Ok, I appear to have recently gathered a few multi cell inline series lights and a couple of budget (and I guess not so budget) throwers.
I’ll have to update with pictures of the lights I’m on about, but looking along my shelf, I have :-
- trustfire t1. 2*18650 1*xm-l u2 52mm reflector.
- fit40s. 3*18650 7*xm-l t6 69mm reflector array.
- fandyfire stl-v6 2*18650 1*xm-l t6 63mm? Reflector.
- torchlite 2*26650 1*xm-l t6 nw 50 ish mm reflector.
- smallsun zy-t08 2*18650 side by side parallel 1*xm-l t6 63mm reflector.
This post is largely inspired by tonight’s walk about, I just picked up my stl-v6 today, bought from chibim (absolute bargain btw) and decided to take my tirchlite build out as I’d not touched it since completing this iteration. Shining them about I’m pleased with the performance of the torchlite, its not far behind the stl-v6, with a much nicer tint. I found the stl-v6 felt a little unwieldy, not sitting well in any of the pockets of the jacket I was wearing. And, despite it being shorter and lighter than the torchlite, I’d go for the torchlite first, the thin tube of the 2*18650 lights makes them seem longer than they are, I also prefer the thicker tube of the 2*26650 light. The fit40s, though much more floody, with far more lumens, is even worse for this, of the lights listed above, the zy-t08 is the one that lives in a jacket pocket and would find itself chosen for night hikes, just because its so much easier to pocket (slightly unfair, but the torchlite also comes with a very usefull holster which steps it up the usefull scale, this can’t be considered fair though, as any would be more convenient with a holster).
So, what have I figured from all this? Well, firstly, its not the larger head that’s the issue, its the long body, and its not necessarily the body length as the length verses thin tube that I find disagreeable.
If I was to custom SPEC a walk about thrower, I would actually look for 2*26650, 63mm+ reflector, xm-l2 nw @3.5a WITH a belt mountable holster,with the reassuring heft of the torchlite (this light was designed to run an sst-90 at 9a,you can feel this) then the modded zy-t08 can ride in a jacket pocket.
So now to the question, can anyone name a 2*26650 60 odd mm reflector light? I think smallsun does one, but don’t recall seeing any reviews, links would be nice please.
Thanks for reading. :bigsmile: