Ultrafire 502B, CR123A's, and new to high power flashlights

[Cinderbike]

Hey guys, first post. Spent a few hours parsing the forum, and finally pulled the deal on an Ultrafire 502B. The plan is to use this and get an L2P host and a few more dropins, but starting small for now.

Anyway, I ordered some AW protected 18650's, but they won't arrive before my upcoming camping trio (I wanted a light with some muscle for backpacking in the middle of nowhere). As far as I can tell, this light should run fine with CR123A's.

As long as I follow the tips I've been reading up on - stick to name-brand US made batteries, don't mix/match, and replace them at the first sign of diminished output, should I be good to go?

Any additional tips would be appreciated.

 

[lwknight]

Your 502b could have anything included. Best to try to find details from where you ordered it from.
The 502b that I got comes with any number of possible drop-ins and mine was a 600 lumen that will
work just fine on regular cr123a cells. Google titanium cr123 battery for about $1.00 each.
Stores sell big names for several bucks each but they are no better , just costly.

 

[Cinderbike]

Your 502b could have anything included. Best to try to find details from where you ordered it from.
The 502b that I got comes with any number of possible drop-ins and mine was a 600 lumen that will
work just fine on regular cr123a cells. Google titanium cr123 battery for about $1.00 each.
Stores sell big names for several bucks each but they are no better , just costly.

Thanks, just got a bit worried with the horror stories of multi-cell CR123 lights being 'dangerous'. I will look into the voltage of the dropin mine came with.