Received mine this morning, but no free gift (the 2x18650) only the 26650 in a bag. I’ll see how it stacks up against my modded Warsun X50, X65 and UF-1504 later. On first impressions, size wise, its a little more pocket friendly.
My 18650s shipped separate by slower mail so keep an eye out.
My “shipped” package (w/o cells) is still in the “label created” stage, ie, nothing was handed over yet.
The other (w/ cells) is still back-ordered.
Kinda interesting to see how this plays out. 
Thank for the links Barkuti, looks like a good option I will order now.
Tested my working one for the first time last night and it’s pretty impressive in terms of throw 
compared to my D1S and GT Mini, though I realise they are both much smaller and I’m not comparing apples with apples.
Please make sure first the Cometa can fit the driver. My reasoning is only a guess because it is a Jaxman Z1 based flashlight with the driver pocket reduced somehow to ∅17mm for the whatever driver it uses, and this is what caused cell shortcircuits when coupled with big headed 26650 cells, is this sort of right? This means you'll additionally fix this potential issue with a proper ∅22mm driver.
All in all, while more expensive the build should be nice. If you opt to drive the XHP35 hard it will be pulling more than 10A at the tail, hope the torch uses a good switch.
Good luck.
Cheers :-)
Yep 17mm driver you need to make space for the driver to fit. This is what actually caused the shorting issues originally it was meant to be a 20mm driver like the jaxman.
Also you will need to make the hole bigger in the LED retaining disc so it can fit a XHP50 in it. It only just fits the XPLHI as is.
2018-10-02 00:34 Banggood Pickup Success
Finally someone pick up mine from Banggood after 10+ days. If I don’t have plan to modify it, I would have already canceled this order.
Actually the JAX Z1 and JAX X6 Hunter took up to 22.5mm drivers. Well the 4-Z1’s and 5-X6’s I had did.
I left some of the knobbly bits on 22mm drivers for a tighter fit.
Been gone a week, I never expected all this when posting this light deal, just thought they had finally set the price where it should be with all the known issues.
I fully agree with djozz, this is a great host and if you happen to get a working driver and a good K9 lens those are all bonuses, it would be a waste of someones time to try and complain to BG about any defects.
I’m fairly certain they’ve already figured out that BLFers found BG’s low price on the Cometa and that’s how all these lights suddenly started selling.
I can hardly wait to see the newest round of modded Cometa’s… the technology has changed a bit since 2016.
I would bet that when new batch comes in stock it will be some shady copy with more problems than it’s worth paying for.
Meh close enough i never bought a Z1 or X6 so i assumed its at least a 20mm driver space.
Ha Ha, your probably right, a clone of the clone, and knowing BG it wouldn’t surprise me a bit.
Like this:
https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10052722/9651066-x7-powerful-led-flashlight-set-w-focus-zoom
Considering the context of the problems with the original offering - the brand name Assassin is rather disturbing 
That is amazing Jerommel, very close indeed to the design of the Cometa and I agree the name Assassin is a bit disturbing. ha ha wow…
Check the pictures, some of them have another name — Albinaly, I think.
Is that a 3xAAA carrier? Because it might be a decent light for people I wouldn’t trust with li-ion recharging.
But AAAs are so wimpy, I was hoping for a 3xAA size.
And: Mode Memory No
Fooey.
That looks like the Warsun X50 or X65. They come with a 3xAA carrier, 26650 sleeve and 18650 sleeve. Their lens is bigger than the Cometa 2016.
Bigger aspheric?
Interesting.
Check the internal construction of the Warsun Zoomie. Not a good design regarding heat transfere!
If you want bigger go for the UF-1504 (67mm lens).
Or go for the UF-1508 (75mm lens). But i really would recomend to build a new pill for this one (if you have a lathe or know someone that has access to one). At least modify the original (not so much you can do) to improve heat transfere.
Yeah, those UF aspherics are glass and not that good…
I bought a 75mm head some time ago. Unusable for small emitters.