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Joined: 05/04/2011
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Posted: 03:09am 02 Jun 2013

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It's taken me a couple of years to take the plunge. I have finally purchased some 18650's and a charger for my LED torches.

What pushed me over the edge was that I spotted the XTAR WP2II charger locally for $20. It is supposedly one of the better one's according to the boffins that test these things.

The batteries are 3100mAh ampmax with a built in protection circuit to prevent them discharging to quickly or flattening the battery completely and going into meltdown.

The CR123A lithium's I have been using till now are slightly skinnier. I had to wrap them in a bit of paper to bulk them out so they don't rattle in the tube and intermittently disconnect the power.

I didn't think that I had a "problem" with torches.

I had an older model Fenix PD30 that was in my pocket all the time, it went missing about a month ago and it is still really pissing me off that its gone.

I'm confused, no wait... maybe I'm not...

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Joined: 09/09/2009
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Posted: 04:25am 02 Jun 2013

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Quote and it is still really pissing me off that its gone.

I still think is much better to be Pee'd off than it is to be Pee"d on.

Sometimes it just works

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Posted: 01:28pm 12 Jun 2013

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I have had a lot of trouble getting my head around the numbers system for rechargeable batteries.

Someone said to me it is suppose to be "metric" whatever that means.

I had a plastic ruler handy so we measures an 18650, its roughly 18mm wide and 65mm long. I wondered if I should have been measuring the space between my ears instead!

How did I not pick that?

I'm confused, no wait... maybe I'm not...

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