After several years of avoiding 18650 flashlights for various reasons i finally decide to go for it. Ordered 4 x panasonic 3400mah protected cells from fasttech just in time to be shafted by the latest shipment ban. The batteries are literally on a slow boat from china and should arrive sometime in the next 4 months.
Ok plan B ordered 6 x 18650 3400mah protected from banggood and pay for shipment, 22 days later they arrive I even danced a little jig which amused the postman no end but what the hell.
I dig out my old ultrafire charger from DX and it is dead no great suprise there, so off back to banggood and order a NITECORE Intellicharger I4 V2 Charger and bugger me it arrives in 10 days.
Ok time to charge the panasonic 3400mah protected cells, oh FFS they barely fit requiring an uncomfortable amount of force. Nope not happy at all with that so off to get another charger.
As luck would have it Banggood offer email arrives and has the NITECORE Digicharger D2 LCD for £10.78, sold to the ******* in the corner (me). Takes 11 days to arrive this time batteries fit easily with plenty of room charge them up and stick them in my old solarforce L2 hosts with R2 droppins. Nice and bright good runtime but not omg tickoff the neighbours bright.
After the **** up with the original nitecore charger i ask around which lights will take the panasonic 3400mah protected cells Fenix PD35 and Thrunite TN12 2014 are recommended so i um and er and whine and moan and finally got both. :naughty:
Fenix PD35 2013 edition will barely take the cells if inserted from the head and carefully tightened down, to much and the light comes on to little manual cutoff, but all said and done i do like it and now EDC it outside of work. That being said if you wear a 2" web belt like i do the supplied sheath will not work at the moment i am using an old solarforce l2 sheath less than ideal but it works. Also the anodizing is not that tough already showing some marks.
Thrunite TN12 the panasonic 3400mah protected batteries are a snug fit but are ok great little flashlight with a firefly mode, I now use it as my EDC work light replacing my LD25w.
If i had to do over again i would still buy both, but i would buy 2 Thrunite TN12 first because of there excellent value and one Fenix PD35 later as i am a Fenix tart at heart. I have a second Thrunite TN12 enroute as a spare work light. Anodizing is floorless and take a beating.
can't find it on the Olight website. Do see it listed at multiple websites.
