seriously... i finally decided to check what's new with eagletac's flashlights and came across the EagleTac T20C2 MKII XM-L 720lumen flashlight. gotta be kidding me... i thought there was no way of getting past 500lumens with a single 18650 battery or is it just a imaginary thing eagletac has going on?.. i know i'm slow.. i just finally came across the flashlight lol
i thought 700+ lumens on a single 18650 is impossible?...
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2100
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With triple XM-Ls and a bit of mod (DD and a low ohm power resistor to drop the voltage), it can easily go past 700+ lumens. Actually more like 2000 emitter lumens and more if you use IMRs. But it would slide downhill from then quite fast. 
NCR18650A can easily do 5 amps and NCR18650CH slightly more and with more capacity than IMRs. Of course lets not debate the usefulness of a pocket rocket.
NCR18650A can easily do 5 amps and NCR18650CH slightly more and with more capacity than IMRs. Of course lets not debate the usefulness of a pocket rocket.
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KenAnderson
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Mac's Tri-EDC generates 700 lumens on a battery 1/2 the size of an 18650, namely the 18350. On max, it only runs for 15-20 minutes, but it's a pocket rocket.
offthetrail
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The Eagletac is 720 emitter lumens, its actually 580 ANSI lumens for 3 minutes before it steps down, which is on par with most of the single 18650 XM-L these days. Check out Spark or Zebralight also, they make even smaller lights with big lumens from a single 18650. Of course the custom lights do even more, as listed above.
tre
Flashlight Enthusiast
Zebralight SC600 and Thrunite Scorpion V2 both put out slightly over 700 lumens (ANSI) on a single 18650.
Colonel Sanders
Flashlight Enthusiast
Yep, even a 16340 can clear 700L these days.
My spark SL6-800 is getting there in turbo even with a single XM-L (if you have a 18650 cell that can deal with 2C discharge)
Its totally fun how little time it took for LEDs to become battery instead of emitter limited...
