XM-L P60 Drop in from DinoDirect , 5 mode ...

Ok , A quick review of the 5 mode drop in from DD [ XM-L ]

I popped it into my L2P [ wrapped in Al foil ]

With a freshly charged Sanyo 2600 , I recorded up to 3.5A current draw on high ...

High / 3.5A - Medium / 1.44A - Low / 0.184A

Output with Tailcap = High - 620L , Medium - 275L , Low - 33L

Now that just made no sense ... Less tailcap , I used the MM so measured current and output at the same time ...

High / 3.44A / 770L and fading fast , Medium / 1.44A / 320L , Low / 0.184A / 42L

... Hmmmm ...

Poor efficiency from the driver , seems to be a fair bit of heat related sag .

Still for the price , might be worthwhile doing a driver swap , definitely on the cards for this drop in ...

Wow , I think I may need to stop buying , even cheap , P60 XM-L drop ins from DD ...

From just a visual inspection :

Looks well put together

Emitter slightly of centre [ does not affect beam ]

Typical XM-L beam and colour [ Yellow centre , white corona , then a yellow hallo and purple edging ]

Nice clean reflector [ Smooth - Not OP ]

Noticeably slow PWM

Mode memory = 15+ second wait or it starts in the next mode ... [ I made a point to remember this , and when it came time to doing the post = I forgot ! ]

I always thought typical beam on XML had green fringing?

Actually my Ultrafire P60 drop-in also sagged the same as this one. As long as it puts out light!

The Sanyo 2600 has very low resistance, too good a cell even (even lower than my Panasonic 2900 and 3100). Other cells like XTAR 2600 just hit it at 3 amps.

As always, need to wrap it up real good with foil else it sags close to 40% . LOL! :D

I had more hosts than drop-ins, so this 8 bucks one saved the day.

Its a shade of yellow to green , didnt know what to call it since it has both , this on seems more yellow'y

Plan is to put in a 2A 3 mode driver ..

U should post a how to do that for us and driver used :slight_smile:

http://kaidomain.com/product/details.S020064

Hmmm , another DIY ... why not !

Yeah I have mant older p60 before I got cancer just sitting around with them cheesy glumly modes I would love to make gobaway:)I canโ€™t wait
Thanks in advance

Do these have memory last mode?thanks

I mean these have last memory mode

Sorry yes , after turning of the light , it will come on in the same level , if you wait 15 seconds ... any sooner and it will start in the next mode ...

[ I knew I forgot something ]

Thanks just ordered them,now u will have to show me how to change them out,lol

Got mine today...wow all this fancy documentation just for a $9 sale. That in itself is somewhat impressive...as if DD is trying to start off with new customers with a good first impression. Mine says Ultrafire on it and is an SMO reflector, not the LOP that I was expecting.

Yeah, nice Christmas card ;)

is that fish looking thing a air freshener?

No, it's for your headphone (for the cable).

Still waiting for mine, its been 32 days today

I made other orders from China and Hong Kong around the same time, they only took 5-10 days.

+1 gonna dispute in2 days

I was going to wait for 40 days or at least until Friday, so yeah maybe 2 days as well. (its Wednesday night here)

I have about $200 worth of stuff ordered from them split over 4 orders, then they marked nearly all of them as partial shipments and only took pics of 1 item in each when I ordered multiple diffrent items. And one hasn't even shipped yet.

I was thinking of putting together a light with a Solarforce body, what is the best budget drop in to use? This one from DD or the UF from Manafont? Wasn't there 2 different versions on DD (one smooth and one with an orange reflector)? Not really too sure about the differences as this stuff is very new to me so if someone could explain that would be great.

I'm looking to get an L2 or L2P, can't decide.