So, you are in for a new incan flashlight, maybe your first after you've tried numerous LED lights, but... you cannot find any new incan flashlight on the market anymore... I saw another thread here from someone telling us a new incan flashlight should be available on ebay, many of us looked, but nobody seems to have found it.
Indeed, an "off-the-shelf" new incan light may be very hard to find nowadays, but there's one company who sells all kinds of separate parts from which you can compose your own flashlight. Meet Lumens Factory
A good start is their Seraph SP-6, a host for one 18650 battery. You can find it here, it comes without any light source, it is just the host (body, head and tailcap):
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=330
Then, you can add one of the two 3.7V D26 incan lamp modules they have for this light:
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=4
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=38
Then simply add one 18650, click it on and... enjoy!
The other option you have is the longer version of the host, capable of accepting two 18500 batteries:
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=446
Here, a whole lot of different lamp assemblies can be used, the ES-9, HO-9, EO-9....
As this is a 7.2V setup, brightness can be higher.
Also available is a "one cell extender", effectively making the SP-9 host suitable to accept 2X 18650 batteries:
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=523
The combination of the SP-9 and this extender makes for bright AND quite long running setups!
Combining the ES-9 lamp (that draws 850mA) and two 3500mAh 18650s make for a runtime of roughly 4 hours. And that ES-9 is still reasonably bright I can tell you.
As you can see, at Lumens Factory the incan flashlight is FAR from dead!! Grab them... while still available. The grey ones are nearly gone and are type II anodized, the black ones are type III hard anodized.
Indeed, an "off-the-shelf" new incan light may be very hard to find nowadays, but there's one company who sells all kinds of separate parts from which you can compose your own flashlight. Meet Lumens Factory
A good start is their Seraph SP-6, a host for one 18650 battery. You can find it here, it comes without any light source, it is just the host (body, head and tailcap):
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=330
Then, you can add one of the two 3.7V D26 incan lamp modules they have for this light:
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=4
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=38
Then simply add one 18650, click it on and... enjoy!
The other option you have is the longer version of the host, capable of accepting two 18500 batteries:
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=446
Here, a whole lot of different lamp assemblies can be used, the ES-9, HO-9, EO-9....
As this is a 7.2V setup, brightness can be higher.
Also available is a "one cell extender", effectively making the SP-9 host suitable to accept 2X 18650 batteries:
https://www.lumensfactory.com/en/product_detail.php?pid=523
The combination of the SP-9 and this extender makes for bright AND quite long running setups!
Combining the ES-9 lamp (that draws 850mA) and two 3500mAh 18650s make for a runtime of roughly 4 hours. And that ES-9 is still reasonably bright I can tell you.
As you can see, at Lumens Factory the incan flashlight is FAR from dead!! Grab them... while still available. The grey ones are nearly gone and are type II anodized, the black ones are type III hard anodized.