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Flashlight Enthusiast
With hungry 123 lites such as this Malkoff M60 9P with 2x18500 body from Leef or FiveMega, it's critical to have backups cells.
The Malkoff M60 2x18500 gets a solid 2 hours runtime (2:17 to be exact) but it runs out quicker than you think and in an instant, like the old MagLite LED 3W. Blink and you are in darkness. Such is not the case with 123 which have the longest tail I've ever seen (2 hours of regulated and then probably 2 hours of dim lite (maybe less))
So I EDC a spare set of 18500 Li-Ion, fully charged at 4.2V and also 2 sets of 123s, when things get really bad. Should get better runtime with 123s. I EDCed 2 sets of 18500 but then realized 123 are best for TSHTF type situations.
All in all, I should have 6+ solid hours of runtime here, which should compensate for the single mode of the lite, it's only downside but I understand it's a KISS attempt. Single switch on, or off.
The LightHound tube doesn't work really well for me. It's too big, the cells rattle inside and I need 1 box to carry 3 spare sets. It's waterproof but so what.
This case on the left is from a set of headphones. It works really well for 2 sets of 123s. Too bad 18500 doesn't fit in there.
The Malkoff M60 2x18500 gets a solid 2 hours runtime (2:17 to be exact) but it runs out quicker than you think and in an instant, like the old MagLite LED 3W. Blink and you are in darkness. Such is not the case with 123 which have the longest tail I've ever seen (2 hours of regulated and then probably 2 hours of dim lite (maybe less))
So I EDC a spare set of 18500 Li-Ion, fully charged at 4.2V and also 2 sets of 123s, when things get really bad. Should get better runtime with 123s. I EDCed 2 sets of 18500 but then realized 123 are best for TSHTF type situations.
All in all, I should have 6+ solid hours of runtime here, which should compensate for the single mode of the lite, it's only downside but I understand it's a KISS attempt. Single switch on, or off.
The LightHound tube doesn't work really well for me. It's too big, the cells rattle inside and I need 1 box to carry 3 spare sets. It's waterproof but so what.
This case on the left is from a set of headphones. It works really well for 2 sets of 123s. Too bad 18500 doesn't fit in there.
