*Let me start off by saying that this is my first post on the CPF. I am using Tapatalk to access the forums and found no other post related to this with the search function. I hope this is not a repost.*
At Christmas of '13 I received a Spark SD6-500CW and a pair of cr123 SureFire cells as a gift from my father. I used it from time to time but never continuously.
Until last week.
I have started working at a job where we are constantly moving between unlit rooms in a brick building with no windows. The company that I work for installs a sound deadening solution that uses fabric as the cover. This means that there can be no imperfections in the field or seams, so a long lasting, high output light is needed to do the job.
The SD6-500CW does a great job of this. However, there is a huge downside of this light. It consumes batteries like a fat child consumes cookies.
As the cr123's are about 5 bucks for a pack of 2, they are a bit expensive to use on a day to day basis.
I like to use the light at the medium 2 level which gives about 12 hours of runtime. However, this is shortened from the times that I need to click it to the "Super" mode (1.8 hours RT)
Without further babble, I am looking for a 18650 cell with:
1: longest runtime / highest capacity available (must be 2600 Mah or above. 2 SureFire cr123 cells have a combined rating of 2600 (nominal))
2: a high quality cell that will LAST. (500+ recharges without noticeable degradation of light output)
3: a cell that will not go haywire and explode while it is on my brain case. (I have toured the fourms and have seen the damage of an exploding lithium cell and don't fancy that while it is on my forehead)
Info on the light can be found here: http://www.spark-light.com/2013/products/SD6-500CW.html
Thanks for your time,
Crypt750
At Christmas of '13 I received a Spark SD6-500CW and a pair of cr123 SureFire cells as a gift from my father. I used it from time to time but never continuously.
Until last week.
I have started working at a job where we are constantly moving between unlit rooms in a brick building with no windows. The company that I work for installs a sound deadening solution that uses fabric as the cover. This means that there can be no imperfections in the field or seams, so a long lasting, high output light is needed to do the job.
The SD6-500CW does a great job of this. However, there is a huge downside of this light. It consumes batteries like a fat child consumes cookies.
As the cr123's are about 5 bucks for a pack of 2, they are a bit expensive to use on a day to day basis.
I like to use the light at the medium 2 level which gives about 12 hours of runtime. However, this is shortened from the times that I need to click it to the "Super" mode (1.8 hours RT)
Without further babble, I am looking for a 18650 cell with:
1: longest runtime / highest capacity available (must be 2600 Mah or above. 2 SureFire cr123 cells have a combined rating of 2600 (nominal))
2: a high quality cell that will LAST. (500+ recharges without noticeable degradation of light output)
3: a cell that will not go haywire and explode while it is on my brain case. (I have toured the fourms and have seen the damage of an exploding lithium cell and don't fancy that while it is on my forehead)
Info on the light can be found here: http://www.spark-light.com/2013/products/SD6-500CW.html
Thanks for your time,
Crypt750