Jaxman Z1 Discussion

Shame nothing comes close to the XHP70 lumen wise, if you can get over the windows advert it projects on full spot mode then its ideal.

XPL or the XHP35 direct drive would be sweet too.

My Z1 got an Luminus SBT-70 for the round die and it’s ensuing round hot spot. I like it, as I simply adore the way they build this emitter, but it’s not an absolute kind of light due to horrible inefficiency of this emitter. One thing I do not like is the blue rectangle from around the perimeter of the substrate. It’s normal for this light, not seen in a reflectored light (I have several) but the zoomed in image clearly shows it, even in the field.

What most impressed me most was the area that was illuminated at a long distance on zoom. Not just a small square of light moving around, but a large illuminated piece of real estate. The square shape isn’t a factor once it’s greatly enlarged. I could clearly see what was in the distance, not just a hot point of light that throws far, but unable to discern the big picture. No visible matrix or bond wires sold me. It’s easy to adapt to the squarish beam, but magnified quad matrixes and bond wires is annoying. I’m about as happy as a clam with how this light performs with the XHP-35 HI.

And you used a driver from Richard to do this?
I just ordered one from him for a 3V Buck set-up, probably have to get another now… I already have some XHP-35’s and 6 of the 26350’s. Didn’t the Z1 come with an extension tube? I forget, my box is stored and I haven’t gone to the issue of getting to it yet. :wink:

Almost gave me a heart-attack.

P.S. But unfortunately it is only a mistake. :frowning:

Yes, I used a 4S-16.8A MTN MAX buck driver set at 2.5A. (I got 2.8A at the tail)
I just ordered another Z1, and it shows an extension is include. My last one included the extension also.

I really wanted to give the XHP-35 a try, but the 12V made it look like a no go. Luckily those 26350 come out at the same time as I got my Z1host, and I was first in line.

Now I’m looking for a good host for a triple.

Sorry. I corrected the wording.

Dale.
I ordered my driver with the 6mm coilcraft inductor for fit. The external inductor is too tall.

This is why it’s nice to have more than one pill (grin)

Glad you brought up the “box” Dale. Could you tell me what kind of box your host came it? I just ordered a factory Z1 and it didn’t come with the factory box shown in the pictures. It came in a plain white box just large enough to fit the light in and the accessories were just loose in the shipping box? Is this normal packaging for recent Z1’s?

Mine came in a brown cardboard box that said Jaxman on it. It had foam compartments that all th individual parts fit into.

Mine did also, both the hosts and the factory built ones. That was a couple of months ago however.

Where did you order it from.

Mine too was the brown box, the nice aspheric and all other parts were in their own slots, nicely done, attention to detail is a caveat with Jaxman. :wink:

Thanks Ouchyfoot and Teacher. The brown logo box is exactly what I had expected. However, it instead came as pictured.

Also, it shipped from Singapore. Is this where your Z1’s shipped from?

I got the two factory built ones from Banggood back before they got banned from carrying them.
I got the two hosts from Jaxman on Aliexpress.
All of them were in the Classic brown box with nice foam padding, I don’t remember any of them shipping from Singapore though.

Where did you order yours from Brett?

Hey buddy, hope you have been doing well. I have been away from here for a while.

I ordered mine from Aliexpress

Store: Suizhou Jaxman Electronics Co.,Ltd

It definitely came from Singapore and it came via AliExpress Standard Shipping. It couldn’t be tracked via USPS, although it did recognize the package was from Singapore. Also, I had to sign for the delivery. The whole thing is very strange.

Yes, I remember seeing how the hosts were packaged; looked very nice! Of course mine being a factory assembled model the aspheric was pre-installed. My aspheric also has a small chip on the outer edge but it does not affect the beam.

Hey my friend, I have been good thank you. Hope everything is OK on your end. :slight_smile:
That is strange??? Let us know if you unravel the mystery?

Was it in good shape when it arrived???

As long as its not damaged no drama right? Who cares about the packaging lol