Love them for my purposes (no high drain needs). 5 bucks a pop. Haven't found any others with any noticeably greater capacity by my admittedly unscientific eye. I always buy protected. To each his own needs. JB
Ended up just boring out a piece of CPVC with a 3/4" Unibit. Works great. I would likely remove most of the middle of the tube for heat reasons (leaving two thin connecting strips between two rings) if I only had an heat issues with this application. I don't so I probably won't. Thanks for...
Hi there. Just bought a new Feiyu-Tech G5 Gimbal and will be taking it on a 3 week backpacking / trail running adventure through the Sierras in a month or so. It comes with a 3,000mah, 3.7v 22650 battery which fits in the lower portion of the handle Since I'm fully 18650 equipped (solar...
Re: Trail Runners, Fastpackers and Urban Runners please share! Sorry for more delay than I intended, but here's my attempt at a contribution to this excellent and useful thread. I am a 56 year old male who took up ultramarathon mountain trail running 3 years ago - a form of running that often...
Re: Trail Runners, Fastpackers and Urban Runners please share! I am an ultra-distance trail runner and I just finished (Saturday) a successful completion of the SCAR (Smokie Challenge Adventure Race) - 75 miles of the Appalachian Trail through the Smokie Mountain National Park. Like many...
Re: 18650 battery pack assistance needed. Depends on what you mean by "wet". I purchased two of these to use for my shorter runs -- I have no qualms with them in the rain, but wouldn't want be ducking through sumps in caves with them.
Keep an eye here for when it comes back in stock: http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_366738.html?currency=USD&vip=760243&gclid=Cj0KEQiA2uDEBRDxurOO77Cp-7kBEiQAOUgKV-fOuzXLXuSLKCbKJ3-N6yp861cnJpUVOVGNz4tkfZgaAjLb8P8HAQ
NICE!! Watching that might help some understand why off-trail and technical running benefits from more than the usual 160 lumens that road runners and backpackers do so well with. It was amazing to see some of the shots of those headlamps which were so big they weren't supported by mere...
Re: 18650 battery pack assistance needed. Thanks for the input xcandrew. Excellent points. I have many years of design experience in the motorsports fields where vibration and fatigue are primary reasons for failure. The fewer cables and connections, the fewer failure points -- all true...