:smiling_imp: 
The XHP35 will throw better but the XHP70.2 isn’t as floody as the XHP70.
It’s a difficult decision (I’m missing the scratching head emoticon too now :partying_face: )
:confounded: 
:smiling_imp: :party: :o
As I mentioned to Dale, I’ll probably get whichever one now and then just buy the other later, to see the difference. 
I have no idea what CT/tint they are, neither the 35s nor 70s, so I hope I chose right.
Although the giveaway is over, I vote for white.
I decided to go for the XHP35 HI too. I’m living at the country side and prefer throw over flood. I hope the color is CW or NW.
Please be careful, and don’t hold the MT09R too close to your wings when flying. This light can get hot and melt the wax, and you know… you’ve been there before… The fall was not so nice I think… You don’t want to do that again right…?
Congratulations Icarus! :partying_face:
Well, you couldn’t know but I’ve chosen this nickname with a reason. :person_facepalming:
Lightbringer and me were the winners of this giveaway but until now we didn’t get our lights. 
I sent Dale a message more than a week ago but didn’t get a reply yet. If the lights were sent as promised even with the slow boat from China they should have been here by now.
Hey Icarus. Another member just posted on the group buy thread that tracking showed progress. It seems a lot of lights were stuck in China during Chinese New Year, so maybe yours and Lightbringer’s lights are finally on your way.
Good to know. Thanks for the info! :+1: I hope our lights will still show up one day. :person_facepalming:
Woohoo!
Is that the “Department of Happiness”(!!) message I just saw? Kewl if so.
Might there be any tracking numbers? I could get a “Niner Countdown” going.
Yep that’s the one. Tracking number… pfff… don’t count on it I’d say. Dale seems to be not so responsive. After the Chinese New Year, I would not be surprised if he’s flooded with mails. Also due to issues with these lights he’s probably up to his neck figuring out what is going on.
Eh, that’s fine. If I get it, I’ll consider myself ahead of the game.
Two more weeks gone by……… no light……… no reply from Dale………. no tracking number ………… this giveaway is one big joke…. I don’t believe anymore our lights were sent! :rage:
Do you know if they were sent? I hadn’t heard anything either way.
I emailed him a while ago, but all the talk of CNY, all the hoo-ha about how many lumens, lights just flashing a few times when the tailcap’d be screwed on, “Dude, Where’s My Charger?”, an errant Mystery Capacitor, etc., I kinda let it slip.
Wow, yeah, this is like from back in December… ouch.
Dale sent me a message regarding shipping address and my mobile number on 28th December. He said he would declare the light low value but didn’t give a shipping date. If he really shipped the light let’s say early January it should have been here now. Since Dale doesn’t reply my messages (I sent 2 in the meantime) I doubt our lights shipped.
Ugh, that’s not happy news.
The Zen way of looking at it is that I’m getting what I paid for, but it’s still a letdown.
Wonder what happened to Dale? With the charlie foxtrot going on, did he pop a coupla beers and slide down the emergency chute or something?
:partying_face: … :disappointed: … :zipper_mouth_face:
Several interpretations are possible, but one of them is that the fail rate of all the lights that were sent out is 100%. All the 35 perform well below advertised, and all (maybe) lights have a component (capacitor) on the driver that seemingly no one knows what purpose it has, and probably only causes (potential) problems.
So, Haikelite is probably trying to retrieve all lights and mod them, while cancelling current order of flawed drivers, etc. The mass production of the SC26 seems to be delayed as well, and so is the charger/power bank.
Organisation wise it’s like a few people trip at the end of an escalator in a mall for example. The escalator keeps feeding new people who will trip over the tripped etc. The mess accumulates.
It’s just going to take time… I really don’t want to give false hope, but my guess is that you will eventually receive your lights.
The first group buy from Haikelite was with the MT07 and MT03. That was one big disaster, but eventually things were (somehow) resolved (from what I’ve read) even though it took several months for some to receive a new driver.
I’ve got both MT09R and MT07S next to me as I type, and cannot think how desperately I want Haikelite to succeed. But I also have my limits, so I’ll wait some more.