It's flaming ABSURD.........

nottawhackjob · 2018-11-06T07:37:36.000Z

Enderman:

nottawhackjob:

The body doesn’t have to be longer. They could use instead shorter springs and accomplish the same thing. I think there’s more than plenty of spring pressure prevalent already. They could lose a coil or even three front and/or aft and the flash would still function fine.

That’s not how the math works.
It would still be longer than using shorter springs and having it only 18650 length instead of 18700.

Yeah, agree. I had just edited that reasoning above to the machining side of the coin instead when your reply hit.

nottawhackjob · 2018-11-06T08:00:53.000Z

Enderman:

Flashy Mike:

I know that of course but I don’t think its fair to blame the light manufacturers only. 18650 means 18650, the currently available protected18650 cells simply don’t match the standard.
Btw. there are lights which I don’t want to be any longer to fit protected cells, the D4 for instance.

Right, it’s mainly the fault of the cell.
If a flashlight says 18650 it shouldn’t have to be made to fit 18700.
There’s really no reason to use protected cells if you’re using a high quality flashlight that has built in protection in the driver.

Yeah butt if I have to borrow your protected 18650 batt in an emergency I could be SOL. I guess I’m asking for too much. :laughing:

Maybe there should be a new term for protected batts in general facilitating an easier distinction between flashes that can’t accept them vs those that can.

As in……

“The Uber Commando 9000 flashlight also accepts all 18650P length batteries.”

nottawhackjob · 2018-11-06T08:15:08.000Z

everydaysurvivalgear:

We need to get you on talk back radio stat lol.

Some one should live stream webcast thing a BLF show weekly i think it would be cool. Like a weekly BLF update id tune in to have a chat.

Yeah something like Click and Clack? Ya know the radio auto repair two guys with different opinions confusing the sh*t outta the lay weekend garage hack mechanic public? :laughing:

nottawhackjob · 2018-11-06T09:11:11.000Z

Blackbeard:

On the other hand, maybe there should be a standard battery length for protected, unprotected, I have 7 18650’s in a case I’m looking at and not one is the same length, you don’t find that issue with AA or AAA’s.

Ya know when ya really think about what you said here it’s pretty crazy. It’s like assuming an industry standard size would’ve existed by now for PROTECTEDS except there hasn’t been any standard AT ALL since frickin day one and continues to go that way.

The light manufacturers apparently don’t talk to the batt makers and vice-versa. And here we are with lights that don’t work with the batt size nomenclature advertised they’ll accept because certain 18650 protecteds often are really an 18700 in disguise.

I’m ragging on the flash manufacturers butt as is being pointed out the cell manufacturers are the ones really at fault here. Standardize your batt sizes industry-wide whether protected or not. Then everyone can play nice on an even field.

It’s like the wild wild orient express out there. Well somebody has got to get their sh*t together. :laughing:

Ps. Butt wait a second. For NON-PROTECTEDS how much variance from 18650 length dimensions are you guyz typically seeing?

I can see PROTECTEDS being all over the map butt non-protecteds too?

(Man, daylight savings change, plus it’s dam late, and I’m really really tired. Toooooo bed already.)

Macka17 · 2018-11-06T09:41:26.000Z

ALL Battery’s SHOULD be std size.
whatever number 14400 18650 26650 etc. Unprotected. and also Protected size. to cover length of extra cell on the end. 2 sizes only.
Unfortunately they are the same as lots of items on worlds markets.
ALL same spec’s. ALL different dimensions to restrict your buying to “THEIR” battery’s only.
I have 3 x names of 26650 here. ALL different sizes.
Bloody ridiculous.
We won’t get into the 18650’s “fire” and otherwise.

NotaWackjob.
IF the battery mfg’s got together it would fix all the problem
While torch put out a batch of overlength thread rear ends till system has time to sort itself out hey.
Dia, that’s the batt mfg fault.
I’m lucky in that all my torches take all my battery’s.

EDCba · 2018-11-06T11:54:10.000Z

What’s even more stupid is some of Nitecore’s batteries don’t even fit in their own lights.

Barkuti · 2018-11-06T11:55:51.000Z

Standard cylindrical cells were not meant to have wrap built in battery management systems (protection circuits), rather the devices which make use of them should take care.

There are some choices if one looks for them. I also like fully regulated drivers a lot, although the mainstream trend only looks into that when forced (driving 2S emitters with 1S cells, for example).

Take care.

:-)

Muto · 2018-11-06T14:32:04.000Z

nottawhackjob wrote;

“Yeah butt if I have to borrow your protected 18650 batt in an emergency I could be SOL. I guess I’m asking for too much. :laughing: ”

If it’s an emergency then you get out your pocket knife and cut the protection circuit off the battery. Problem solved.

nottawhackjob · 2018-11-06T15:13:02.000Z

Muto:

nottawhackjob wrote;

“Yeah butt if I have to borrow your protected 18650 batt in an emergency I could be SOL. I guess I’m asking for too much. :laughing: ”

If it’s an emergency then you get out your pocket knife and cut the protection circuit off the battery. Problem solved.

