Let's see pictures of your Microfire HID lights. Anybody using AW IMR cells in them?
Show us your Microfire HID lights!
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Most Mircrofires have proprietary li-ion battery pack handles so I don't think you'll see much variation there.
The smaller ones take either 2 x 18650 or 3 x RCR123s. Using IMR cells would greatly reduce the capacity and runtime so people will likely be sticking with lithium Cobalt cells for that application as well.
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hi everyone,
here's my MF Warrior II K2000R. Beautiful finish, small and bright. but needs a long time until reaching full power, only 45 min runtime with stock battery (extra battery is optional) and i don't really like the blueish 7000K.
regards markus
here's my MF Warrior II K2000R. Beautiful finish, small and bright. but needs a long time until reaching full power, only 45 min runtime with stock battery (extra battery is optional) and i don't really like the blueish 7000K.
regards markus
Thanks, I was referring to the ones without the proprietary battery packs. How do you figure? IMR cells should increase runtimes, not decrease them. Unless the drain is really low the lithium cobalt cells seem to be at a disadvantage. I'm switched to two IMR16340's in my worklight a Surefire G2 awhile back and with a P90 lamp assembly I'm seeing similar runtimes to when I was using two P17500's in a C3 Surefire.
Very nice pictures!
Markus, is that the newer style of the Microfire or the older style? I've heard the new version is supposed to be 5000-5200K.They'll have less run-time because they have less capacity.
Lithium cobalt 18650 = 2200-2600mAH
IMR 18650 = 1600mAH
Lithium cobalt RCR123 = 750-900mAH
IMR 16340 = 550mAH
The discharge rate is higher for the IMR's but Li-ion cells are well up to the task of powering most portable HID lights. If li-ion cells are paired with a light that's within their discharge rate the higher capacity cells will outlast one's with lower capacity.
But those ratings are based on different rates of drain. When the drain rate is higher the IMR cells perform better. For example the protected RCR123a's perform more poorly (at a lower amount of amp hours) with a P90 lamp assembly than IMR16340's do.
I'm also interested in the IMR's though because they're safe.
I'm also interested in the IMR's though because they're safe.
Sure, when the current demand is high enough there is a cross over point where the IMR's will outperform, where is often the case with incans. We were talking about 10W HID's where the load just isn't that great. 4 x RCR123's really aren't taxed very heavily in a 10W Solarc and even less is demanded from 2 x 18650's. That's why when I commented about this earlier I had stated, "for this application." Anyhow didn't mean to turn this into a battery thread. I was just answering that part of your op.
It's a thread about Microfire light pictures and if anybody uses IMR cells. It's all good.
I've really been obsessed about owning a 4200K 35W handheld HID than runs on IMR18650's lately. And more recently on IMR C's. Two, three or four of them. A 35W Microfire 4200K that took four 18650's in a battery magazine would be sweet as heck. Unfortunately, nobody makes such coolness.
I've really been obsessed about owning a 4200K 35W handheld HID than runs on IMR18650's lately. And more recently on IMR C's. Two, three or four of them. A 35W Microfire 4200K that took four 18650's in a battery magazine would be sweet as heck. Unfortunately, nobody makes such coolness.
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unfortunately the older type
