Help me make an informed decsion on buy once cry once rcr123 s and charger, ect.

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Updated: I have spent the last few days reading all kinds of information here and on other sites and want to make sure I know what I know.
I am looking to start setting up a rechargeable kit for my 123 lights. I have a smattering of lights and hosts and want to "try" to keep it simple across the board.
I am running the following lights, and have NO incans in my collection.
5 brinkman maxfire lights with DX drop ins - not sure of type
1 Frankenstein build with Chinese 600 lumen led
1 Frankenstein build with Chinese 800 lumen led
1 surefire m 925v
1 g2 with m60
1 g2zx with p60 led
1 g2x dual output
3 streamlight trl 1

My last yearly purchase of primary 123s made me realize that I need to move to a rechargeable system and retain primaries as well.
I am planning on running AW RCR123a Protected 750 mAh Batteries in these
So with the background out there here go the presumptions, please correct me.
welcome.
 
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I have to admit that I'm not sure what you're asking. But that never stops me from giving an answer 🙂 Or rather, some advice: AW RCRs are a good choice. Get a good charger for them, and since you're concentrating on RCRs and will probably be charging 2 batteries at a time at least, I'd either get the xtar wp2 II, or buy two 4sevens or cottonpickers chargers.

Make sure you understand the allowable input voltage on every single one of your lights and drop-ins. if you want to use RCRs, for one battery, the light should be able to take 4.2V; for two batteries, 8.4V; etc. If you're not sure of the max allowable input voltage on a light, don't run RCRs in it. My guess is, a number of those lights (maybe most of them) don't support RCRs, but I don't know for sure.
 
For my foray into Li-Ions I went the 'less expensive' route and picked up a XTAR WP2 II charger on Ebay for $18 delivered, two EagleTac 3100s for a then $20.39 delivered and both those work well. I then looked at the Orbtronic 3100s for spares, but went the unprotected Pannie NCR 18650 for $9.50 each, some of their unprotected Sanyo 14500s for $8 each and a pair of Soshine/Orbtronics RCR123 protected 700mAh cells for $5 each.

Can't complain, although I'd go with the AW 16340s the next time around, due to their higher capacity.

Chris
 
So 3 volt is going to be the way to go. Let me post up the options I was looking at. Am I correct in thinking runtime will be half of using primaries?
 
OP, there are a lot of chargers with a lot of differences.
The 4Sevens charger takes all sizes and shapes with no spaces needed.
Has a switch for the 2 different charging voltages.
3.6v (3.0v nominal)
4.2v (3.7v nominal)
But it only charges one cell at a time.

But you need to focus on which of your lights can accept a
4.2v RCR123 Lithium Ion battery in place of a 3.0v CR123 Lithium battery.
 
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GordoJones88 said:
Did you wanna stick a "no" in there somewhere?


OP, there are a lot of chargers with a lot of differences.
The 4Sevens charger takes all sizes and shapes with no spaces needed.
Has a switch for the 2 different charging voltages.
3.6v (3.0v nominal)
4.2v (3.7v nominal)
But it only charges one cell at a time.

But you need to focus on which of your lights can accept a
4.2v RCR123 Lithium Ion battery in place of a 3.0v CR123 Lithium battery.
Click to expand...

Thanks Gordo, sorry for the confusion. My Pila charger is easy to use and flawless so far!
 
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