robk
Enlightened
I have read almost every thread on this but still haven't gotten a definitive answer to make a (safe) decision. Here's what I have: (besides 3 or 4 dozen other lights, but this is about 2 Fenix lights)
1. Fenix L1D CE.
2. Fenix P2D body / tailcap.
3. Two Soshine RCR123 "3.0V Li-Ion" with matching charger.
4. Coming in: (shipped, just waiting) Another L1D/P2D CE head (Fenix Store), two more Soshine RCR123, two Trustfire 14500, Trustfire all-in-one charger for 14500 and others from DX.
The Fenix runs great on Titanium 2700mAH NiMH, GE/Sanyo CR123 and Soshine RCR123 (with proper body - another head on it's way so I will have two working Cree Fenix's) - all modes, no overheating, decent runtime and awesome brightness, these are my first Crees after many 1 & 3W Luxeons.
So, my question is not regarding the Soshine rechargeables, they seem to work perfectly, all modes, over 1 1/4 hours on "high", using Soshine charger, no explosions yet. From what I've read I may lose the low, medium and high modes if I use a 14500 and the AA body. The 14500's coming in are Trustfire Protected from DX, rated 3.7V @ 900mAh - I'm hoping for good brightness, available low and medium modes (perfect for close work like inside computers) and long runtime from the 900mAh rating. Has anyone tried these cells from DX, and if so, are they too long or short, will I need a spacer, will I lose low and medium modes, and most importantly - will I blow up the new L1D head? I blew a L2P head from reverse polarity last year, so I want to be careful.
I'm hoping the DX Trustfire 14500 cells will quickly drop to 3.2V or so - to allow low & medium modes and avoid overheating.
To summarize, will the DX 14500 900mAh Li-Ion power the Fenix L1D/P2D head within safe limits and support multiple modes (possibly after a few minutes of dropping voltage under load) without catastrophic results? I prefer to run rechargeables in just about everything I use, but I'm not too familiar with Li-Ions - I have about 100 AA and 30 AAAs NiMH and they perform perfectly.
Thanks for any comments, advice or warnings-
Rob
1. Fenix L1D CE.
2. Fenix P2D body / tailcap.
3. Two Soshine RCR123 "3.0V Li-Ion" with matching charger.
4. Coming in: (shipped, just waiting) Another L1D/P2D CE head (Fenix Store), two more Soshine RCR123, two Trustfire 14500, Trustfire all-in-one charger for 14500 and others from DX.
The Fenix runs great on Titanium 2700mAH NiMH, GE/Sanyo CR123 and Soshine RCR123 (with proper body - another head on it's way so I will have two working Cree Fenix's) - all modes, no overheating, decent runtime and awesome brightness, these are my first Crees after many 1 & 3W Luxeons.
So, my question is not regarding the Soshine rechargeables, they seem to work perfectly, all modes, over 1 1/4 hours on "high", using Soshine charger, no explosions yet. From what I've read I may lose the low, medium and high modes if I use a 14500 and the AA body. The 14500's coming in are Trustfire Protected from DX, rated 3.7V @ 900mAh - I'm hoping for good brightness, available low and medium modes (perfect for close work like inside computers) and long runtime from the 900mAh rating. Has anyone tried these cells from DX, and if so, are they too long or short, will I need a spacer, will I lose low and medium modes, and most importantly - will I blow up the new L1D head? I blew a L2P head from reverse polarity last year, so I want to be careful.
I'm hoping the DX Trustfire 14500 cells will quickly drop to 3.2V or so - to allow low & medium modes and avoid overheating.
To summarize, will the DX 14500 900mAh Li-Ion power the Fenix L1D/P2D head within safe limits and support multiple modes (possibly after a few minutes of dropping voltage under load) without catastrophic results? I prefer to run rechargeables in just about everything I use, but I'm not too familiar with Li-Ions - I have about 100 AA and 30 AAAs NiMH and they perform perfectly.
Thanks for any comments, advice or warnings-
Rob
