GB Clone Offically "SOLD OUT" 10/21/18 XPL HI 1300LM Focusing AKA Cometa 2016

I’d rate the CPF Italia Cometa in the top 10 lights of all time.

Edit: Removed my response because I’m better than this guy and I won’t be baited, but Tom Tom you really need to go back to wherever you came from, your annoying.

Got mine today - I lubricated the threads of the zooming mechanism a bit and put 3 layers of Kapton-Tape over the contacts (was working out of the box, no marks on the disk)
Also I changed the white disc under the silicone-tailcap with one made out of plexyglas - not the tailcap is much brighter.

Well - this is pretty much as good as a zoomie can get, I guess.
For 15€ this is a Nobrainer (or was, since the price was increased)

So, if I wanted to buy an extension tube, would this light work with a Z1 extension and is it even available separately?

Not . It is impossible. Different thread pitch. But If if you accidentally stumble a lathe and have the ability to work on it, then there is no problem ….
Plus, the details of different anodizing, as seen in the pictures

Nice work Johnkey
But the cost of tube is high
plus threads need to rework and it cost more time and money
Will be good know wich others 26650 ext. Tubes of others light Can fit the Threads and tailcap of cometa.

If anyone is still looking for one, I have a cometa (3b) from the original group buy I would be willing to sell. (it works with a protected panasonic ncrb, but other batteries have mixed results)

I have been meaning to mod it to get rid of the short issue, but just never had time.

I dont mean to hijack this thread, and I would normally post a WTS thread, but there seems to be quite a following for this light here so i figured i would offer up mine. Please pm me if there is interest.

Thank you Johnkey and Alen!

I'm using a Convoy C8 holster and that covers the needs of protecting and carrying.

I also had a lot of dust on the underside of the lens so I used the lent removal sticker from a hardened glass cell phone screen protector kit. I suppose some types of tape would do the trick, too.

Personally I don’t see it as a hijacking jmpaul320 since BG now have raised the price of this host back to their usual ridiculous normal price, you might as well try to sell your light where it’s going to get some action, I’ve got two about to arrive any day now and the more I think about the original GB lights which I have two of I’m not so sure I want to even mess with this light again so will probably put up 4 for sale myself. They are worth more than $15.99 that’s for sure.
I don’t recall ever finding an extension and of course you don’t ask Jaxman…! For any parts that might fit this light…! They don’t fit and won’t work anyhow.

Oh BTW I got the 2 free 18650…
Yeah no surprise…

There are a variety of extension tubes 26650
I have only 1 Convoy L2 tube, cannot fit cometa different threads
Please try others and report if there is a compatible tube.

Still waiting on mine and have to admit opening this thread only to find stupidity is kind if irritating .. Let me get my lights first and maybe I’ll rant with you Major Tom.

Thanks for all the helpful info here guys.. And thanks T-18 for catching this deal old school BLF style.

Ohhhh, I am so deeply saddened by the emails from BG. They will send the replacement lights, only without the Vappower cells. :cry:

How can I go on? I am crushed…

Maybe, maybe not. You will find out.

Certainly not at the current stupid Banggood prices, is there any intelligent product manager supervising these pricing decisions ?

So you will be looking for more than $16, plus postage (from the US, not cheap), plus some profit, and no warranty. And almost certainly needing some, or a lot, of DIY fixing up.

Whereas you could just buy the real thing from Jaxman for not much more, with the Aliexpress backup. (sorry to sound like a stuck record).

Glad that you have seen the light…

Otherwise it seems to me that you are stuck in the same position as Banggood, on a smaller scale, with a load of toxic stock that you just want rid of. But aren’t prepared to compromise on price, or take a small loss. Which is very stupid.

Consolidate your losses and put it behind you.

And please don’t continue bigging-up this thing as a great torch. I won’t bore everyone else with the back-story again.

A real good advice not only for other people.

I have tried to ignore your ignorant rants, you are an complete idiot and for your information I have been friends with the owner of Jaxman for years and I was the one who had to tell him that Banggood and Manker had conned him out of lenses and made a poor copy of his flagship light the Z1, so don’t talk to me about back stories because you don’t know anything about this issue all you do is run your mouth, your a fool and are not wanted on this thread so shut your face.
It has been my hopes to buy these out of existence so know one gets hurt but I sure don’t need to hear any garbage from the likes of you who has probably never even seen a real Jaxman light least of all own any, and I’ve never said a word about this being a great light but it’s a great host for what it is.
I don’t know who you thing you are but I’m certain your a nobody who gets his kicks out of running his mouth about things he knows nothing about, your a stone cold idiot.
I own anywhere from 3 to 6 models of every Jaxman light ever made and for the longest time I was generally the first to get a copy of a new design to give my personal opinion of the light.
So shut up and be gone you clown.



How U.S. Customs treats a Jaxman light, complete disassembly,




And there’s many many more you idiot… Now go away, you know nothing about Jaxman lights and I am sick of your running your mouth…!!

The Cometa just came back at discounted price in CN Warehouse. The second time I got it. There are at least three good reasons to do so. The combination of 50mm AR coated lens, brass pill, direct drive and 26650 battery is unique at this price level. It is much smaller than the Haikelite HT35 and should throw similarly. And every other cinese zooming light may have even more and worse issues and that without any of all these nice extra features.

Man
It’s even cheaper now.
13,43 EUR - for the driver and the lens alone that would be a good price…
So, now I soon have one more - I don’t mind at all :smiley:


Is there any reasonable mod for this light? (I mean some other LED or so, not the safety stuff)
Edit: Any chance to get rid of the donut?


Does someone know the measurements of the tailcap-LEDs?

Just got mine in the mail today - don’t have time to mess with it now but the lens is in good shape - everything else can be dealt with