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

vidramon, great pics. Thanks for posting. The black piece that go over the mcpcb seems plastic to me instead of aluminum. Also don’t think there’s any using putting that plastic washer at the bottom (negative) terminal. Seems like they fixed all the problems with the Cometa in this version.

It is aluminum ! At least in my case.

Cell also can short if touch tailcap bottom. For example if you use this light as a hunting light and after a big and strong recoil there are a very big chances that it will short !

Sideways touching of springs is almost impossible a battery will compress a spring and there is no space for such a big movement there. Only if spring completely loses its shape but that is 0.001% that will be happen… Also this protection plastic white ring is closer, so if spring go on side it will first hit on it.

They supply an adapter at least in my case !

A b158 also use a brass and also it have a pill, and many people mod it with a fet drivers as far as I know no one is complain, don’t know I don’t play to do anything with this light in terms of change a led or driver just use it in this condition and try to prevent sorts.

@Others I will check after putting a white plastic ring on mcpcb to protect from short is focus changing dramatically or not… Will post results here.

I think there’s perhaps a hint of irrational rampant malfunction paranoia about this light that somehow translates it into being a veritable pipe contraption ready to go BOOM! at any given moment. :disguised_face:

If you’re not an experienced modder and know what you’re doing then at least use a protected cell otherwise. IMO that goes for any light for an inexperienced user.

Ok, I have two samples, measured on one.

30 sec - 907 lm
1 min 886 lm
After about 1:10 it steps down to 764 lm.

Look here, you can believe me or not but which is better one to you ?

I don’t have time for better shoot because I’m in big hurry, this is just for reference, but right one is without white plastic ring on led ( stock, how I got it ), and a left one is with white plastic ring on led like I post here :

With my eyes I see that better focused beam is this one with plastic ring than this one without it ! Also camera pick it up as you can see but I don’t have time in this moment for better shot I need to get to bed right away.

So don’t know it will this be in only my case or at the others, try then post results here. Led on my both samples was not perfectly centered just to mention.

Swap the plastic ring to the right one and see if you get the same results.

If not the left one is somewhere set up differently than the right one and thus doesn’t necessarily prove that the plastic ring will tend to work for all samples recently received out there.

Worth a shot for others to try the same experiment though. Couldn’t hurt.

Mine come with 2 white plastic rings on both LED side and driver side out of the box.

For this kind of price, I think it can be a good gift for friends and relatives too, Christmas is coming. I don’t see any real safety concern of my two stock Cometa. The safety concern is definitely there if one to modify it like using higher gauge wire that will have higher solder blob and higher chance to scratch the alu. disc, also higher chance to cut the high gauge wire with the sharp edge of brass pill if tighten until the MCPBC rotated.

For those who still worry about getting a bomb, I think you better don’t over modify this light out of its design tolerance and you might tighten the MCPCB until it rotated. If you are really concerned, just use a layer or two of klapton tape under the alu. disc.

does it look like the pictures in post #467? Thanks.

US$14.95 (Earn 14 BG points)
Sold Out
Ships from CN Warehouse

Is EU warehouse still in stock?

Yes exactly like that pict.

Still shows 3 in stock for CN Warehouse

Ya, a few minutes ago was sold out.
I looked at the page showing 13 in stock, then I refreshed it knowing that was page of yesterday. And it showed sold out. Now I refresh again, it shows 3 in stock.

US$14.95 (Earn 14 BG points)
Only 3 units.
Ships from CN Warehouse

I think Banggood is preparing Backorder game for us, it is fun time for them.

Those three are mine ...just parked there until the light grows wings and learns to fly . Are they 3 B’s ? The B is for Boaz

Ya’ know, two years this side of the ‘Cometa fiasco’ and looking back; it was not a bad little light at all.

To me how it was presented as being a Jaxman Z1 host, when it turned out to be something entirely different; created by Manker was a big problem.

Basically Manker cloned the Z1 except for a couple of minor differences. In other word they robbed the Z1 idea from Jaxman & knocked it off. :frowning:
…. This turned out to be a big problem.

The buying of lenses from Jaxman under somewhat false pretenses. :person_facepalming:

Then Cyberescudo, the ‘leader’ of the Group Buy pulled the disappearing act and cut all communications with anyone…… this was really not good. Especially when it finally was revealed that Cyberescudo had in fact given the OK for the last protype to be put into production & ‘the team’ followed suit in that recommendation. :person_facepalming: :person_facepalming:

And on & on…… :person_facepalming:

BUT…. getting past all of that, with a couple of very simple “fixes” ; it was & still is a nice, reliable little light. :+1:

Not quite up to be an equal of the Jaxman Z1…. but nice enough none the less.

Of course, at the time; it was not sold as a ‘kit light’ either. These problems should have been discovered before the Cometa sold. They were not & added to all the above BS it was a disaster……

I’m still happily using mine. :wink:

For this price it’s a great deal - if you have any skills at all

Yes, of course. Still showing 143 in stock.

Maybe get a VPN where you can choose the end-point from around the world.

And use a private browser window so those pesky cookies don’t persist.

The same applies when trying to book flights etc.

The mind-games continue :wink:

Ha Ha Ha Teacher I started this thread, believe me I’ve told them, well not in as much detail, you were my right hand man back then during the investigation, your the guy with the big testicles and in their face, I don’t want to offend anyone with the other word for the same parts, you were great help for sure, I had to know who did what and why for Paul and we did get to the bottom of it all, damn scoundrels…!
For the price this is a good host but nothing like a real Z1, period.
Hope are people buy these things out of existence.
I was wondering when you’d show up, you’re almost late for the party pal… :laughing: :beer:

“For the price this is a good host but nothing like a real Z1, period.”

I don’t have a real Z1 so just how much better is it over the Cometa in real life terms?

I am thinking Banggood oversell clearance price stock and pick the one with lowest shipping cost for them in order to save cost.

The point is that once the problems on the Cometa are fixed
Which are the Pro of the Z1?