Anyone run cr123's in their SC600?

[michaelmcgo]

I know the manual says not to, but ALL flashlight manuals say not to take the light apart and we have a whole subforum for that!

I saw in a recent thread that somebody had run their SC600 on CR123's and even though everyone freaked out, it appeared ok (turning it on is always the most scary part). I did a bit of research and it looks like most CR123's sag down to about 2.2v under a 2 amp load; that's a total of 4.4v, so I'm not surprised it didn't blow out.

I have an SC600 on the way and my only hesitation about the light is that I will have no backup primary for it... So my question is: was anyone else curious enough about the light to try it out with CR123's for a long enough time to call it safe?

 

[jhc37013]

No I'm not going to try it they may sag but on the flip side a fresh CR123 is ~3.22v and extra 18650's is just about as good as having spare cr123's laying around, I've been collecting 18650 light's for some time now and my 18650 battery collection has grown and I keep them charged so I don't really worry if I have enough spare 123's or in the case of the SC600 that I can't use 18650.