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    My Eneloops are 2277 to 2396 mAH? Huh?

    Hello BentHead, just as a data point: With break-in mode on the C-9000, my newest 4-pack of Eneloops (code 08-11 US) came in between 1978 and 2002 mAh. Difference between best and worst cell is about 1%. Your readings indicate a range of about 5% between best and worst cell, which in my...
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    Streamlight Stylus Pro vs. Peak 2AAA P4 Baltic or Pacific?

    Just a side comment (as I don't own a Stylus to compare, but a 2xAAA Baltic and a 2xAAA Pacific): You can get a stainless steel momentary tailswitch for the 2xAAA battery packs from Peak. Mine works fine with both the Pacific and Baltic 2xAAA bodies. Length of Streamlight Stylus Pro according...
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    Is Arc AAA still available in natural??

    No idea about their stock right at the moment, but I had an order shipped recently (March 06). Both the AAA-P/GS and AAA UV I got are relatively dark natural HA, despite the "black anodize" note on the web site. The head of my GS is slightly lighter than the body, my UV is a very uniform dark...
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    An observation on Self Discharge of NiMh cells

    I may run them down to 0V in my Peak Pacific in a few days. The 2xAA devices I have here now are probably unsuitable given the unequal behavior of the batteries. As I do not have any charger with selectable charge current, I will have to try charging at 600mA, though. If I see any improvement...
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    An observation on Self Discharge of NiMh cells

    I recently encountered what seems to be the same rapid self discharge with 2 Sanyo 2700mAh Ni-MH batteries which definitely have been treated well all the time. They are two years old (production date 2006-01) and have seen probably 30-40 cycles only. In my portable CD player they dropped from...
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    Recommended 2xAA charger?

    The Sanyo Eneloop MDR03 charger can charge single cells. I use it for traveling, charging AA and AAA Eneloops, older AA Panasonics and non-Eneloop Sanyos. It seems to terminate reliably. I have not encountered any problems so far. It uses a standard two-pin power chord. So you can easily...
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    McKinley ultra or standard power?

    I do use both stainless steel plugs and stainless steel switches with aluminum bodies. No problem at all, as long as you apply a bit of lube and avoid excessive torque when screwing them into the bodies. To install the momentary switch, you just unscrew the keychain stud, take a screwdriver to...
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    Pacific lens (window)

    Mine measures 17.6 mm (diameter) x 0.8 mm. Hope that helps. :)
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    caps for extra bodies?

    That's good news. :) I've been searching back and forth for something like that to fit on a Pacific head, and haven't found anything suitable so far (short of tape, which is annyoing to remove). With its output and a whole night of runtime from a single AA, the Pacific would be an ideal night...
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    Need info on Peak Baltic Super Ultra Power

    There's a lot of information, pictures and beamshots in this Baltic thread in the Peak subforum. From personal experience, I'd recommend NiMH rechargeables instead of alkalines even for the Ultra power Baltic. The only alkaline I've ever run in mine was the one that came with the light (so...
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    On the fence to buy a McKinley...Opinions?

    According to this post by DallasA (former Peak representative), white is just an alias for Snow when ordering one of the 5mm LED lights.
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    On the fence to buy a McKinley...Opinions?

    That made me play with my Snow Matterhorn a bit. :) I may be mistaken, but as I understand it, blueish--or orange-yellowish--tint more or less breaks down to correlated color temperature (in contrast to green or purple tint, which would be a different matter). Compared to different light, my...
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    Energizer Lithium AAA - instantaneous battery failure!!

    To quote the original poster: Doesn't really sound like the result of "extreme axial force" to me.
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    How many light do you EDC?

    Four small and nonredundant lights: 1) ARC-P and 2) red Photon III on my keychain (in pocket), 3) Peak Baltic ultra power and 4) UV Photon Freedom in my bag. My Peak Matterhorn 3 LED ultra power frequently is number five, but not every day (mostly when I expect to use it for reading at night).
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    Looking for, Single CR123A cell, multi5mm-REDled, with momentary tailswitch.

    According to this post by DallasA/MJ (who back then was the official Peak representative here), LED decay or lumen maintenance would seem to be much less of an issue with red 5mm LEDs than with white ones. While the number of hours given in that post may or may not be accurate in real use, the...
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