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I'm kind of a noob too. Would you guys recommend AW 16340's for my 3v Sundrop?
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Definitely.I'm kind of a noob too. Would you guys recommend AW 16340's for my 3v Sundrop?
You might like the selectable output charger that our own Cottonpickers is selling in the Marketplace. They're really compact and have a real-time display showing the voltage with a switch next to it so you can select which output level you want.Awesome, thanks pjandyho. Is there a charger that is capable of charging 16340's and 18650's?
You can also look at 4Sevens or Pila IBC charger. Personally I am using Ultrafire WF-139 for the last 4 years and it have been very reliable. I also bought a 4Sevens charger when I bought the Maelstrom S12 and 26650 batteries. So these two charger combined will allow me to charge up 3 batteries at one go.Awesome, thanks pjandyho. Is there a charger that is capable of charging 16340's and 18650's?
After it lock up on high, did you change your battery or did you continue to run it down? The circuitry for McGizmo is so different. With other lights it just go dimmer and not let you access high. With McGizmo lights it just locks on high and not go low. I haven't tried running it all the way down so was wondering does it maintain high until it dies suddenly, or does it step down slowly until the battery could not provide the juice to power it?I've been using primaries. The first cell lasted like 3 mos. of EDC before it locked up in High mode to tell me it was dying. So I don't feel too bad.
I changed it after that since I was keen on having a low mode. I don't really know what happens if you just keep running it. :shrug: Sorry bro.
Thanks for the reply. I still have a depleted CR123 left over and I will put it in the Haiku XM-L and try running it down just for the fun of it.I tried with a surefire that locked on high I ran it down, it starts to flicker and flickers......for a long time.........lol lots of time........then once the flicker stops it eventually will only turn on at the instant you press in the switch until you hit the point it becomes a dead rock
Thanks for the reply. I still have a depleted CR123 left over and I will put it in the Haiku XM-L and try running it down just for the fun of it.
They are the same 3S but if I am not wrong, the Sundrop draws a lot lesser from the battery than a regular XM-L or XP-G Haiku. If I am not wrong, Sundrop is drawing somewhere like 330ma and the Haiku is going for 650ma?One thing I forgot to mention was that I used a sundrop with the nichia 83 led, I'll try it with a haiku next time around
But I think the engines for dons 3v are all the same except which led you choose
Some of the battery nomenclature is very confusing to a neophyte.