Good question, if you are getting 26800 version, you might have to stick to 26800 battery only (to be confirmed with my tube next week). Unfortunately, i don't think BG will be selling standard (26650/21700/18650) tube separately.
26800 tube group buy is for those who already bought EA and FT flashlights.
Well, to build a spacer to fit 26650’s in a 26800 light shouldn’t be so hard - all you need is something to isolate some metal that connects the battery-negative or -positive to the light. Something 3d printed with a 6mm (ca. 6% of the diameter of a hamburger for our U.S. friends) piece of round copper inside would be enough.
freeme, thank you for measuring it for me! I don't want to remove it from the gasket to measure it because it will break into two, so I estimated it with calipers.
inhavent reached out to Banggood, would you be able to do it for me? I only ask as they may respond quicker to you. I would defintely just buy the Kaidoman one, I wonder if 38mm will fit though? I have no experience with "material removal" on glass if I have to manipulate it to fit..
I would like to go the OEM glass route first, and if I don't have any luck I will go with kaidoman.
if Banggood is able to help out, I will buy a few. I could even add it onto another order. I could find something else to buy
You could order a UCL/p (plastic AR double coated, 97% transmittance) in 37.0 or 38.0 x 2.2 mm. The slight extra thickness should be ok if you have space with the bezel to still sit over the o-ring. Might not tighten completely tight, but good enough. I've done it with several lights.
im totally OK with that, the extra thickness, I have done it before too but eith centering ring setups. Thank you Tom! I will be ordering that in 37 mm I think. I finally realized I can put dc-fix on both sides that way I can remove it without it just crumbling apart or breaking worse. So I've done that. Going to rake measurements and order accordingly. Awesome! Thanks again!
itnwould, defintely. But I have a couple extra sheets of dc-fix from our boy u/Boaz aaand, to be 100% honest, the beam is 100% more useful with the dc fix on it for me, and it is a flood jons and still throws about as far as my ec03 xhp50 (I was comparing them early this morning. I will probably order new glass just to have it, but I will probably keep the double dc-fix setup bc it's awesome, with this emitter, because it eliminates all the rings obviously and makes the "beam" flawless.