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    Quote Originally Posted by eon View Post
    Thanks guys, I bought a box of surefire cr123's while in the US and have been putting a new one in the light every 2 months. My concern is not knowing how much life the batt has left, I never know if i'm going to have 3 min or 30 min of light.
    Perhaps a battery tester is the answer.
    The best way to test a battery is to put a equivalent load on it and see what the voltage drop is.

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    Default Re: Rechargeable CR123 in Inforce APL ?

    Quote Originally Posted by eon View Post
    More questions for the clever okes, just went looking the olight website, The mini light they sell seems to be the answer, a built in battery that can be recharged on the pistol, any experience from the gallery ?
    I've got 2 of the olight mini WML's. MAkes it damn easy for charging purposes by being able to magnetically attach the charger.
    I've used the wml a few times and have only charged it once just as a top up. I like the idea of rechargeable batteries on everything and being able to charge on device instead of removing batteries from the torch everytime you need to charge them

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    Default Re: Rechargeable CR123 in Inforce APL ?

    Quote Originally Posted by eon View Post
    More questions for the clever okes, just went looking the olight website, The mini light they sell seems to be the answer, a built in battery that can be recharged on the pistol, any experience from the gallery ?
    The APL should not be your primary. Any good CR123 should have a shelf life of around 10 years.

    Imo non-rech batteries should be used in CR123 lights for their durability, consistency and longevity.

    I still prefer my primary and WMLs to run non rechargeable.


    18650 rech is another story.

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    Default Re: Rechargeable CR123 in Inforce APL ?

    On the matter of recharging, does one recharge from drained or top up when possible ?
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    Default Re: Rechargeable CR123 in Inforce APL ?

    Quote Originally Posted by KK20 View Post
    On the matter of recharging, does one recharge from drained or top up when possible ?
    Older Ni-Cad batteries built up a memory from being recharged if not completely flat reducing the battery capacity.

    New batteries do not suffer from this. Only issue is batteries have a limited amount of charge cycles so recharging often when not drained reduces the available lifespan of the batteries.


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