EAGLE EYE X9 XHP70LED inside Hard Light flashlight 26650/18650 3800LM

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. :smiley:

Wait till y’all see one! The SS bezel is a CHUNK!

Little late to the party, but just ordered one. I cannot resist SS bezels like this one has. It will sure get ramping Narsil.

Me too - Dale if you get time, love to see details on the innards. If it's a straight 20 mm driver with an external mounted switch, that's great.

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. :smiley:

With the LG MJ1 cells charged back up and the XHP-70 sliced it makes 3053.25 lumens, not much loss from the original 3211.95. I’ll take it! lol

I see, it’s for the dummies who don’t know to lock it out when not in use. I guess I can understand that. Safety and all. Lol

I just tend to change modes fast. When the strobe gets activated by accident I want to throw the light as far as a can. :stuck_out_tongue:

Anyway, I’m glad to hear you say the timing is such that accidental strobe blast is quite hard to do. I guess I’m okay with that.

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.

Seconded.

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.

On the L6, it needs a press and hold for strobe. That would solve that.

If Simon redesigns the driver to include a lighted side switch, maybe we can get him to change strobe to a long press. :wink:

Dale, on the X9, has the reduced mass/size any cause for concern as far as it heating up too quickly? I know a lot of folks were worried about that.

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…

My X9 is still help up in shipping, though there's hope it may come soon. The Mission M12 was also held up but finally showed up in NY yesterday.

That bezel looks like it restricts the width of the reflector - can't really tell though from the pics.

Mine was the last ordered bout 4 weeks ago - not selling crazy, for sure - must be my kind of light!

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…)

The X9 just so happened to show up today! Wow, it feels so small in a way. Thermally it's an odd design - no fins, thin body where mass and fins are needed the most. Also some sharp edges on the SS bezel, but the thin design makes it an easy carry for a 2 cell bigger style light.

The box is very well padded,light seems in exc. condition

Interesting light isn’t it Tom? Lightweight, but still it seems to put quite a lot of light out the front and is pretty easy to handle.

Have been curious what your thoughts on this one would be…

It's very comfortable in the hand because you are not holding a massive head light where the switch is. It's somewhat wasteful in length but comfortable to hold. I gotta get it setup with cells and play some.

Guys, you mind sharing some pics with us ?
I’m interested with this one and would want to put things in perspective with, say, some other known models maybe ?
I find flashlights in hand pictures really useful too

Sorry no pics yet. I ordered the N4 3C, but it's hard to believe it's an N4 bin, but the tint looks to be a great NW - milky white consistent tint through all zones of the beam.

Tail amps on LK 5000 cells: 4.7A, lumens: 2,850 @start, 2,770 @30 secs, 36 kcd (380m) measured at 5 m

This is well under the 3,800 lumens rating. I'm not familiar enough with what 4.7A should get you with an N4 bin, but for it to be 73% in my testing of what it's rated is pretty far off. For example, last night, along with the X9 I measured Lumintop SD26 and SDMini lights and both measured higher than their ratings: ~1,060 lumens on each with both rated at 1,000 lumens.

Those are bad news… What does EagleEye have to say about that ?

Usually the NW are noticably not as bright as the CW. I didn’t even know Cree offered a N4 3C. The highest I remember seeing was N2.

I believe EE only rates the CW version at 3800 lumen.

Even the CW N4 versions need more than 4.7 amp to get 3800 lumen. Closer to 5.25-5.5 amp is needed.

I guess it’s time to see if it can be resistor modded.

It's right here: http://www.mtnelectronics.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=60_114&product_id=597

So if the info posted by Richard is correct, there is a N4 3C. I know NW's can measure lower than CW's on our cheapo light meters, but for 5000K, mine has measured top output levels in the BLF Q8's for example 3D tint in both XM-L2's and XPL's.

I'm thinking it's not a true N4 though. But again, would love to know what others are seeing on XHP70's and at what amps.