Originally Posted by
Adrius
I thought I heard the Magicshine batteries had issues with the waterproofing. I know some people were mounting them in a spare waterbottle with a hole cut in the top.
The water issue are from those that uses the older sytle battery case. It was nothing more than a nylon bag. Water was getting to the PCB on the battery. That was why folks put them in water bottle. Geoman than design them in a water bottle like holder. All that was before the batttery recall. This is what the newer battery from Geoman looks like mounted on top of the stem:
I assume I need a fairly decent light, but I can't really be sure since I have nothing to compare it to. I suppose i'll just buy one flashlight and see how that works, then go up from there if need be. The magicshine system is a bit out of my range, though I don't mind springing for it if it would be the better choice.
The really good thing with investing with 18650 battery is the fact that you can upgrade to different flashlight when newer design are introduce. Another plus is that the older light can be use as home or work flashlight as you upgrade your lights. I have the Shiningbeam P rocket and is very satisfied with it. I also have several of their S mini and I say two of those Smini is about as bright as a Magicshine light. If you run 2900mah 18650 with the S mini, you can get over 2.5 hours of runtime. While the P rocket will last over 1.5 hours with 2900 mah battery.