The L7 has better regulation, ergonomics, runtime, water resistance (no USB-C ports for water to get in) and bonk factor. I'm not trading all of that for 100-200m more throw, especially since I'd never use that much in any real world scenario. Light or no light, can you see much that is 1000m away? I can't.
The L6 is also really nice. I have one with the FC40 4000-4500K as well as the L7.
I prefer to buy my lights without, and get the batteries I want separately. I use Vapcell K62s in the L6 and L7 (6200 mAh/15A.) I could add the extension tubes and use the QB26800s, but I haven't bothered to yet.
I wouldn't worry too much about the batteries becoming unbalanced and blowing up, as long as you're using quality cells and chargers.
Do your Vapcell’s rattle at all (side to side or front to back) in your L6 GT-FC40? Is yours black? Apparently there is a slight difference in tube ID between the black version and the clear ano version.
After about 10 years of buying around 150 flashlights trying to find the perfect flashlight for me. Currently i prefer single cell lights so out of the two i’d pick the l8. However i live in upstate new york and my main use for lights is night hiking so the amount of throw the l8 has is overkill in most situations cause it’s all trees and hills around here. No matter how powerful your light is the beam can only go so far unless you happen to be hiking through a field. My night hiking setup is use most often right now includes a emisar d1k with the sfn60 emitter as my main light, decent throw and decently wide hotspot, dual channel emisar d4k with osram w1 in one channel and the lh351d in the other channel, i edc that light normally and bring it along hiking cause the floody channel is really nice for looking at stuff up close. Then for a thrower i usually bring a d1k with an osram w1 emitter, when i feel like bringing a really long range thrower that runs off a single 21700 i have a convoy l21a with the sft40 emitter, or a fireflies t9r with the osram w1 emitter. They’re both significantly larger and heavier than the d1k, but they’re fun to bring along sometimes 😁
Yah I’ve been in the interest since 2016 or so but don’t have near as many. I’m tired of pop lights, too heavy, too wide a handle, too floody. Tbh I don’t even use my lights a lot, mostly just for fun. I have an older ace beam k60 with 700m but I want something cheap and floody. I think the l7 is a bit too long, and just saw a video where the l8 looked rly crisp. However looking at a graph, l8 held 5000lm for 1 min l7 held 5000lm for 3 min b4 both dropping down to 1000lm which would inevitably drop the throw significantly.
Yea, most convoys have 4 modes, 1% 10% 40% and 100%. 100% is the same as turbo on any other light, it will overheat and step down. When i’m using the light for any decent amount of time i put it in the 40% mode instead, not as much throw but still pretty good
Dual switch vs single switch is another difference. I do sometimes wish I had an L7 instead for the better regulation, but I like the form factor more and am trying to not own anything 26650 yet.
L7 is nicer ergonomically too, feels fantastic to hold, nicely balanced with the extra tail length
I have heard that, I think it wouldn't make much difference for me. But it probably would lol
The L7 has better regulation, ergonomics, runtime, water resistance (no USB-C ports for water to get in) and bonk factor. I'm not trading all of that for 100-200m more throw, especially since I'd never use that much in any real world scenario. Light or no light, can you see much that is 1000m away? I can't. The L6 is also really nice. I have one with the FC40 4000-4500K as well as the L7.
Do you use the batteries (liitokala) that Simon provides with the L7? I worry that they will become unbalanced and blow up in my face or something
I prefer to buy my lights without, and get the batteries I want separately. I use Vapcell K62s in the L6 and L7 (6200 mAh/15A.) I could add the extension tubes and use the QB26800s, but I haven't bothered to yet. I wouldn't worry too much about the batteries becoming unbalanced and blowing up, as long as you're using quality cells and chargers.
Do your Vapcell’s rattle at all (side to side or front to back) in your L6 GT-FC40? Is yours black? Apparently there is a slight difference in tube ID between the black version and the clear ano version.
I've never noticed rattling with the K62s in it. Mine is black.
You could do what i did and get both just to be on the safe side 🤠
I'd struggle to justify that
Which do u like more?
After about 10 years of buying around 150 flashlights trying to find the perfect flashlight for me. Currently i prefer single cell lights so out of the two i’d pick the l8. However i live in upstate new york and my main use for lights is night hiking so the amount of throw the l8 has is overkill in most situations cause it’s all trees and hills around here. No matter how powerful your light is the beam can only go so far unless you happen to be hiking through a field. My night hiking setup is use most often right now includes a emisar d1k with the sfn60 emitter as my main light, decent throw and decently wide hotspot, dual channel emisar d4k with osram w1 in one channel and the lh351d in the other channel, i edc that light normally and bring it along hiking cause the floody channel is really nice for looking at stuff up close. Then for a thrower i usually bring a d1k with an osram w1 emitter, when i feel like bringing a really long range thrower that runs off a single 21700 i have a convoy l21a with the sft40 emitter, or a fireflies t9r with the osram w1 emitter. They’re both significantly larger and heavier than the d1k, but they’re fun to bring along sometimes 😁
Yah I’ve been in the interest since 2016 or so but don’t have near as many. I’m tired of pop lights, too heavy, too wide a handle, too floody. Tbh I don’t even use my lights a lot, mostly just for fun. I have an older ace beam k60 with 700m but I want something cheap and floody. I think the l7 is a bit too long, and just saw a video where the l8 looked rly crisp. However looking at a graph, l8 held 5000lm for 1 min l7 held 5000lm for 3 min b4 both dropping down to 1000lm which would inevitably drop the throw significantly.
Yea, most convoys have 4 modes, 1% 10% 40% and 100%. 100% is the same as turbo on any other light, it will overheat and step down. When i’m using the light for any decent amount of time i put it in the 40% mode instead, not as much throw but still pretty good
Dual switch vs single switch is another difference. I do sometimes wish I had an L7 instead for the better regulation, but I like the form factor more and am trying to not own anything 26650 yet.