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    You are permitted to advertise knives in widows these days? o_O
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    hughtrimble replied to the thread Sleeping mats!.
    Go thick or go home! Is there a reason for your 50mm thickness limitation other than suspected pack size, such as being limited by the...
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    hughtrimble reacted to Nice65's post in the thread 26650 recommendations with Like Like.
    Keep them topped off if using regularly or around 3.8V for long storage. If you’re totally discharging then they will take an age and...
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    hughtrimble reacted to Nice65's post in the thread 26650 recommendations with Like Like.
    I’m guessing but I reckon it would take ages. I have a protected 18650 in a SW/FM pocket radio in the camper, doesn’t seem to lose much...
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    hughtrimble replied to the thread 26650 recommendations.
    I did about the total discharge, but not about a good storage voltage. Cheers! If I'm in the water for 2+ hrs something has gone very...
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    hughtrimble replied to the thread 26650 recommendations.
    They did at some point switch to 1 A charging for a while. Just takes absolutely ages to charge them up, and that isn't really what I'd...
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    hughtrimble replied to the thread 26650 recommendations.
    Discharged the 26650s and both have been charging for a few hours now at 0.5 A, 3.5-3.8 V. No idea how to tell if it's the charger or...
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    hughtrimble replied to the thread 26650 recommendations.
    Hi both, Yes indeed, to check it wasn't the charger I tried other power sources too, and still the same situation. The dials show 2 A...
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    hughtrimble reacted to Nice65's post in the thread Sofirn HS21 Headtorch with Like Like.
    Thought I’d post up some pics and first impressions of this headtorch because it does a lot of things very well so far. It’s a light...
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    hughtrimble replied to the thread 26650 recommendations.
    A good call but it's being fed by a 100 W charger and a 240 W USB C cable which powers my laptop etc. so no issues there
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    hughtrimble reacted to Nice65's post in the thread 26650 recommendations with Like Like.
    What voltage are they reading? Amps is just how much juice the charger is supplying. If the voltage is low the charger starts them off...
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    hughtrimble replied to the thread 26650 recommendations.
    They were at 4.1-4.2 V with 0.5 A. They were charging for about 9 hours and whenever I checked, it was 0.5 A. I'll discharge them and...
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    hughtrimble replied to the thread 26650 recommendations.
    They've arrived, speedy delivery from the company. I've been charging the two 26650 in the VC2SL but they simply won't go above 0.5 A...
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    hughtrimble reacted to g4ghb's post in the thread BcUK Photograph of 2025 February Heat with Like Like.
    Bang, splash, 'I'll get it!!' Feb 2025 by graham belsten, on Flickr To be honest, he's just training but the instincts there :)
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    Mimi doesn’t really work as such. Well, not at all in fact. :rolleyes2: But she does what this lot do, hunt rodents.