Foursevens Quark Tactical QTLC questions

Woots

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Hello everyone I am not new here, but I am a long time lurker and a bit of a novice so your help would be greatly appreciated.

I remember reading last year about the 4seven Quark mini 123 as a perfect EDC. I decided to pick one up and I noticed 4Seven is no longer selling them.
To the best of my knowledge (from googling) it appears that this model has been replaced by the "Quark Tactical QTLC" is this correct?

http://www.foursevens.com/products/QTLC-AE this is the newer light here

Even if it is not its next generation brother it sure seems to fit the bill in all the same aspects with a newer LED.

My interest is to use RCR123As on this flashlight. I noticed on their literature they talk about smart circuitry to accommodate rechargeable up to 3.7V. I have seen a certain level of fondness for the AW branded batteries on this site (I have no personal experience with them) so I wouldn't mind taking a plunge and using an AW RCR123A on this light.

http://www.foursevens.com/products/AW.123 one of these

The concern is 4Sevens site mentions that this battery can cap out at around 4.2V fully charged. Is this a realistic number on usage? Simply put will the AW RCR123A fry the Quark Tactical QTLC?

If this battery is ideal for this light that leads me to my final question. What charger do I get? 4Seven seems to recommend this charger now a days on their site..the "Cytac Dual Bay Fast Charger 139"

http://www.foursevens.com/product_info.php?products_id=207

I assume the AW123A will play nice with this charger or should I look elsewhere?

Thank you in advance for any & all help on all this.
 
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reppans

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If you want to run Li-ion RCR123s I'd go with a Quark which fully supports them, not the Mini, although plenty of folks run Li-ions in them too.

I have a bunch and will warn you that the low voltage XPG Quark heads probably will have a few quirks like full output preflash on the tactical UI and long reset times on Li-ions on the Pro UIs. The low voltage XML heads seem to be free of these quirks.

I would also suggest considering the 1xAA body and running 14500s since they have ~ 20% more capacity than RCR123/16340s, can run 3V CRAAs (although supply is monopolized), can use NiMh/L91s/Alks in a pinch, and has a removeable/reversible clip.

I like 47s single bay charger since it slightly under chargers cells (4.1V) which is ~10% less capacity, but in theory will double the cells cycle life. Check out HKJs site lygte-info.dk for all things battery/charger related.
 
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