Oveready bored 6p & 18650s

Recently I bought an Oveready bored out 6p and when I tried to use the Tenergy 18650's I had I noticed they fit very snugly.. Should I be worried? I bought the Tenergys when I bought my Sunwayman v20c and they drop in there without a problem. I know everyone seems to favor the AWs, but these are just what I happened to have as the Sunwayman was the first light I bought that I could play with the 18650's..

does "fit very snugly" mean the cell goes in?
Then its ok, as there will be no cell rattle ...


PS: imho the most important thing to a 6P (after overready's mod and a McKlicky) is overready's bezel ring.
Without it, the thin lip of the bezel will be bent immediately, making changing/opening the font glass (the main reason for "inventing" that "upgrade" to be able to change the glass) difficult to impossible
Think of adding one

yellow said:

does "fit very snugly" mean the cell goes in?
Then its ok, as there will be no cell rattle ...


PS: imho the most important thing to a 6P (after overready's mod and a McKlicky) is overready's bezel ring.
Without it, the thin lip of the bezel will be bent immediately, making changing/opening the font glass (the main reason for "inventing" that "upgrade" to be able to change the glass) difficult to impossible
Think of adding one

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Yep. It goes in. To get it out I'll have to pull the head off and push it from the other side though. I just didn't know how flaky the PCB electronics down the side of the battery was.. it's not like I shaved the outer labeling/insulation off or anything.

Oh. I went the whole way: Custom HA, McKlicky, and SS bezel ring. I'm already sitting on an Oveready shopping basket with a trit-slotted crenelated bezel and a a19 extender... ..just need to check the 'ol "f*ck it" back account..

snug is good for most people.
The tenergy cells do not have any portion of the label that you want to remove.

A nice neodymium magnet can help pull the cell out without removing the head.

Moddoo said:

A nice neodymium magnet can help pull the cell out without removing the head.

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I suppose you sell them as well? ;-)

Great product and service BTW. I used to have a 6P back in the day before it was cool and have missed it. Glad I found your place.. ..my wallet isn't, but I am.

Was there a time when the 6P wasn't cool

välineurheilija said:

Was there a time when the 6P wasn't cool

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Lol. I dunno when it was invented, but I had just started working as a techie in a theatre around 1990-91 and everyone used Mags.. ..my grandfather was a sheriff at the time and he gave me my first 6P. When I fired it up the first time in the theatre and shone it up into the light grid, everyone's mini-mags on stage shriveled up like so many man-packages in a polar bear swim club, one could hear it.. I carried it for another 10 years probably.. ..then someone stole it.

I'm just rediscovering it I guess. I've been using Streamlight since the old 6p because I couldn't keep affording to feed it 123's.. But with the LED drop-ins and Oveready's bored out hosts, I can go back to my old favorite.

I use two 6P:s one with Solarforce xml dropin and the other with a DX Cree r5 dropin and i use Eagletac 16340 batteries in both

välineurheilija said:

I use two 6P:s one with Solarforce xml dropin and the other with a DX Cree r5 dropin and i use Eagletac 16340 batteries in both

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Are/were you a techie?

I have the bored C2 and my redilast 18650's fit perfectly - almost air tight . I like em that way. No rattling.

Just use some downward momentum and shake the battery out.

MagicDot said:

Are/were you a techie?

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I'm not familiar with the term "techie" because english isn't my native language :huh2: But i work as a machinist if that answers your question

yellow;4006068imho the most important thing to a 6P (after overready's mod and a McKlicky) is [B said:

overready's bezel ring[/B].
Without it, the thin lip of the bezel will be bent...

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Well I just got my first overready today on the mail and now your making me wish I would have done that. I'm very happy with my purchase though. It is so much nicer than the dremeled 6P I've been carrying for years!

I've used half a dozen brands, including AW, and the Tenergy's were the only ones that were tight. I had one batt that wouldn't go in at all.

Can't wait to do this and more for my old but trusty 6P. Tons of great ideas on this site.