Rifter
Enlightened
would overdriving a x5 with 2 16340's be a good plan? anyone done it?
16340 cells in Innova X5 a good idea?
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Hondo
Flashlight Enthusiast
Have not done it, but it is just resistor throttled direct drive, and driven pretty hard as it is for 5 mm LED's. I don't know if it would "insta-flash", but I doubt it would last very long. That is about a 30+% increase in voltage.
Now a single 16670, that would give a nice low level for dark adapted eyes for a real long time, or a single 16340 with a dummy cell.
Now a single 16670, that would give a nice low level for dark adapted eyes for a real long time, or a single 16340 with a dummy cell.
Illum
Flashaholic
X5 Gen III was the pinnacle of the X5 development, after Gen IV some idiot on their R&D increased the LED current and ran them harder. Several cases on CPF regarding premature failure of LEDs have been reported. I'm not confident that it will survive 2x16340.
Rifter
Enlightened
Maybe I should add im talking about a gen 1 or gen 2 x5 from 10-15 years ago 
Pretty sure it would go 
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