Did you see my LH351D swap ?
Left : Cometa LH351D
Right : B158B SST20 sliced
If this zoomie out throws my L2, I'll either sell it or upgrade the L2 with an XH-P 70 and driver. I suppose if I sell the L2, I could buy another Cometa, 2* 26350s, FET 2S driver and an XH-P.
Any other LED suggestions?
They are available again. Just ordered one for 13 euros.
1667 and 1758 mAh for my two, oh well I didn’t have much expectation for them. They do appear to be protected, any danger of using them anyway? Anyone know what cell is in there?
I would just ditch them. Cells that have twice the capacity, 5 times the current handling and 10 times the safety (even without protection board) cost under 5 dollar nowadays.
I stripped the protection crap off mine, I got (4) of them, they’re alright, good enough in single emitter lights.
They have a purple wrap underneath with this marking…
JX JW 18650-1800mAh 3.7V 2018/07/16 18F24C
Wow! Even lower price than previous, but without the 26650.
And who bought 10 pieces in one go? It was 14 in stock and suddenly dropped to 4 in stock. :sunglasses:
Well, when I bought ~12h ago, there were 14 left, after I bought 1.
Now 13.
Doesn’t make a lot of sense to me, but whatever.
@X3: Will try that, thanks! Never used the LH351D before, perfect opportunity
You bought 12!!? Are you planning to resell?
cheaper by the dozen?
“You bought 12!!? Are you planning to resell?”…….
Hey in case he breaks 11 he’ll have a spare.
Logical IMO.
Or if they’re really that bad, you could scavenge parts to make at least 1 good one. :laughing:
I bought 1 :innocent:
I already have one, so two soon
Now it makes sense. 14-1=13 :cowboy_hat_face:
Only 7 units.
Ships from CN Warehouse
Oh no ... you bought 12 ?
I sure hope you don’t plan on selling them to unsuspecting widows and orphans. You’ll have to sit thru a grueling two lecture series about safety issues and maybe learn about the exciting new offers now available with regards to condos and time share ownership.
US$14.95 (Earn 14 BG points)
Only 4 units.
Ships from CN Warehouse
Come on guys, finish it and let’s see who get backorder game with banggood. Tom Tom you wanna join? :sunglasses:
Now only 3 
could not resist.
I rearranged the leds. The SBT-70 is going into the 1504 (the much bigger lens is a better fit for the led also the light can handle the heat a bit better).
The two Cometas will be fun. One gets a Rebel Lime and one a Osram LCG H9RN.
I bought one more. this time with out battery. anyway still good deal.
Me! Of all my lights that one seems to tickle friends and family’s balls the most.
I’ll won’t sell to them for a profit though.
Plenty left in UK warehouse (143), the numbers are just a distraction and seem to change randomly.
And stock can be moved between (bonded ?) warehouses to suit market demand.
Price here (UK) has dropped to $23, which is correct, considering that that will include 20% tax, plus Royal Mail delivery throughout Europe which is not free, un-like subsidised China Post. (VAT applies on top of price, plus delivery, plus anything else).
Probably at least another $5 depending what deal they have done with RM.
I also feel some moral duty to pay my taxes. Seemingly many don’t, even to the extent of shipping bits of torches in separate deliveries with under-declared values to try to slide under the radar (shame on you, Lumintop, and Neal).
And you will probably get it in 2-3 days, with assurance.
Oh, and they will be tracked, end to end, in the EU. And no additional tax or import duty or customs delays (for now), this is an internal free-market.
Sometimes cheap, really cheap, on something this cheap, is not a track worth pursuing.
I suspect that they are also indulging in a psychological game to test out some algorithms. And getting rid of some pallet-loads of over-ordered, rapidly dating, stock. Or just incompetent, which I doubt.
By the way, some of you seem to assume that I don’t have one, and am blowing hot air. Has it occurred to you that you might be wrong ?