Best single 18650 thrower?
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jslappa
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Dereelight CL1H with aspherical lens is another nice thrower, if you can't find a Dereelight DBS aspherical. For single 18650, you won't find much more throw. I think I read the Tiablo a10g put out 55,000 vs DBS 68,000. That's over 20% increase over the Tiablo.
Ok thanks.
Solarpower are out, they ship from the USA which means Customs fees.
My shortlist (these are British prices):
1. Tiablo A10 G £134.99 (ouch!)
2. Jetbeam RRT1 £109.95
3. Dereelight DBS V3 £74.95
Dereelight is looking good, a good price and upgradeable and an Aspheric lens option.
How about Lumapower? I can't figure out which is their best 1X18650 thrower.
Is it the Lumapower Signature Tactical (ST-01 and ST-03) With OP & Turbo-force Heads?
The body looks long for one 18650.
Solarpower are out, they ship from the USA which means Customs fees.
My shortlist (these are British prices):
1. Tiablo A10 G £134.99 (ouch!)
2. Jetbeam RRT1 £109.95
3. Dereelight DBS V3 £74.95
Dereelight is looking good, a good price and upgradeable and an Aspheric lens option.
How about Lumapower? I can't figure out which is their best 1X18650 thrower.
Is it the Lumapower Signature Tactical (ST-01 and ST-03) With OP & Turbo-force Heads?
The body looks long for one 18650.
RepProdigious
Enlightened
KD RQ Q5 upgraded with 1400mA shiningbeam driver. Cheap, and throws like it's nobodies business.
Wiggle
Flashlight Enthusiast
Its a cool light but it doesn't put out enough lumens to beat the other throwers. I still want to mod soon but haven't gotten around to it. Solarforce Masterpiece Pro-1 will out throw it on 1 x 18650, and beat it badly with 2 x 18650.
Skyline 18650
Masterpiece Pro 18650
Masterpiece Pro 2 x 18650
On 2 18650, with a UCL lens, I believe Masterpiece Pro-1 is the top or near the top in terms of lux. With 1 x 18650 it is marginally weaker though.
Excellent advice, thanks. Except I have absolutely no clue how to do that:sigh:
Is the KD RQ worth having without that upgrade?
In terms of money,Ultrafire C8 (Cree R2 lamp model)
can compete with Tiablo A9
All light sky-shot
A9 Shot (High mode) 150m
C8 High 150m
But of course the reliability of A9 is much high than the ultrafire c8
The notorius Ultrafire:devil:
If you dont really need high-reliability, C8 would be ur choice to save money
(I have tested,C8 is not suitable even in heavy rain, the bezel leaks water)
can compete with Tiablo A9
All light sky-shot
A9 Shot (High mode) 150m
C8 High 150m
But of course the reliability of A9 is much high than the ultrafire c8
The notorius Ultrafire:devil:
If you dont really need high-reliability, C8 would be ur choice to save money
(I have tested,C8 is not suitable even in heavy rain, the bezel leaks water)
I'm waiting for my microfire pioneer I HL2N to arrive:popcorn:There is little info to be found on this light exept the sales descriptions. There are some german videos on youtube. It looks like a very impressive 168A (18650) thrower. Its a zoom light. I don't know anything about it's build qality. Microfire seems to be a popular hid manufacturer.
RepProdigious
Enlightened
Well yes! And if its not 100% to your liking its a great host to learn how to 'mod'!
Do make sure you buy the right one, most spear clones suck but the rq from kd is king!:hitit:
Streak
Enlightened
I just bought the Eagletac T20C2MKII with the R2 light source. I dont have any other single 18650 lights to compare it to but the throw of this combo is huge.
ateallthepies
Enlightened
I have the Tiablo A9 and A10-G. Aspherics apart, the A10 easily out throws the A9.
To get the most output from these lights you have to run them on 2 X 16340 instead of a single 18650 but the difference is only slight.
The A9 has a stock reverse clicky which I don't like and the A10 has a forward clicky, much better.
The A9 is £75 whereas the A10-G is £135 and I can't quite see why the A10-G is £50 more?
If a project of mine goes to plan I should have the furthest throwing A10 in the land!! I had an older A10 that I am converting to direct drive and hopefully it will be well over 50,000 lux?
HTH,
Steve.
To get the most output from these lights you have to run them on 2 X 16340 instead of a single 18650 but the difference is only slight.
The A9 has a stock reverse clicky which I don't like and the A10 has a forward clicky, much better.
The A9 is £75 whereas the A10-G is £135 and I can't quite see why the A10-G is £50 more?
If a project of mine goes to plan I should have the furthest throwing A10 in the land!! I had an older A10 that I am converting to direct drive and hopefully it will be well over 50,000 lux?
HTH,
Steve.
Sig Tac VX (SST-50) w/ ST-03 Turbo Force = Long
Sig Tac GX (XPG-R5) w/ ST-03 Turbo Force = Longer
Sig Tac Standard (XRE-R2) w/ ST-03 Turbo Force = Longest
The ST-01 is the small, default head that come on all their Sig Tac lights.
John
Can't find the head dimensions on the Sig Tac Standard (XRE-R2) w/ ST-03 Turbo Force. From their site it's a little over 6 inches long and the head maybe around 2inch in diameter? Are there any packages that offer all 3 heads?
brys,
The head diameter for the ST-03 Turbo Force head, specific to all the Sig Tac products, is 45mm. This is based on a caliper measurement from Tod at Illumination Gear who carries Lumapower products. This is just one example of the extra measure of customer service he provides.
I have yet to find the exact total length for the Sig Tac Standard R2 w/ the Turbo Force head in place and I didn't ask Tod about the total length because I knew it would only be about 150mm, which was within my 6" guideline.
If it helps, the total length of the Sig Tac Standard R2 w/ the small, default head is 139mm (from Battery Junction description), whereas the length on the GX & VX is 133mm.
I haven't found any packages with all three heads, however I believe that Illumination Gear now has all the model-specific ST-03 heads for the GX & VX packages. And although he does not carry the Sig Tac Standard R2 light package, he does have the R2 pill to replace the XPG-R5 in the GX or replace the SST-50 in the VX.
John
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I was curious about the throw of this combination. Was it significantly more by adding the XR-E R2 and was the beam much tighter?
Well, I have the RQ from KD on it's way on a slow boat from China.
Very tempted by Lumapower ST-03 Turbohead though.
