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Sofirn IF30 with 32650 battery
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Edited: previously linked to https://www.sofirnlight.com/products/sofirn-if30-edc-powerful-flashlight?spm=..collection_eea4d417-4338-4a86-ba3e-1a41b66cb32b.collection_detail_1.1, replaced with an image for better Lemmy preview.
Something new from Sofirn. These larger cells (than 26800) seem to be popping up in flashlights more often now. This one lists 6500 mAh which isn't a much bigger capacity but presumably the maximum discharge must be pretty high to support 12000 lumens.
Sft-40 in the center surrounded by flood emitters. This isn’t one I’ll be picking up, maybe I’ll hold out for a 461000 cell!
As someone who started after 21700 became popular, I’ve never felt the need to buy a multi-cell flashlight thanks to single-cell existing for most use-cases and not wanting to have to think about ensuring all cells have the same charge or keeping them paired together. So I like this development since it means there can be more simple 1-cell lights.
But realistically I won’t be carrying a 4680 light around regularly (even Convoy m21b is a bit too large).