Zebralight SC60

Yes it's white and by far the best looking XP-G tint I own even on the low modes I don't really see any green at all, I hate green tints and will not EDC anything close to it. All of my light's with green or minty green tint seldom or ever get played with.

This light is definitely a room filler, the spill is very wide and so is the hotspot.
 
I"m waiting on the NW option as well. Can't wait to see some reviews on these bad boys. I love my H60W.
 
I was excited when I found out about this light, but disappointed when I realized that it can't run on primaries. I insist that any light I buy can run on both rechargeables and primaries. As far as I know there is no primary that can substitute into a light designed only for a 18650. It seems odd to me that ZL did this, as their other lights do run on both primaries and rechargeables, and there are lots of 18650 lights out there that also take 2-CR123.

I guess I could get the SC30 or SC50 instead, though then it's a little smaller and runtime suffers on high. But there aren't many choices I know of for a good quality light with a side-button switch.
 
cistallus said:
It seems odd to me that ZL did this, as their other lights do run on both primaries and rechargeables, and there are lots of 18650 lights out there that also take 2-CR123.
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The bonus side of the 18650 only is the light's regulation is fine tuned for this specific battery. Zebralight did the same thing with the H60, I can understand why you want a broad voltage light but you could always carry spare 18650's as backup. I'm sure sometime soon ZL will delve into the 2xcr123 light and headlamp, I hope so anyway.
 
cistallus said:
I was excited when I found out about this light, but disappointed when I realized that it can't run on primaries. I insist that any light I buy can run on both rechargeables and primaries. As far as I know there is no primary that can substitute into a light designed only for a 18650. It seems odd to me that ZL did this, as their other lights do run on both primaries and rechargeables, and there are lots of 18650 lights out there that also take 2-CR123.

I guess I could get the SC30 or SC50 instead, though then it's a little smaller and runtime suffers on high. But there aren't many choices I know of for a good quality light with a side-button switch.
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How about you buy a CR123 Dummy spacer that you could use in conjunction with a real CR123 cell and achieve what you are after?

Then you would use a 18650 normally but have the primary back-up option.

http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/showthread.php?t=103143 is one place you can buy dummy spacers.

Travis
 
I haven't used primaries in many years so 18650 only doesn't bother me in the slightest, although I agree it would be nice to have the option, but it's not very high on my list of priorities.

I used to think the AA/14500 size was the optimal combination of size/runtime, but now I'm not so sure. 18650's are such a great form factor for batteries, imo. Like an AA on steroids. Of course, to fully appreciate them, it helps to have a good (i.e., versatile, fast, reliable and safe) charger; iows, a hobby charger.

Anyway, I have a feeling the SC60(w, if they ever make one) may change my mind about AA's.
 
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jhc37013 said:
... the light's regulation is fine tuned for [the 18650]...
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FroggyTaco said:
How about ...CR123 Dummy spacer ... with a real CR123 cell...
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pae77 said:
I haven't used primaries in many years so 18650 only doesn't bother me in the slightest...
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Thanks all. Froggy, given that it's fine-tuned for 18650, I'm doubtful it would run well, if at all, with a 3V battery, since LiIon is 4.2V full, and about 3.5V exhausted (open circuit), it probably would be dim if it worked at all.

For my normal use I'd be happy to use 18650. But if I've run my rechargeables down, I'd like to be able to use CR123.

Another reason is commonality with my other lights that take 18650 or 16340 with backups of CR123 (Jet-III M, iTP A1, Mini 123).

Yet another reason is for a nice gift - "normal people" are familiar with the side switch, but I'm sure not going to try and train them on understanding 18650 and charging and gifting a charger too - if it would take CR123 I'd just give them a handful and they'd be happy for a long time.
 
I totally forgot about the voltage difference. Whoops

The specs do say that the light will work down to 2.7v which would last awhile on the lower modes with a fresh cell.

As far as gifts are concerned, wouldn't a SC50(w) be a much better choice for Joe Public?

I wonder if the driver design would handle a 6.4V input. That would be a cool emergency power source. Maybe you could ask them and see. Wouldn't that be cool if it could.
 
I really hope they ship the lights *soon* as it still says 8/27/2010 on the website...
 
After reading today's excellent review of the SC51 by selfbuilt, where he noted visible PWM on Lo2 and Med2 levels - has anyone noticed any visible PWM throughout the SC60's levels (particularly the lows)?
 
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