Flashlight Host and Uncommon Budget Flashlights

Ohā€¦this one chinese 7070 emitter light. I was shooting for 268rmb but the seller wanted 318 lowest. Single piece only though.

Someone did a test, conservatively it does 6500 lumens stock and 7.2% drop in lumens at 30s. The Sofirn Q8 comparatively did 6.x % drop at close to 5000 lumens. Not sure if the stock springs/driver would react positively to a spring bypass and electrical contact cleanings, if so 7000-8000 might be possible. Good enough for a 368g light. An olight X7 similar form factor is 9000 lm.

Please refrain from unnecessary bump.

Sorry my bad ā€¦ actually itā€™s due to the behavouir of the board.

I edit the last message and itā€™d be bumped on the first page. It wasnt a delete and repost.

Post #328: I also found this one. They call it the Dongdonghai D8A. It may have a slightly larger reflector than the Astrolux MF02. Nice suggestion to use a XHP70 in it. But I would go for XHP70.2 and direct drive. There are some nice TA 30mm drivers.

Good idea, DD would be savage, if you have the ā€œcorrect cellsā€ to drive that. Will go chk the associated costs for TA, thx for the idea. :smiley:

The seller has 70.2 in the link i posted so you might save a wee bit on domestic shipping, or just get it from other TB sellers or your fav source.

Look at the flashlight again. The last option is a new one. It seems that is a 2S4P extension tube. Now things are getting really interesting! :sunglasses: The XHP70.2 listed here is the highest P2 bin: https://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=568795758705

Hmmā€¦ā€¦.

rmb 248. usd 35. Price is ok.

Nothing too fanciful, more of a thrower than a flooder with the decently large reflector and XP-L HI, so not sure where this 3 x 26650 would be useful (cheap-ass tripod mounted hunting light? :expressionless: ). 3P config though.
Shd be sufficient heatsinking + surface area for constant max level light delivery.

Looks is ok, throwback old school perhaps.
Overall shd pass for a budgetlight thrower just for fun/collection.

I have a couple of Palight years ago, pretty ok stuff.

https://detail.tmall.com/item.htm?spm=a230r.1.14.43.55cc6dffHt5xAC&id=558243771965&ns=1&abbucket=12&skuId=3467390289727

Same as the PAlight BOSS II, I think.

What are their batteryā€™s like. Most donā€™t ship decent ones to AUST now.

3 x 26650, 3P config.

Yeah itā€™s mighty difficult nowadays. Even Taobao 3rd party forwarders with ā€œSensitive Airā€ options are trying to ask customers to limit the number of Li-ion cells per consolidated package to around 12 max.

This light is now sold at Banggood as a Haikelite Q30: Haikelite C30 7070LED 12000Lumen 5 Modi Ladeanzeige Licht IPX8 Wasserdicht Sale - Banggood Deutschland-arrival notice-arrival notice

This makes me think a bit less of them as a company. I wonder if people are going to wrongly assume it has Cree emitters and can really do 12,000 lumen?

Maybe this is not a 2018 flashlight, but I saw it yesterday and got intrigued of how good it would be to mod and make it a ā€œniceā€ push-pull zoomie:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/High-Quality-LED-Tactical-Flashlight-Zoomable-USB-Rechargeable-18650-Waterproof-Torch-3W-LED-Light/32899864028.html?spm=a2g0s.13010208.99999999.281.69803c00i2Ym2h

If someone has any input on this, Iā€™d appreciate! :+1:

I have it. I like it, though I have little to compare it to.

Search this forum for ā€œSevere Coldā€ to read more about it. No, Iā€™m not kidding, ā€œSevere Coldā€.
LED is junk, driver is bad but host is OK and it has nice potential.

Ohh, I remember seeing that light! Now I know why it looked so familiar! Thanks for the recall and information Agro! :+1:

Iā€™m considering to buy this light on Alibaba:

The host looks good with all those cooling fins. It is 1S configuration. Does anyone know how you can mod that to 2S and if it is easy to do that?

Huge! [quote=Skylight] I'm considering to buy this light on Alibaba: !https://abload.de/img/high-performance-heatrifpw.jpg!:https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/XHP-50-rechargeable-LED-torch-light_60702801337.html?spm=a2700.7724857.normalList.1.3a895de1qQx3uz The host looks good with all those cooling fins. It is 1S configuration. Does anyone know how you can mod that to 2S and if it is easy to do that? !https://abload.de/img/htb1cpivx48x3kjjszpiqbheza.jpg! [/quote]

I canā€™t find the Colt 26650 anywhere. The one that looks like the Jaxman. Does anyone have a link from Ali or another known site?

I also like those 4x26650 Spotlight/flashlights? Any links?

The links are in Chineese that I find.

Iā€™m liking this host from Kaidomain. Itā€™s a 26650 Zoomie, with a solid pillā€¦it will be an upcoming light for me, I will drop in a xhp50 or triple XP hi.

http://kaidomain.com/S027435-DIY-LED-Flashlight-Host-130mm-x-47_5mm-Black

Some Colt stuff and pics for your enjoyment, if this is what you are after. Canā€™t seem to find them on aliexpress though. Together with the Convoy lights, these are one of the possible lights that are available with WW option.

https://s.taobao.com/search?q=Colt+ē”µē­’&type=p&tmhkh5=&spm=a21wu.241046-cn.a2227oh.d100&from=sea_1_searchbutton&catId=100