Chicken Drumstick
Flashlight Enthusiast
I guess I'm interested in the general principle here, but also of the specific lights in question (hence why not posting in the battery section).
Sunwayman just happens to provide two prime examples of the overriding question I'm asking. Which is, which is the best power source? RCR123 or 14500? And what are to pro's and con's to each flashlight?
In the case of Sunwayman, sadly their website seems a bit outdated and lacking in useful info for such a comparison. But from what I've managed to find out so far you have:
Sunawayman V10A XM-L which can run on a 14500 and produce 460 lumens.
or
Sunwayman V10R XM-L which can run on an RCR123 and produce 460 lumens.
Size wise the 'R' is 82.8mm long vs 100mm long for the 'A' but there is only 0.2mm difference in width.
They also both seem to be available to buy for pretty much the same money.
So assuming you are starting fresh at this and don't already have a stack of batteries to use in them and you only intend to run either RCR's or 14500's - is there any benefit to one or the other? Or as the V10A is longer, why would you buy it over the V10R?
N.B.
I don't know if the lumen claims above are correct... these are figures I've seen in ads for people selling the flashlights, not from Sunwayman themselves.
I guess it would be great if someone like Selfbuilt could do one of their detailed side by side comparisons of these two lights. That way any difference in lumen output, throw, run time, heat, etc. would be easy to see. And it'd provide a good reference point for any other similar lights.
Sunwayman just happens to provide two prime examples of the overriding question I'm asking. Which is, which is the best power source? RCR123 or 14500? And what are to pro's and con's to each flashlight?
In the case of Sunwayman, sadly their website seems a bit outdated and lacking in useful info for such a comparison. But from what I've managed to find out so far you have:
Sunawayman V10A XM-L which can run on a 14500 and produce 460 lumens.
or
Sunwayman V10R XM-L which can run on an RCR123 and produce 460 lumens.
Size wise the 'R' is 82.8mm long vs 100mm long for the 'A' but there is only 0.2mm difference in width.
They also both seem to be available to buy for pretty much the same money.
So assuming you are starting fresh at this and don't already have a stack of batteries to use in them and you only intend to run either RCR's or 14500's - is there any benefit to one or the other? Or as the V10A is longer, why would you buy it over the V10R?
N.B.
I don't know if the lumen claims above are correct... these are figures I've seen in ads for people selling the flashlights, not from Sunwayman themselves.
I guess it would be great if someone like Selfbuilt could do one of their detailed side by side comparisons of these two lights. That way any difference in lumen output, throw, run time, heat, etc. would be easy to see. And it'd provide a good reference point for any other similar lights.