Have the X40, K50, and TN31(made by Supbeam) and all have problems taking long cells with the Chinese protection circuit, the K50 to the point it won’t operate properly. I would buy batteries with the Seiko protection circuit, Keeppower, Xtar, or Mountain Electronics. Sure there are others.
Quirky, my K50 from the GB works on protected Panasonic 3400s from BG or FT (cant remember which now but definitely one of them). They say nothing of where the IC is made but I would assume China, as they were fairly cheap at the time (maybe 4 or 5 months ago). 2 for under $20 or something like that. Those same cells are a tight fit in a TK61 too.
IIRC, OL mentioned in one of his K50 threads that without protection circuits he would not trust the batteries to stay seated (paraphrasing). Yeah, he fitted unprotected cells and shows a pic with a substantial amount of uncompressed spring, he makes note of the loose fit. About half down the first post of this thread My thoughts on receiving the Supbeam K50 V2
All my cheaper protected Panasonic 3100, 3400, and Samsung 2800 from BG and WB have trouble fitting in the lights above, have to really force the last one’s in. Keeppower Panasonic 3400, 3100 and Xtar Sanyo 2800 fit fine.
I assume these will ship from China.
when I buy Chinese goods most companies ship with the value marked @half what I,be paid.of course I,m always chuffed that I get my product faster without customs hold ups. Can anyone comment on their past experience with supbeam .
Not asking you to suggest anything naughty flashpilot,just wanted some feedback about previous experience with their shipping practices.I guess this is common practice by companies to gain favour with customers.