If you look at prices from the factory stores you’ll see the Convoy L6 is $65 and the S70s is $70, so the X9 is cheaper than both. (BTW, Jin Lang is the factory Eagle Eye store)
I think your seeing those cheaper prices at non-factory stores where they are discounted more. If Banggood or Gearbest start carrying the X9 model I’m sure the price will be less. It’s still very new, though. I haven’t even seen a single review so far.
Looks very nice, the SS bezel is robust and really trims the light well. Reflector is deep, beam profile has a tighter hot spot than I expected to see. Color is white, initial look shows. It has a nice tube inserted to allow use of 18650’s so I stuck a pair of LG MJ1 button tops in and checked it out…
0.04A for 40.71 lumens
0.58A for 710.7
1.62A for 1683.6
4.84A for 3211.95
Nice! I’m expecting some 5000mAh LiitoKala 26650’s soon so I’ll see how those work. Meanwhile I’ll play around with a few other cell choices and let y’all know if there’s any major changes…
Press and hold for approx 1 second on/off. It has last mode memory. L-H direction on mode changes. Double click when on for Strobe. Single click to change modes. Strobe is the tactical type with ~6 fast blinks then a flurry then repeat.
Ah, I guess it’s official. All the lights in this style (L6, S70, S70s and X9) will accidentally activate strobe if you cycle through the levels too fast. I get so fed up with this design.
Is this the current trend?
Do customers want this?
What is wrong with a click on/off and press and hold to cycle the modes?
Don’t even have strobe, but if you must, then a double click with the above suggestion would assure you never accidentally activate it.
It makes me want to stick a stock FX30 in my L6 with a resistor mod. It has press and hold for strobe which is great. I’ll just live with the closely spaced levels and 3 minute turbo timer.
The reflector is 46.8mm in diameter at the opening and 47.4mm deep including the centering ring! Well made, heavy construction. The mcpcb is copper but I don’t know if it’s DTP at this point. The driver is one of those that has the vertical board coming off the 20mm contact board, haven’t taken it out yet but I can see the inset feet from the board on the contact board. Not glued.
The SS bezel is 59 grams naked, not even an o-ring on it!
25mm very thick copper mcpcb, it’s about a mm larger diameter than a 26mm MaxToch mcpcb but about 50% again thicker, so I decided to slice the dome off and try it before putting an XHP-50.2 in it. And this slice removed the dark center in the hot spot while tightening the hot spot noticeably. I lost some lumens, with the two LG MJ-1’s at 75% charge it is making 2711.7 now.
I still didn’t remove the driver. It seemed snug in there with the retaining ring removed and I was going to remove the switch retaining ring but it’s blackened and I didn’t want to take a chance on scarring it up just yet. The wires are too thin, I know that much, and spring bypasses would of course assist. I’ll get the driver out, just taking it slow as I really like my Eagle Eye lights and I don’t want to mess anything up in haste on this one.
I took it outside to check out the beam profile and slicing the dome made all the difference… no dark spot in the center at all. I can see black cows out at about 200-225 yds laying in the dark grass. Not bad at all.
Why exactly should I have to wait around and time my presses so precisely? I turn my L6 on, it’s on low, I want it to be on turbo, three presses is all it should take. Inevitably, however, I’m treated to amateur discotheque hour.
The copper mcpcb is among the thickest I’ve seen, looks to be about half again thicker than an MaxToch. So that is good. The small finned section where the switch is just so happens to be exactly where the heat is going. Also good. I didn’t get a read on how thick the emitter shelf is, but when I took it outside it was warming up but didn’t get hot in the few minutes I had it on before the bugs discovered the light. (It’s June Bug season here, big fat whoppers slamming into everything. Lousy flyers.)
I’ll get a better idea how it takes the power this weekend.
My beam shot alley is totally screwed. My Dad’s brother bought a 5th wheel trailer and decided it’s too big for him, so Dad let him park it out here while he tries to sell it. Dang thing is 34’ long and 13’ high! Of course, he parked it right smack in the middle of my side yard where I shoot beam shots. UGH! I need to look and see if I can shoot a hot spot past it, the big white trailer will sure show up in the night though. lol
Edit: Beamshot alley is clear, the trailer is North of where I need to shine by enough of a margin. Lightning tells me to wait til tomorrow night…
Tom, the X9 will surprise you… it’s got good power but it’s silly lightweight, like it makes you think it doesn’t have cells in it when you pick it up. About to use mine to walk the trash can down to the road for morning pick-up. Even my wife asked me if it had batteries in it the first time she used it.
When this X9 will be lower in price iit will be a real concern for the L6/S70S.
Lightweight, classy design and same lumens (but less throw, but neither L6 and S70S are thrower so…)