I just recently purchased over 150 of the New Titanium 123 batteries directly
from AmondoTech. Based on the test results and good things I've read here
on CPF, figured it was a wise and well researched purchase.
The story starts here...
Using my new SF M6 and not keeping track of the "minutes" the M6 seemed
to be eating batteries in a hurry with the MN21 bulb, much faster than the SF
advertised 20 minutes runtime. So I decided to run a few runtime tests to see
if my feelings were accurate, and boy were they!!!
I ran through two sets of (6) batteries and here are the results.
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First run:
Loaded the M6 with (6) fresh New Titanium batteries, stepped outside, turned
it on, and started the stop watch.
At 2 minutes 50 seconds the light dimmed enough to be noticeable.
At 7 minutes 10 seconds the light dimmed to a barely useable amount (+/- 100L)
At 9 minutes 30 seconds the light slowly dimmed to nothing and went dead.
Removed the batteries.
(3) were warm.
(1) was too hot to hold.
(2) were skin burners.
Let the batteries cool for 12 minutes, reinstalled them and started the stop
watch.
The light was at the barely useable amount of +/- 100 lumens for 6 minutes
10 seconds and then dimmed to nothing and went dead.
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Second run:
Loaded the M6 with (6) fresh New Titanium batteries, stepped outside, turned
it on, and started the stop watch.
At 3 minutes 10 seconds the light dimmed enough to be noticeable.
At 6 minutes 30 seconds the light dimmed to a barely useable amount (+/- 100L)
At 8 minutes 50 seconds the light slowly dimmed to nothing and went dead.
Removed the batteries.
(1) was warm.
(4) were too hot to hold.
(1) was a skin burner.
Let the batteries again cool for 12 minutes, reinstalled them and started the
stop watch.
The light was again at the barely useable amount of +/- 100 lumens for 7
minutes 15 seconds and then dimmed to nothing and went dead.
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Very dissapointing to say the least.
- Am I expecting to much?
- How does this compare to your results or what you would have thought?
Wednesday night I'm going to run the same two tests but with OEM Surefire
batteries. Look for the results about the same time tomorrow night.
ALL thoughts/comments/suggestions/concerns/ideas/etc. are very much
appreciated.
Going to put in a call to AmondoTech tomorrow and express my concerns and
ask for a refund on the bateries. Will also keep you posted on the response.
Until then, happy illuminating!
from AmondoTech. Based on the test results and good things I've read here
on CPF, figured it was a wise and well researched purchase.
The story starts here...
Using my new SF M6 and not keeping track of the "minutes" the M6 seemed
to be eating batteries in a hurry with the MN21 bulb, much faster than the SF
advertised 20 minutes runtime. So I decided to run a few runtime tests to see
if my feelings were accurate, and boy were they!!!
I ran through two sets of (6) batteries and here are the results.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
First run:
Loaded the M6 with (6) fresh New Titanium batteries, stepped outside, turned
it on, and started the stop watch.
At 2 minutes 50 seconds the light dimmed enough to be noticeable.
At 7 minutes 10 seconds the light dimmed to a barely useable amount (+/- 100L)
At 9 minutes 30 seconds the light slowly dimmed to nothing and went dead.
Removed the batteries.
(3) were warm.
(1) was too hot to hold.
(2) were skin burners.
Let the batteries cool for 12 minutes, reinstalled them and started the stop
watch.
The light was at the barely useable amount of +/- 100 lumens for 6 minutes
10 seconds and then dimmed to nothing and went dead.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Second run:
Loaded the M6 with (6) fresh New Titanium batteries, stepped outside, turned
it on, and started the stop watch.
At 3 minutes 10 seconds the light dimmed enough to be noticeable.
At 6 minutes 30 seconds the light dimmed to a barely useable amount (+/- 100L)
At 8 minutes 50 seconds the light slowly dimmed to nothing and went dead.
Removed the batteries.
(1) was warm.
(4) were too hot to hold.
(1) was a skin burner.
Let the batteries again cool for 12 minutes, reinstalled them and started the
stop watch.
The light was again at the barely useable amount of +/- 100 lumens for 7
minutes 15 seconds and then dimmed to nothing and went dead.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Very dissapointing to say the least.
- Am I expecting to much?
- How does this compare to your results or what you would have thought?
Wednesday night I'm going to run the same two tests but with OEM Surefire
batteries. Look for the results about the same time tomorrow night.
ALL thoughts/comments/suggestions/concerns/ideas/etc. are very much
appreciated.
Going to put in a call to AmondoTech tomorrow and express my concerns and
ask for a refund on the bateries. Will also keep you posted on the response.
Until then, happy illuminating!
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