Enderman might take umbrage if I mutilated one of his protected cells that he never has on him anyway. Ya know it’s the thought that counts. Here’s yer ghost batt back, Endy.

Kidding aside your emergency solution is one answer butt not something ya wanna do if you don’t know what you’re doing. And If you don’t know where to cut off the circuit you’re still SOL - much less if you don’t have a knife on ya.

Butt you could always bite off the circuit like Chuck Norris does. Spit it out, shove in the saliva cell, and continue fighting off the zombie horde. He can do it, hey we can do it. :laughing:

Btw, could ya show us how to pics?

nottawhackjob · 2018-11-06T15:55:37.000Z

EDCba:

What’s even more stupid is some of Nitecore’s batteries don’t even fit in their own lights.

IDK from personal experience butt that’s REALLY STOOPID on a whole nuther level. I’ll take your word for it.

That’s just flat-out customer abuse, Nitecore.

Btw, it kinda would be nice if once in a while a main manufacturer’s employee (not just a third party seller) came on BLF and said……

“We hear your concerns and we’re going to address them in our next generation of UberDuber Commando 9000 series flashlights.”

Or……

“We as an industry of flashlight manufacturers are working steadily towards standardizing the lithium battery size market. Stay tuned.”

Pete7874 · 2018-11-06T16:15:18.000Z

Flashy Mike:

Why don’t battery manufacturers make protected cells which fit the given 18650 dimensions?

Because battery manufacturers don’t make protected cells. Protection is added by third parties afterwards.

Jerommel · 2018-11-06T16:25:46.000Z

Just use unprotected cells.
Problem solved.

PBWilson · 2018-11-06T16:38:38.000Z

I haven’t run into this problem with the cells that I own. I’m glad that GA, 30Q and VTC6 cells are all the same size.

I have heard of some 26650 cells being too large around to be used in a number of lights. One of mine is a pretty much piston fit. Not much room there at all.

chadvone · 2018-11-06T16:45:20.000Z

Does the UberDuber Commando 9000 come with a pocket clip?

nottawhackjob · 2018-11-06T16:58:03.000Z

chadvone:

Does the UberDuber Commando 9000 come with a pocket clip?

Yes. It’s part of a molle system too and incorporates a quick-detach system where you hit the concealed short-circuit delay button which turns the Commando 9000 into a fragmentation grenade*.

*Please order our non-protected fragmentation 18650 battery.

chadvone · 2018-11-06T19:20:11.000Z

UDC9K sounds like a tactial light. On serious side I have killed 2 lights using protected cells that were same brand of light.

ggf31416 · 2018-11-06T19:33:27.000Z

The flashlights should be adapted to the cells unless the extra 5mm or a tight fit (weapon lights?) are critical. Protection circuits take the space that they need, it isn’t like they are making them larger because they want to. Flashlight makers know the size of protected batteries, it’s public information.

Muto · 2018-11-06T19:43:11.000Z

Does the UberDuber Commando 9000 use Genuine Latticebright LED?

Must have Lattice LED, it’s the only kind my Mom will let me chew.

Pete7874 · 2018-11-06T20:17:40.000Z

nottawhackjob:

And STILL to this GD day in and day out ya hear people on BLF complain cuz a particular brand of 18650 or if it’s PROTECTED doesn’t somehow fit the latest and greatest $60 flash they just received.

A $60 flashlight is likely to be a high current drawing one, which means you are not going to want to use a protected cell in it to begin with as that would only reduce current flow.

There’s already a variable length GD SPRING.

A spring introduces a potential current bottleneck. In the race to obtain max lumens, elimination of a spring helps deliver more current to the LED. If you are going for max current flow, you will stay away from protected cells anyway, so it becomes a non-issue.

If you guyz advertise in 2019 that your flash ACCEPTS 18650’s then by golly it should ACCEPT ALL FRICKIN 18650’s, INCLUDING PROTECTEDS, whether they measure out to 18652 or 18654.

A protected cell will be closer to 18690.

Besides, a flashlight manufacturer doesn’t control what cells and what protection circuits are available on the market. New cells come out all the time with varying lengths, depending on what kind of protection circuit a third party decides to add to the cell. If they have to make a flashlight that accepts a wide range of cell lengths, it will be a compromise that many people are not going to accept. You can never please everyone. With that said, there are plenty of lower current flashlights that are not picky about cell lengths - Convoy S2+ for example.

nottawhackjob · 2018-11-06T23:13:49.000Z

Ya know we’re only talkin about 1/4” of internal machining changes to accommodate pretty much all the varying third party protected cells out there. You won’t even see a change in the overall length of the flashlight to begin with.

Butt now at least ya have an option if all ya got on hand or can buy at that time and place is a protected cell.

Protected cells aren’t trash just cuz they put out less current.