW, might have even been an XPL-HI, not sure who or what thread gonna have to search it, but I don’t recall them going in to detail about how hard it was to do. I know it’s something I’ll also be considering though.
I believe its on the battery itself. When I ordered mine it was advertised as a 2600 mah battery and its rewrapped in a soonfire 2600mah wrap on it. And doesn’t resembled a 3400 at all. The button and size is different. Example. The soonfire 2600 battery will fit in the BLF x6 but a NCR B is to big to get in the tube. If you have a Panasonic to battery to compare it to it should be easy to tell. I imagine they are rewrapping the Panasonic cell with their logo. Soonfire doesn’t seem to lie about their products with outrageous claims and such. They are just resellers. They buy in bulk from manufacturers. Like this light nitenumen has a minimum order amount and they will put your logo on this light. Not like thorfire who creates lights. I think you will enjoy the lights. Up to around 100 yards it lights fairly well. It has a small shallow reflector so it can’t throw like bigger lights. Perfect edc size. I know astrolux is releasing the mh20 which is similar to this light with the xpl hi emitter. I’ll end up purchasing that one when preordering starts
Emmitter swap is easy the head unscrews and you just take out the reflector and you are there but its an odd shape you can probably fit a 10mm mcpb straight in no worries I want to swap mine with a xpg3 more output at the same power.
[quote=beam0]
That’s good news, how can you tell if you get the cheaper 2600 battery or the ncr18650b?
well it is, sort of…Just received mine and the soonfire wrapper is labeled 3400mAh with protection circuit. But on one spot of the wrapper you can actually see through it and see “NCR18650B” marked on the cell underneath!
My NE01 Charging up to 4.18 volts, but the red light stops flashing to 3.92 Volt. I leave her to recharge and after about 30 minutes arrives at 4:18 and then remains stable. The battery is a 2500mAh EagleTac protected.
The 2600 battery is smaller then the NCR b in width and length. The light use to be $29 from amazon and when they went to the NCR b it went up to $34 dollars. Glad you could see through the wrapper. If you look at the button top and vent holes on the 2600 mah it looks like nothing like the NCR b top and vents. You got the good battery
So that explains it. I was PO’d when they increase the price, now I’m a Happy Camper!
So I tried the internal charge with the included NCR18650B…
Started charge at around 3.8v …no “twinkle” of red light, blue light only (on steady) during charging. When I finally pulled it, it read 4.22, not sure if charging terminated or not, the status light sure doesn’t tell you.
Didn’t want to let it charge any further while I slept. I’ll have to try again, I’ll post my findings when I do.
…………………
…………………
I’m kind of curious if I tried a cell that was below 3.5v if the red charge indicator light would “twinkle every 1.5 seconds” (or how low the voltage would have to be to get the red twinkle, if ever) And maybe it then goes to blue around 3.7 - 3.8 volts?
Either way it sure doesn’t do what the owners manual states:
“When charging finished N17 stop charging with the green light on”
…………………
…………………
When I bought the light I figured I’d never use the internal charge function anyhow and I probably won’t, but I’m curious to see how this pans out and what Soonfire has to say. Regardless of the shortcomings of the USB charger so far I’m still lovin’ this little tank of a light. But I feel bad for anyone who bought this with the intention to use the charge function.
Yea i just changed the LED in mine to a XPG-2 i only had 2 LEDs on 16mm board the XPG-2 or a XPL-HI the light isn’t worth a XPL-HI the emitter is about $10 dollars and the light cost like $25 its not to hard to do you just have to make every thing fit the tint is better now just the MCPB keeps moving so i can align it perfect i will but arctic silver to fix it soon.
So is the MCPCB 10mm? If so you must have did a good bit of filing to get the 16mm to size. Can you drill holes for the screws? Please let us know if you get it properly centered and focused.
The Nitenumen was $19.99 from gearbest on the recent flash sale, so $30.00 for a MH20GT clone isn’t bad at all, and for some even $35.00, considering the nitecore goes for $100.00.
……………….
A of BLF member in Spain and another it the UK said they de-domed the stock LED with the gasoline trick, after unsuccessfully getting the reflector to properly focus and center with an Noctigon XPL-HI:
Posts #10 & #18 in this NE01 review thread (post 10 has some good photos)
Sounds like a good idea, and I believe you end up with a warmer (or more neutral) tint. If I see it again for $19.99 I might buy another one to mod.
hey mate it appears to be 16mm but is cut down for some reason but a 16mm MCPB fits easy. It is centered okay not the best yet i need to use adhesive thermal paste no screws in my light! I feel the light is made really dodgy i know its cheap but its sub par with other lights at this price range.
Other thing is i changed the LED because with the XML2 the light gets really hot on high but with the XPG2 on a Noctigon it stays really cool which helps. output still isn’t amazing maybe 700-800 lumen same as the XML2
I totally agree. I regretted ordering it before it even arrived. For less money, the Convoy C8 has superior fit and finish, and screams quality. But it is smaller and easier to EDC. Hence it’s not in my garbage can. Yet.
Well if you ever do get the urge to just toss it, I’ll pay shipping fees and I’ll take it off your hands
I’ll keep you in mind. For now though, it has the size advantage that makes me hold on to it.
I’m waiting for my 18350s to arrive for my shorty Astrolux S1 for EDC. If that pans out, I’ll pm you.
Its not the worse light ever . I just looked up when i got mine was in may and it hasn’t seen much use because of its size its still a little to big for my personal EDC the emitter tint is way to white my lens is tarnished discolored and i haven’t done any thing to it. if it was a 1000 lumens it would be okay but the output is lower i can get almost the same output from a 16340 or 14500 light but with less run time of course.
I forgot i also have a spare HC30 that is smaller and brighter then this light. right now this light is about 38 aussie dollars and i can get a HC30 for about 54 dollars.
looks like it is good for 1 day yet.
HTH someone
Let it charge about 3 more hours today, it got up to 4.25v
Rechecked my Soonfire after reading this thread. It seems the blue light comes on at about 4.08v but the battery is still being charged, my Soonfire 2600mah battery ended up with a final voltage of 4.18v so it seems to be spot on.