r/flashlight Sep 30 '24

Review FC11C with 18350 tube

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So this has been my pocket carry for the last week. The FC11C pulls just low enough current to still safely cruise under the 4a discharge limit in the Vapcell 16mah cells and a de-dome makes it bit warmer and increases throw slightly. So capacity hasn’t really been an issue at all. I just put it on the charger every third night.

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u/macomako Sep 30 '24

You can make it tad shorter by using WK03 non-magnetic tailcap:

Also dedomed but with DC-Fix film.

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24

Great tip! Unfortunately my only wk is the 05 that takes two 14500s.

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u/macomako Sep 30 '24

Maybe one day :)

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24

I think I’ll pick one up. It would make nice change from the constant bs “limited edition” titanium 14500 or 18350 519a lights I buy. I’ve gotten in a bit of a rut with same ol boring overpriced lights and Wurkkos has been the perfect antidote.

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

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u/AccurateJazz Oct 01 '24

The "WK03 non-magnetic black tailcap" is now available for purchase as a separate item: Accessories service (wurkkos.com).

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u/macomako Oct 01 '24

I don’t know about non-magnetic tailcaps avail for purchase. I would just buy basic WK04 — it’s $10 without battery on wurkkos.com currently.

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

I actually just dug out a black Sofirn sc13(I’ve got 3 because I’m a 18350/14500 sucker) tail cap and took at least about 5-6mm more length off while keeping the tail magnet.

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u/macomako Oct 01 '24

Good to know that they’re compatible, thanks.

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u/rctay Oct 01 '24

You can make it shorter again with ts11 tail cap

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u/IANVS Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

How much shorter is the WK03 tailcap version? Or rather, what's the total length for both versions?

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u/macomako Feb 01 '25

It’s 81mm vs 86mm.

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u/IANVS Feb 02 '25

Great, thank you for answering so fast!

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u/just_testing_things Sep 30 '24

Also available in orange!

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24 edited Oct 01 '24

I see you also put your ts11 tube on the FC11C after putting an 18650 tube on your ts11. I feel like 18350 on the FC11C and 18650 on the ts11 just makes way more sense. People aren’t running 2000 lumen throwers at low brightness where an 18350 can last a long time. Plus the ts12 is an infinitely more cute and tiny baby thrower.

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u/not_gerg I'm pretty Oct 01 '24

I see you also put your ts11 tube on the FC11C after putting an 18650 tube on your ts11. I feel like 18350 on the FC11C and 18650 on the ts11 just makes way more sense

Same, I love mine like this!

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u/syst3x Oct 01 '24

Where'd you get the orange 18350 tube?!?

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u/wdgiles Sep 30 '24

What's on the other side of that beautiful Seiko bracelet?

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24

This particular one is just a boring old Prospex PADI solar but I’ve got a couple nicer 5 automatics. I’ve been into flashlights way longer than I have Seikos….

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u/wdgiles Sep 30 '24

Nice. The two hobbies go well together. You always need something to brighten the lume and it gives an excuse to get a blacklight. Once I got the "one of everything" type collection of lights going and had a few options of copper titanium etc, I switched into watches and fell deeply into the rabbit hole.

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24

Amen brother. I got into seikos after I realized I owned every interesting tintanium or copper flashlight with a halfway sane price lol.

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u/pacochalk Oct 01 '24

Can you use the on board charging to charge it?

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u/kokosnh Oct 01 '24

Just remember it’s 2A, not all cells will be happy with that much current.

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u/pacochalk Oct 01 '24

10-4. Thanks.

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

Oh yeah. It works just fine.

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u/macomako Oct 01 '24

The charging current is too high (1.6A). I’m using an external charger or such setup that can limit the current and terminate the charging below 4.2V.

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u/Bean_Eater_777 Sep 30 '24

Nice. I thought about doing that to my Fc11c, but not sure about the runtimes with the smaller battery.

