Flashlight Host and Uncommon Budget Flashlights

Heh…i guess you’d need to contact them and bargain/offer them a price. In this case i am not sure how much can you get it down to though……

Ok…seriously speaking for some of the speciality type products listed there, you are supposed to bargain. Some have ridiculous prices, some are priced just a wee bit more expensively than usual. One eg : I really do that for the big inflatable soft kites priced from rmb 500 to rmb 4000, that i also purchase from TB as speciality products, you are supposed to bargain.

I’m not saying that you will need to bargain for all the items on TB or similar chinese cites though. For eg, you are not really supposed to bargain for a rmb 55 kitchen weighing scale. :smiley:
But what you can do is to search for the best prices on the site and get from other sellers.

Actually that one says $7,241 USD! Is that supposed to be a joke? Do they actually intend to sell it at that price?

I think all of us managed to sniff out 2 special/limited models that don’t seem to be carried in MecArmy’s limited line. (I’ve deleted the rest)
But heck are they expensive…… :smiley: And in such cases even for the expert buyers it’d not be that easy to bargain.

http://www.mecarmy.com/product/index/7

who in BLF would care?

I know it was very much a budget light forum back in 2010/2011 (Ultrafire and Trustfire were received quite ok then, eg Trustfure Flame batts, triple XM-Ls etc), but nowadays are you very sure that there is no chatter outside that of budget lights (eg vn lights, maxabeam)? Just look at the main page. :slight_smile:

RomeAshai C6 High Power LED Flashlight (fasttech)
6*Cree XML-T6 / 4-mode / 10000LM / pure white / 4*18650 / w/ power bank function
$46.63

It looks like it’s not made to be used without the handle.

Must be HaikeLite design. Haha. They should have anodized the handle as well.

Ha, 10k lumen from 6 x T6. Those only do 700 lm max. So maybe they run them at 400 lumen each for 2400 lumen? Even that might be optimistic. Lol

That looks like a MT03 clone with 3x emitters. If they made that 7x XHP70.2, it can do 30k+ lumens with a TA driver

JAXMNVE new lights.

The Jaxmnve with dual switch and usb recharge looks very interesting. Any idea where to buy it from the US?

I’m glad they are still making lights. Their Aliexpress store has been shutdown for over a month now.

Are they only selling on Taobao? I’ve never bought from them. It seems difficult for USA buyers.

Zoomies are back.

Back in stock, or back in fashion?

KDIY K5S
150mm (L) x 44.5mm (Dia. of Head) x 32mm (Dia. of Body)
209g

Great finning. Looks like a great host for sustaining high output.


KDIY K5S

Freeme, any link for that big zoomie?

This one?

Yes, that one.

I received my Nightwatch IRA from enogear yesterday - site is till down though. The IRA is one big chunk of alum with also a nice chunk of copper press fit, acting as a thick shelf for the MCPCB, which is also copper, anchored with 2 screws. It looks like a modder drilled out the shelf, cut a piece off of copper bar stock, and press fit it in there nicely.

It's one sic light, maybe the best heat sync'ing you will find in this size. But it only has a XHP-70, not XHP-70.2, but think enogear listed it that way, though looks like everywhere else it's listed at 3600 with a XHP-70.2. Max on turbo was only 2600 lumens on a Shockli 5500, think it was listed at 3600. UI doesn't quite match what's described on other listings - no manual, no shred of paper included and came in a plain, cheap OEM unmarked white box, in a bubble wrap bag. No spare o-ring, lanyard, etc. Not a good way to ship a heavy light, but the shipping bag had some padding to it, not your typical BG or GB bag. No shipping damage whatsoever.

The UI is a bit clunky - for the side switch, must cycle thru modes to turn it off for regular modes. For the lowest mode and turbo though, you can single click them off (press&hold for lo-lo, dbl click for turbo).

Can use the power tail switch though for power ON/OFF and last mode memory.

It's a very moddable light, so far - easy driver and LED access, no LED's under the switch though but maybe the switch board can be replaced. I'm looking at modding to a XHP70.2, custom 6V driver, using two 26350's - should be able to fit the cells with some modding for fitting longer cell space - brass button to replace the driver spring, mods to tail to get the tail switch deeper, etc. Think it would be a waste of the heat sync to only use a 3-4V LED.