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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!
It kind of makes sense if you look at the geometry though. Look at the wasted space in the 3*AA holder and think how many more Wh you could get if that space were filled with more anode/cathode/electrolyte.
There are some adapters that squeeze four AA's into the D cell format. This is theoretically a little too thick, but it will fit in many devices where the battery tube is not too snug.
By pure volume a D cell is around 7x an AA.