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I do not know the flux bin for sure on the XP-L---it wasn't specified. It is most likely whatever flux bin is currently in stock at IOS.

No clip that I've seen. I don't have the sample light anymore so I don't know if any of the others fit it or not.

FET+7135 driver.

I have drilled trit optics in triple. I also have different leds that I prefer in triple boards.

BTW, any chance you might carry components for some of the other driver designs? Some use a 4.7 ohm resistor and a 0.1 uF capacitor, which I don’t see listed. Or parts for lighted tailcaps, which often need some trial-and-error tuning to get the values right.

Of course, you’re also not Digikey and these parts have pretty much zero useful margin. It may not make sense to carry parts which aren’t used on your drivers.

Just pre-ordered one in green with an 18350 tube. Looking forward to this for sure! Thanks Richard.

How how about that, you are just to fantastic Mr. R., good idea I guess but as always the last to know ha ha, glad I stop by now & then,
You gave all the reason I thought that might be a great idea, I sure wouldn’t drop a lot of money with any other vendor like this, but a Richard and a Hank like I mentioned is like money in the bank.
Plus once the word gets out about pre-sales, you’ll be the first to know what is selling out fast and have the money to easily get your restock underway earlier and without using your money ha ha.

So I’ve got my order placed now for 4 D4’s with tubes, thank you thank you very much… however,
While ordering the 350 tubes I noticed your pics show a difference? I thought they’d be similar to your pics above and the grey is similar, but the green has some ribs on it and not smooth, plus no pic of black…

So, now I can just relax and worry about all the other darn lights I’m trying to remember to get my hands on, that is now 28 lights this year, is that a problem…?

By the way just sort of briefly,
I bought 8 Aspire 18350 cells from Aspire directly, didn’t you also mention you have an order in as well and on it’s way Mr. R…?

They are so nice I definitely need to buy another 8, especially for this light, and I can and will wait for yours to arrive in store and won’t pay that crazy shipping costs from Aspire twice,
I looked and I don’t see them posted yet at your store and their shipping really isn’t slow at all for average people, but maybe the quantity ordered might be different for you, many individuals are buying these up direct from Aspire like I did and I’d guess they are having issues keeping up with demand.

Idea number 2, A pre-order for the Aspire 18350 1300mAH 15A

I believe that the 18350 pics on Richard’s site are actually the green light with the 18350 tube and the grey light with an 18500 tube. The thread where Hank posted pics shows the three sizes side by side. Here’s the pic:

Also, I hope that Richard gets some of the Aspire cells in. I ordered a purple Efest, but with so much less capacity compared to the Aspire, I wonder if it’s going to be relegated to another light down the road.

Oh, interesting, so I just bought a few lights with tubes at Richards, so those aren’t 350 tubes? But 500 tubes.? Or probably are 18350 tubes but just pics of tubes and I will know what they will look like when they arrive… ha ha ha… I don’t really care, they all look good to me.

I am fairly darn sure Richard has an order for the Aspire cells and it’s been awhile since I read that, so I have already gotten my cells directly from Aspire and I think his should be very close to arrival.
Off to Hanks, thanks again

PreOrder for gray 219C ordered, thanks again Richard for the excellent service past couple years. Hope all had a safe and fun 4th of July.

Linh

PS Green was out of stock.

I may have been partly responsible for that. :stuck_out_tongue:

What would be the throw difference between the XP-L HI and 219C? I imagine efficiency and heat would be better with an XP-L.

What does triple click do?

Triple click does batt voltage but Hank may want me to take it out.

I'm looking it over now. Need a few days.

4x is turbo only, where you have to hold the switch down to be on.

It's an awesome EDC for sure.

6X is lockout.

Hi Tom. Could u please comment on the switch. This wouldn’t be like the one on the BTU PK26, would it?

thanks Tom….

pat

How low is the moonlight mode?

This I like very much; same as M43. :+1:

The switch is one of the nicest "feel" switches I've used, and, of course, I've used a lot of them. I'm dying to tear it down to see what it's using, but it's soft as I personally feel switches should be, easy to find the switch in the dark without looking because of the bump out, doesn't protrude to avoid accidental activation. Also the soft activation is great for ramping UI's.

Not bullet proof though. I had my cell phone and the D4 in the same pocket, and the D4 did go on without any lockout. It was on low, but still...

It has really really nice square threads, and a very small turn of the cap to lockout mechanically.

Boy, if they can keep up the quality,reliability in the batch builds, this is a really great deal. Sorry, didn't get to test output yet. Think this is a XP-G2 light I have as well - gotta re-check.

Heat is kind of crazy of course...

Ahhh, moonlight is simply the lowest ramp setting. It's not a really low moon but this is intentional. It's a nice usable moon. Of course there will be variation based on the LED's chosen.

Since I didn't attempt a tear down, I'm a little tentative bout the SS retaining ring on the switch. No insets for a tool, so not sure how to get it out - threaded or fitted, etc. Think NiteCore's I've seen were press fit, then you could use a knife blade to remove them for example. If threaded, maybe tight against a rubber surface may work...

So, I guess 1/2 lumen range? Less?

Do you know of a clip?

Oh boy... Don't think it's sub 1 lumen. It's between 5 mA and 10 mA I believe.

Haven't heard anything bout a clip but I can ask.