Bump ;-)
Any further spots I should check before using the Cometa?
Those should cover all.
Beware of sticky switch though, might make you think something shorted when light suddenly turn off itself.
The cells are decent but apparently not high drain? Good for like 10amps?
You could probably also use Teflon tape on the zoom function.
Hmm, Teflon tape, that is an option. But it may wear away fast because it is not meant for continuous friction.
@DENGOH, fireblade893:
Thanks for the tip on configuration. Sorry to say I need to develop further the right touch of short clicks. The difficulty reminds me of the short click problem I had with BLF A6 getting into configuration. Keep reminding that I will get the right short click touch eventually.
Obvoiusly you aren’t trying to make full on / off clicks are you ?
My current “light” touch is not light enough. I am currently either ‘too heavy light’ or ‘no light’.
The more I use this light, the more I realize this has to be one of the BEST flashlight deals of all time!
No problem. Just to be clear, it should be short tap like half press, no clicking sound at all. If there is clicking sound it’s actually a full click.
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Yes!
And maybe check the retaining ring at the tailcap. If srewed in to hard it could lead to a pre pressed switch. Had this problem with my F3X. It was not possible to switch trough the ui the normal way. It was jumpy and often you made 2 instead of one push.
Try to loose the retainer ring a bit. If it is getting better and the retainer ring is still holding problem solved. On the F3X i had to use a new silikone cap (with shorter nob in the middle).
Remove retaining ring from tailcap and remove PCB with switch and spring.
Remove washer.
Remove rubber switch boot.
Cut 1mm from the rubber boot pressing post bottom.
Reassemble everything.
If it still doesn’t click but the switch clicked outside the light you need to cut more.
@TheOnlyDocc, ZozzV6:
Thanks for the additional tips.
Decided to use the light by turning on with full click and then half press (without click) and only use the resulting bright mode - don’t know if this is turbo.
It has mode groups so you can select a one , three or four … modes group. It has 8 mode groups.
Saypat’s post made me smile,
When I found this deal I to was a bit stunned at the price but I also have two Cometa’s from the GB so I knew exactly the quality, issues and what a bargain this was,
For $15.99 I might be able to get the driver and K9 aspheric lens but I don’t think you’ll find this size K9 lens easily, the lens is the most important to me.
Has anyone looked at their lens? Is it K9 or did they but in the other cheap glass lens that had the bubbles in them? There’s two possible lenses with this light.
My tracking says somewhere in China still and it’s been in shipped status since before I first posted this deal, argh…
Both my copies have this lens, looks very good to me:
I had a better look inside and out of the Cometa’s from this deal.
One of my Cometa’s drops out of turbo to moon after exactly 10 seconds every time, was that on the Cometa problem list? :partying_face:
It is in fact a Banggood bistro-driver that needs “the fix” : adding a 5 Ohm resistor between led+ and both C1 and D1, this flaw was found out after the Cometa group buy. A bit unfortunate that they chose this problem driver on top of all other problems.
But from a modder’s point of view these are hosts from heaven. All problems have easy fixes, the build quality is great, everything easily accessable, with all the standard parts that you like for modding. And those lenses are gorgeous!
Only real flaw is the lettering, “Cometa” and “CPF-Italia” is fine, but why the huge “2016” ?
My first Cometa just arrived. So far everything looks fine except for the LED which is far off center. Will it be easy to realign it to a correctly centered position?
my cometa shipped yesterday. thanks for the fast shipping! 
I’ve just been told they can’t ship the gift (2x 18650) to the UK, so offered $10 refund. I’m happy with that.
I didn’t need the Cometa, but I’m glad I bought it and it adds to the collection. If my X50 or X65 had better pills I’d prefer them. They also needed blacking out internally, for which I used Stuart Semple Black 2.0, because I couldn’t get any Vantablack paint. I’ve also got a UF-1504, but when zooming I end up undoing the tail cap. The zoom also takes too many turns from flood to throw.