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My 26350 cells have arrived yesterday and I took the fatty outside for the first time.
My fatty is with XHP35 HI neutral.
I took it together with Emisar D1. These lights have very similar head diameters. Emisar is shorter and much lighter.
Emisar has thinner bezel and a larger reflector. It also has a SMO reflector and a smaller emitter, so the hotspot is quite a bit larger.
As expected, D1 threw farther. But SC26 was not as far behind as I expected and it made up for it with a much nicer beam and higher output. Overall - I like it. I consider EDCing it after I have enough of GT Mini, but I don’t like the thought of thrashing the anodization. With a blue trit SC26 looks nice. I don’t like the shape really, but the blue colour makes up for it.
However, I’d like to boost power some more……which I think is not a good idea. Pok has measured 6.5A at 4.2V, that must get up as the cell discharges. That’s already a lot for 26350 cell……
Maybe switching to Aspire 18350 (which has lower internal resistance) would enable higher output. :person_facepalming:
I’m thinking about filing the threads by several mm. I don’t need protected cell support….but that would ruin the ano on one edge as well, so I’ll probably just reduce the gaps, they total like 1 mm.