New Stanley FatMax better than old? Any differences?

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I was reading about the Stanley FatMax 10W LEDLISL on ModSynergy website long time ago, ModSynergy.com - Review 262 - Stanley FatMax LEDLISL and HIDLISL Lithium-Ion Spotlight Review @ ModSynergy.com, but I found a new version that I had not seen before…


Does anyone know if the new Stanley model is any better? I was looking at getting another these holidays, wondering if I should pick up the new model or just get either the Stanley old model or Black and Decker version since its the same and cheaper…

New model is called SL10LEDSL found at Lowes…

“http://www.lowes.com/pd_569173-89606-SL10LEDSL_4294644948*?productId=50223257&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar\|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&facetInfo=“:http://www.lowes.com/pd_569173-89606-SL10LEDSL_4294644948*?productId=50223257&Ns=p_product_qty_sales_dollar\|1&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNs%3Dp_product_qty_sales_dollar|1&facetInfo=

It looks physically the same other than the different color scheme. I know the above old LEDLISL model is re-badged as a Black & Decker.

Thanks

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Hi. I’m also interested to know the difference between the old / new model. Does anybody own both?

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Also, how about popping a DD driver with XHP-50/70 in here? Not sure how one will get the batteries to charge though… Anybody has a solution to charge an 2S 18650 pack?

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I’m fairly sure the light already has a 2s 18650 pack that also balance charges the cells.It shouldn’t be hard to substitute some higher drain/capacity cells for the cheap cells it has.

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The new one has 3 heat spreaders, the old one has 2

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Thanks. Yes, it has a 2S pack, I was aware of that. Any recommendations on an afordable li-ion charger setup that will charge 2 x 18650 in series?

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Thanks AlexGT :wink:

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What’s wrong with the charger in the light?It charges the cells in series and balance charges the cells. Much like a laptop pack or hobby charger.

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For some reason I misunderstood your original recommendation. My appologies RAW74.

One can then make use of the standard charging circuit to charge the battery pack and add a custom driver to drive the LED. I wonder how prominent will the XHP dark spot be in this reflector? Also, it would be great if one can expand the battery pack to another 2 x 18650s in parallel. I’m thinking one can add this pack, aesthetically enclosed, where the top bracket stand is mounted. Maybe remove this bracket and position the extra battery pack there. Doubt if there’ll be enough space inside the casing.

Then, should one want to run the light directly from 12v one should probably have to add another port at the back, specifically for this. Maybe with a different format connector than the charging port to make sure 12V is not pushed into the charging port. This would probably have to be accommodated with a 12v to 6v DC-DC (around 50W) converter and some kind of relay to switch from the battery supply to the 12V supply. But, the first steps would just be to upgrade the current battery pack, fit the new LED driver and upgrade the led to XHP.

Thanks for your feedback.

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Regarding running the light directly from 12V, this would actually work great. Just a pity the output is only 3A. Would be great if it could have been around 6A. At least its a compact solution. Can anybody recommend a compact DC-DC (12v-6V) converter that will do around 6-7 amps?