FOURSEVENS Mini ML XP-G Gen 2 question

Can anyone confirm if this torch will run on CR123 AND RCR123's ??

http://www.ledfiretorches.co.uk/foursevens-q-mini-204.html states that it will but http://www.foursevens.com/products/ML-X-AE seems to say not.

I do not own this light and have not tried it, but the voltage range listed on the FourSevens website is a maximum of 3 volts, which indicates that RCR123 will not work.

I've heard some people try it and everything works fine if you don't run it on high for too long.

Ryp said:

I've heard some people try it and everything works fine if you don't run it on high for too long.

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You will destroy the 10 years warranty , these lights have no mass so heat build up fast and fry the electronics or led , I think a 3.2V recharchable is a option or buy a Quark , they can handle 4.2V and are slightly longer.

Thanks everyone, the RCR123 battery was indeed a mistake on Ledfiretorches website, they have now corrected that.

Shame, I really fancied one of those,.......anyone know of a torch of that exact size that will take both them batteries??

Well I plumped for an Atom AL in the end, I'll be testing it out tonight that's for sure.

No go. The light is pushing the limits already with its size and brightness ( heat ). It's designed to last using the appropriate CR123 primary.

Really not to sure if all of what your looking for exsists. If it does it most likely won't last long. Im also curious if anyone could find something close though?

ForrestChump said:

No go. The light is pushing the limits already with its size and brightness ( heat ). It's designed to last using the appropriate CR123 primary.

Really not to sure if all of what your looking for exsists. If it does it most likely won't last long. Im also curious if anyone could find something close though?

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He he, you are probably right, a lot of things I want don't exist.
I'm liking the Atom so far though.

ForrestChump said:

Im also curious if anyone could find something close though?

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Can anyone think of a torch that comes close??

These little lights can handle the higher voltage. I believe that it is the added heat generated by that higher voltage that concerns the manufacturers.
Since I purchased my 4sevens Mini in March, I have been using Nitecore RCR123's exclusively. Much brighter than with CR123 primaries. When Selfbuilt reviews one of these little 1xCR123 lights, he shows not only the output of comparable lights using CR123 primaries, but gives the output of these lights when RCR123's are used. As I use my Mini for short durations, (<5 minutes at a time) I have not had any issues with added heat.

I have the smaller 4Sevens CR2 version of this light, the MLR2, as well as the Nitecore Sensmini CR2 light, and they do fine on the 3.7V rechargeables vs. the 3.0 primaries, but I'm careful not to run them on high for too long as they do get hot.

Ryp said:

I've heard some people try it and everything works fine if you don't run it on high for too long.

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magellan said:

I have the smaller 4Sevens CR2 version of this light, the MLR2, as well as the Nitecore Sensmini CR2 light, and they do fine on the 3.7V rechargeables vs. the 3.0 primaries, but I'm careful not to run them on high for too long as they do get hot.

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I've ran my Quark ML on RCR123 and it works and yes it does get very hot so I would not advise one to use the high mode at all unless outside and in winter conditions.

the low mode is OK and the medium mode is useful as well.

another reason not to use the high mode is because the runtime is not good at all. These RCR123s have relatively tiny capacity.