It’s all a matter of perspective really. To me at 52.60, it technically is only $20.00 more vs a stock light and battery. So the value is still pretty outstanding. I’d still consider it cheap.
Joson has problems to connect to BLF, so if you need to ask him something, have contact through Gearbest message service
That’s what I did (on Ali) before ordering.
This guy is awesome and gives always a pleasant answer
Yes, I ordered yesterday a 4000K Nichia 219C without strobe-sos.
Waiting… waiting… Xmas will not help shipping
Postman gave me the parcel today : E2L Light Gray 219C-4000K without strobe/SOS
Great product, great beam, just what i wanted :+1: .
But when I tried to mesure stepdown/runtime in High mode, 10mn after ON : the light began flash/strobe like for “low battery” indicator, but battery was full, the flashlight was very hot… is it a thermal protection ?
Is it normal not to be able using the E2L on Hight more than 10mn ?
A tube style 18650 flashlight like the S2+ can sustain about 600-800 lumen (or 2000mA) without functionally damage, I even runtime-tested a S2+ at 3A/800lumen and it got 90 degreesC eventually but did not fail, but it would burn your hand. A E2L has some slight finning near the led so it should be able to handle a tiny bit more output but still the limit is probably still close to that of the S2+. The E2L if I’m right comes with a 6x7135 driver, so 2100mA, that should by just be sustainable, but I can imagine that Jaxman has build in a thermal stepdown that kicks in at lower temperature than 90 degC to prevent burning your hands.
I have an XP-G2 E2L that runs just fine for over 10 min. You might need to check out your battery. Light should run for 90ish min on high with a 3500mAh NCR18650GA. It will get very hot running sustained for that long though. Nichia 219’s do get hotter than the XP-G2.
:person_facepalming: I wrote “full” battery, but in reality it’s a new one (never used, never charged… still waiting my charger) I expectd new battery were full… :innocent: (n00b error)
For the same Amperage or for the same amount of lumens ?
I think it’s because the Nichia has a lower VF than Cree, so it draws more amps causing the LED to get a bit hotter. It seems if you want a higher CRI like the Nichia offerings, you’ll have to give up some lumens and get a little more heat.