Request to Tiablo A9 Owners

[Annika3]

Hello,

could you please measure the tail current (holding amperemeter between battery and end of your A9) and tell me how high the current is?
WIth fresh loaded 18650 or 2 fresh cr123 (just tell me what u were using).

would be really nice if someone could measure that for me!

thanks in advance

greetings,
Annika

 

[DM51]

Welcome to CPF, Annika3

As the Tiablo A9 is a LED light, I'll move your request to the LED Flashlights section.

 

[Annika3]

erm thx
Didn't see that there is a special forum for LED Flashlights - sorry.
Hmm I could swear i already had some posts as I ordered some 18650 from AW 2 years ago - wonder where they went to
Anyway - thx for moving this thread to its correct subforum!

 

[DM51]

Hmm I could swear i already had some posts as I ordered some 18650 from AW 2 years ago - wonder where they went to

You'll probably find them in CPFMarketPlace. If you ordered from AW, you'll find his threads in Dealers' Corner.

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C'mon guys - anyone with a Tiablo A9 going to do this simple measurement for Annika3?

 

[heng84]

i broke my previous led on my a9.. bought replacement led emitter from dx q5
now measured.. 0.69-0.73 on freshly charged trustfire 18650 and around 1amp for 2x cr123a batteries.

previously before replacement i did not measure so i would like to know too

 

[Annika3]

thx DMS1 & heng84!
But I really hope someone with a "geniune" LED can measure it - there should be many people out with a Tiablo A9, hopefully someone could measure this

 

[crossliner67]

Here is the new Tiablo A9 R5. I wonder how it behaves w/ aspheric lens. Perhaps Kengps would be interested to see this.http://www.kit-tronics.com/xcart/product.php?productid=4215&cat=0&page=1:naughty:

 

[phantom23]

I wonder how it behaves w/ aspheric lens.

Not very good. I don't have one but XP-G doesn't throw well with aspheric lens because of wide beam and low intensity per square mm..

 

[tsask]

my A9 is a couple years old I later addded ASYMETRICAL lens.

IT THROWS!!!:devil:

 

[bikenjam]

This is what i got from my unmodified A9 with stock Q5 emitter

18650 TrustFire 2500mAh @4.14 Volts - .8 amps = 3.3 watts
16340 UltraFire 880mAh @4.16 Volts each - .63 amps = 5.25 watts
CR123 Titanium innovations @3.25 Volts each - .8 amps = 5.2 watts

hope this helps

 

[crossliner67]

Not very good. I don't have one but XP-G doesn't throw well with aspheric lens because of wide beam and low intensity per square mm..

Maybe but how come the Maelstorm throws a lot for an R5 torch? Only 1 way to find and that is to do it the CPFer way, hehe :tinfoil:.

 

[phantom23]

Because it has deep smooth reflector designed for XP-G (not aspherical lens). XR-E with that reflector (dimensions) would throw better.

 

[crossliner67]

Because it has deep smooth reflector designed for XP-G (not aspherical lens). XR-E with that reflector (dimensions) would throw better.

Noted, Phantom. It still makes me curious though.

 

[Annika3]

This is what i got from my unmodified A9 with stock Q5 emitter

18650 TrustFire 2500mAh @4.14 Volts - .8 amps = 3.3 watts
16340 UltraFire 880mAh @4.16 Volts each - .63 amps = 5.25 watts
CR123 Titanium innovations @3.25 Volts each - .8 amps = 5.2 watts

hope this helps

Now I finally could measure mine too, this is what I get on my A9 with stock Q5 emitter:

18650 Trustfire 2400mAh @ 4.21V: 0,62 A = 2.61W
CR123 Panasonic @ 3.18V each: 0,91A = 5.78W

I wonder, why I get so low A with my 18650 (doesnt matter if I use Trustfires,Ultrafires or my AW cells - all have nearly same "fresh" Voltage) compared to the cr123 (yes I know the A9 is optimized for cr123 - but such a huge difference?