Zebralight SC700d – A Short Technical Review (lumens/runtime graphs/temperature/PWM/current draw)

Geronimo · 2020-03-24T20:09:14.000Z

I might try the DC fix filter, it would turn it.into a floosy and even out the tint I think.

AstroTurf · 2020-03-25T17:42:06.000Z

ive got some, but am just a lil lazy now…

Pavlo · 2021-04-08T17:11:48.000Z

Has anybody had issues with battery fit? I have some samsung 40T I ordered from Fireflies and they are too wide and don’t fit my sc700d. Wondering if anyone else experienced the same.

Geronimo · 2021-04-08T17:41:01.000Z

I have that battery from Zebralight, it fits fine with a slight rattle if I shake it.

Geronimo · 2021-04-08T17:41:30.000Z

Flat top unprotected

Terry_Oregon · 2021-04-08T18:22:17.000Z

Pavlo:

Has anybody had issues with battery fit? I have some samsung 40T I ordered from Fireflies and they are too wide and don’t fit my sc700d. Wondering if anyone else experienced the same.

Odd, since I used the 40T in my runtime graphs. I suppose there could be manufacturing tolerances in the light, battery, or both.

Geronimo · 2021-04-08T18:26:13.000Z

How old is the Zl? Maybe they added something to stop the rattle, or the 40t is a rewrapped something else? Odd though.

Pavlo · 2021-04-08T18:40:22.000Z

Likely manufacturing tolerances in the batteries. I am not sure if she, but same issue on my sc700Fd with different color anodization.

Scallywag · 2021-11-13T18:15:23.000Z

My 40T rattled slightly (only if tapped firmly, not really if just shaken). I wrapped a single layer of wide masking tape around the cell and it’s solved.

Pavlo · 2021-11-13T16:11:29.000Z

Has anybody recently purchased 21700 batteries that fit in their SC700D. Looking to get a 40T or P42 or Vapcell but worried they won’t fit. The 40T’s I received with my Fireflies order don’t fit in the Zebralight as its too wide.

clientequator · 2022-09-06T17:54:23.000Z

Do anyone think that zebralights will release a new model soon? The sc700d is starting to be a little old, it is nice to have a xhp70.3 version!

Ryzbor · 2022-09-06T18:14:22.000Z

clientequator:

Do anyone think that zebralights will release a new model soon? The sc700d is starting to be a little old, it is nice to have a xhp70.3 version!

They need to carefully select the greenest 70.3 bins there are before they can move to production

clientequator · 2022-09-06T19:18:08.000Z

Ryzbor:

clientequator:

Do anyone think that zebralights will release a new model soon? The sc700d is starting to be a little old, it is nice to have a xhp70.3 version!

They need to carefully select the greenest 70.3 bins there are before they can move to production

Do you say this because zebralights usually have very green tint on their leds?

Ryzbor · 2022-09-07T12:44:10.000Z

Usually they have a bad tint yes. They have shown over the years they don’t care about it. Some of their high-cri model were obnoxiously green. Some of their high-cri models appeared to have 80 CRI. I’ve lost my faith in Zebralight when the Mk IV generation came out.

clientequator · 2022-09-07T17:35:32.000Z

Ryzbor:

Usually they have a bad tint yes. They have shown over the years they don’t care about it. Some of their high-cri model were obnoxiously green. Some of their high-cri models appeared to have 80 CRI. I’ve lost my faith in Zebralight when the Mk IV generation came out.

Thank you for the detail. I always thought and read that zebralights are very highly rated. I think because they have good construction quality and good driver. It is surprising to me that they are not as concerned with the tints in the flashlights but maybe most people who are normal flashlight users and not ‘flashaholics’ like us do not concern too much over tints. It seems like a simple thing they can do to improve in my opinion.

Terry_Oregon · 2022-09-07T20:01:06.000Z

What's up with them anyway? All their flashlights are "Back Order" and about half their headlamps are also "Back Order".

www.zebralight.com/Flashlight_c_8.html

SYZYGY · 2022-09-16T04:36:20.000Z

Terry Oregon:

What's up with them anyway? All their flashlights are "Back Order" and about half their headlamps are also "Back Order".

www.zebralight.com/Flashlight_c_8.html

probably a combination of global supply chain issues and new cree emitter generation displacing existing one

DesertSnake · 2022-12-31T17:02:56.000Z

Has anyone tried it with protected 18650 cells? The length of the cells should fit (69-72 mm), but will the pins in the head and back fit?

It is not clear how wide the pins are, I mean the radius of the circle on which they are spaced around the center.

There is a suspicion that they will not touch the contacts of 18650. This question is because a friend is going to buy 700fd at a local internet store, but he is reluctant to spend money on 21700, he has a lot of protected 18650. Side rattle is not a problem, the cell can be wrapped with several banknotes

thefreeman · 2022-12-31T17:38:18.000Z

There is no spring in the SC700, only very short travel pogo pins, if the protected cell is a bit short like 68mm it probably won’t make contact.
The light will draw up to 7.9A so the protected cell would have to be able to provide that.

Anyway the pogo pin circle on the + side is Ø7mm, in the tailcap it’s ~12mm

DesertSnake · 2022-12-31T17:50:47.000Z

Thanks a lot!

I gave him the information, he will measure his cells