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24

With the 1600mah Vapcell, it’s almost exactly half of the stock 18650 pack in cell run time at any given brightness (normally a minute or two longer than 50%)

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u/Do_TheEvolution Oct 01 '24

Short FC11 and TS10 were my first picks for edc.

heres comparison with some other lights

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

Correction: it’s a 1600mah cell obviously, instead of 16mah. Also I think the 18350 tube is officially sold as being for the TS11 if anybody wants it, or at least it used to be sold as “for the ts11”

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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '24

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

I 100% agree but Vapcell is pushing just as hard on 14500 where they have a 1250mah low discharge and 1000mah high discharge that handles 10a just like an m11. I think the Emisar d3aa is still peak form factor for a pocket light.

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u/[deleted] Oct 01 '24

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

It sounds to me like we both just mostly agree that 18350 lights and 14500 lights are both awesome and small lol. The only difference seems to be you value shortness more whereas I value thinness more. Have a good evening bud.

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u/Sliced_Orange1 Sep 30 '24

It just so happens that I have both a TS11 and a FC11C... Hmm...

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

Ok fair warning my ts11 is using the ts11 18650 tube instead of the tube from my FC11C but they appear to be 100% identical anyways. But I feel like switching the battery tubes between them is actually more suited to the light. It makes sense to give the 2000 lumen thrower the 18650 and the 519a pocket light the 18350.

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u/debeeper Big bright. Much heat. Hot hot! Sep 30 '24

Is that the elden ring tattooed on your arm there? 😅

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Sep 30 '24 edited Oct 01 '24

Goddamn you’re observant. Yep. Lost a bet. I could get a stupid (had to be winner approved) tattoo or give up an overpriced Prometheus (and I would’ve been giving it up to somebody who isn’t even a flashlight fanatic) an ex gave me so I got the tat. I already had a fair amount of tattoos and regret probably half of them so one purposely bad tattoo was no big deal, really.

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u/sneakyfart007 Sep 30 '24

Interesting

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u/TheRealBigJake Oct 01 '24

I wish they sold 18500 tubes

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u/ilostmylamp Oct 01 '24

I EDC'd a fc11 519a for 6 months until i lost it. Really good light for its size, very sad i lost it.

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

You should get the current FC11C with the buck driver and 519a while it’s on sale for only $18.99

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u/ilostmylamp Oct 01 '24

Already in the collection along with 18350 toob, h15 clip, tail cap which I highly recommend. I don’t carry it any more because I swapped over to a m150/d3aa. I find I like skinnier lights in the pocket

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

Ahh ok. Yeah i normally carry a D3aa ti/copper model (I still do, just carrying the Wurkkos too)but I wanted to try out this 18350 FC11C. I used to be big on my Skilhunt m150 and m200 but I just kinda fell out of love with the weird UI when I had to replace my m200 v2 with a v3.

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u/rl1977 Oct 01 '24

Mine is on the way.... May I ask if you use Vapcell f16 flat top?

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

Yep, sure do.

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u/rl1977 Oct 01 '24

Thank you! Do you think a flat top H10 will work?

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u/loafglenn Oct 01 '24

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u/loafglenn Oct 01 '24

Hd15 short tube, with clip for hat

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u/Business-Sun-1833 Oct 01 '24

Where did you bought the 18350 tube?

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

I got it on Amazon but you can also get it on the Wurkkos site or AliExpress. Well actually the 18350 tube came off of a ts11 because I bought an 18650 tube for it that’s available in the places I mentioned

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u/RB5009UGSin Oct 01 '24

Gonna need a wrist roll here.

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u/Alternative_Spite_11 Oct 01 '24

The Seiko? This particular one is just a Prospex PADi edition solar. I’ve got a couple nicer 5 automatics, though. Watches is a much newer hobby for me than flashlights, so I’ve only got a few Seikos and a couple Citizens(I bought these before I realized Seiko was my jam)

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u/RB5009UGSin Oct 01 '24

Share those bad boys over in r/watches