Kitchen Panda
Enlightened
I just got my S2R Baton II on Thursday, after the vendor (Flashlightworld.ca) substituted the titanium edition for the aluminum one that was out of stock.
I've been amusing myself for the last couple of days comparing with my H2R Nova headlamp.
1. As I had been told elsewhere, 186C30 3000 mAHr battery from the H2R works fine in the S2R, all the way up to turbo mode. However, 186C32 battery from the S2r doesn't allow the H2R to hit turbo - it cuts off after a second or two.
2. My old 2600 mAHR battery from my P8A light works fine in the S2R, and it hits turbo.
3. New MCC1A charger works fine with the Nova , and the charging cable supplied with the Nova seems to charge the S2R OK, though I imagine much more slowly.
4. The clip off the H2R fits pretty well on the S2R, and would allow me to carry it reflector-down, if I had an extra clip. But the clip that comes with the titanium "Honor" edition matches the case color.
5. My first titanium light; I was expecting the threads to be less smooth than on aluminum flashlights, but they seem just as smooth to me.
6. I very nearly tried to screw the tailcap of the H2R onto the head of the S2R tube, but luckily they aren't the same thread.
7. The H2R sources battery voltage on the charging ring, but only about a milliamp or so when I short it through a meter. It would be very bad to drop an H2R in the water, I expect there would be corrosion of the charging contacts after a few days.
8. The S2R charging ring sources very little voltage voltage at all, as far as I can tell...maybe a millivolt, not enough to cause corrosion if wet.
9. The H2R charging cable only sources about 1.6 volts when I hand a light bulb across the contacts; the MCC1A cable goes all the way up to 4.2 volts on a light bulb load.
10. I can't see any PWM on the S2R, neither by eye nor on my camera.
It occurs to me, after all the crummy micro USB cables I've had that can't support more than a couple hundred milliamps without excess voltage drop, that the proprietary charging cables aren't altogether a bad thing. At least you know they will charge the battery at a good rate, and no-one is going to swipe them for a phone or other uses.
It's a handsome light. I feel a little badly using a "collector" item like this for every day use!
Bill
I've been amusing myself for the last couple of days comparing with my H2R Nova headlamp.
1. As I had been told elsewhere, 186C30 3000 mAHr battery from the H2R works fine in the S2R, all the way up to turbo mode. However, 186C32 battery from the S2r doesn't allow the H2R to hit turbo - it cuts off after a second or two.
2. My old 2600 mAHR battery from my P8A light works fine in the S2R, and it hits turbo.
3. New MCC1A charger works fine with the Nova , and the charging cable supplied with the Nova seems to charge the S2R OK, though I imagine much more slowly.
4. The clip off the H2R fits pretty well on the S2R, and would allow me to carry it reflector-down, if I had an extra clip. But the clip that comes with the titanium "Honor" edition matches the case color.
5. My first titanium light; I was expecting the threads to be less smooth than on aluminum flashlights, but they seem just as smooth to me.
6. I very nearly tried to screw the tailcap of the H2R onto the head of the S2R tube, but luckily they aren't the same thread.
7. The H2R sources battery voltage on the charging ring, but only about a milliamp or so when I short it through a meter. It would be very bad to drop an H2R in the water, I expect there would be corrosion of the charging contacts after a few days.
8. The S2R charging ring sources very little voltage voltage at all, as far as I can tell...maybe a millivolt, not enough to cause corrosion if wet.
9. The H2R charging cable only sources about 1.6 volts when I hand a light bulb across the contacts; the MCC1A cable goes all the way up to 4.2 volts on a light bulb load.
10. I can't see any PWM on the S2R, neither by eye nor on my camera.
It occurs to me, after all the crummy micro USB cables I've had that can't support more than a couple hundred milliamps without excess voltage drop, that the proprietary charging cables aren't altogether a bad thing. At least you know they will charge the battery at a good rate, and no-one is going to swipe them for a phone or other uses.
It's a handsome light. I feel a little badly using a "collector" item like this for every day use!
Bill
