I admit that I have little knowledge as to the technicalities of lights and batteries. However, I have 6 Trustfire Flames 18650 3000mAh. They are excellent as far as I can determine. I put two 502b lights on medium and one had a Panasonic protected 2900 and the other a Trustfire Flame 3000. When I stopped the test both were at the same voltage. I am not sure what would make the Panasonic better. Maybe longevity, but so far I like the Trustfire batteries as well as the Panasonic.
Considering the short body of the Convoy, I am inclined to use Trustfire batteries, which are shorter than the Panasonic protected batteries.
How you going call a light an “EDC” and not include a clip? What is wrong with these people? Anyone that thinks a lanyard is a viable alternative to a clip is a raving lunatic. What you going to do, walk around all day with your flash light attached to your wrist?
I just throw it in my jacket pocket or my laptop bag. My knife, yes, that is carried with a pocket clip. Gun with a good IWB holster. Having something clipped into the pocket makes it hard for me to use the pocket for anything else. I either need smaller hands or bigger pockets, I guess.
That driver should have low set to 5% (5 or 10, but I think it's 5). So 5% of 2.8A is 140mA. It's not a "moonlight" low if that's what you're looking for.
EDIT-Each one of those drivers will have low set to 5% of the high value, so yes, 3x higher.
It is a pretty high low (if you see what I mean at 2.8a) as Gary says its percentage of high - higher high = higher low. I would really really really go with the 2.1 ish amp driver in this host with an xm-l, the heat on high at 2.8a makes it a literal on-off light on high, you won’t be walking the dog for an hour on high that’s for sure. It all depends in your usage I suppose.
Yeah I have a UF C6, close to the same size, and on high it pulls over 2.2A (high as the lead on my mm can read). Gets burning hot after a few minutes.