Just ordered two
Thanks Muto, just ordered the limit⌠2 Silver & 1 Red.
Tried to order 2 red ones but it would only allow 1. The silver can be ordered in a qty. of 2 for free shipping if you donât have prime.
These came in yesterday, nothing to write home about; but definitely worth the price. And the additional 10% OFF Coupon stacked on 1 of them too.
I saw that deal yesterday but didn't post it because it didn't appeal to me enough...
D'oh!
The build is pretty decent but the tint and output on AAâs is pretty bad. I am not sure how easy these would be to mod. I have only built P60âs and C8âs. If someone cones up with a good mod plan please let me know. I could see these as nice AA lights for my kids. Not sure about running a 14500 on these since I am unsure about the internals.
Thanks
Nooooo, not so great.
Bleh. They donât seem like real Thorfires, but more like someone took cheap-ass zoomies and slapped the Thorfire name on âem. Definitely not the usual Thorfire quality⌠Little to no lube on any of the threads. The tulip-head seems to be somewhat grippy and doesnât flop around, so thatâs good. Angry Blue⢠with hints of Hateful Purple⢠coming from the old old XP-G thatâs in there, so thatâs bad. Sipik-like body and switch, so probably rehashes of old â68s but with a different head. The driverâŚ
If theyâre actually Thorfire lights, I think Thorfire should reconsider having their name on the lights at all.
Not at all the usual TF quality on, well, any other TF lights. These are the kind of lights youâd expect from a seller called HappyFun or WolfZoom or something.
Hardware-wise, they donât seem too bad, but nasty nasty emitter and cheapcrap driver.
Should be moddable, just pry out the driver (didnât measure, but might be 17mm), unsolder the LED board, replace both.
Itâs worth about what we paid for it $3⌠so ultimately not really a bad or good deal
Yeh. I forgot if I mentioned this in the post, but if you forget about it as a light, and buy it just as a host, you should be happy with it.
Just like most â68s and â98s, you redo them to your liking, and they donât suck so bad.
No more free ship from Amazon. Makes the deals not so great any more
Yep, Iâm gonna hafta go back to the old way of âbundlingâ things.
What gets me, though, is that most of the time even with free-shipping items, theyâll sit on the order for a week or so, and if you have multiple things sitting in the hopper, send alllll those in the same box.
Wonder if you pay the standard-shipping for multiple items, if theyâd do the same thing.
On the bright side, I ordered âFour Box, 4 bayâ 21700 storage cases [note the plural] from seller âPcoilâ. Umm, sure sounds like 4 boxes, each one a 4-bay box to hold 4 cells, no? Apparently not. Got 1 box. Couldâve just returned it for free, grexing about a misleading title or headline or whatever you call it. Did a live-chat with Amâs customer service, they said keep it, and weâll still refund your bux. Pretty kewl, eh?
Similarly, the shirt I got to pad the order for those CT01s was grotesquely small. Got other shirts that fit fine, so this shirt (or maybe their whole line) âran smallâ. After the fact, I saw the sellerâs reviews, pretty good, saw a few reviews âyeah, the shirt ran small as indicatedâ. Arrrgh. Click the return thingy, got my label, will be returning the shirt no hassle.
So I guess it all evens out. I ainât gotta run fasterân the bear, just fasterân youâŚ
Itâs worth about what we paid for it $3⌠so ultimately not really a bad or good deal
MehâŚcouldnât make it for $3.00
It does have a little Buck Driver, with a microscopic resistorâŚbut the dreaded⌠ROLLO PILL⌠:person_facepalming:
I only say that cause iâve bought this style light for $3.50 many times but it does have some nicer touches than those. I love that it has a little knurling on the tail cap. Really easy to grip! The lens looks like it has been through a washing machine but I guess thatâs par for the course.
I am curious how you take it apart though. These lights preceded my modding days. Does that metal piece above the mcpcb just peel off to reveal this pill w/ holes? How about the switch, did you just put some holes in that plastic shroud and pull?
Mine came today and wow is it a terrible blue/purple tint. My first zoomie to play with so I guess for $3 it is ok.
Easy to tear down - work from the bezel down, simple press fit driver. See the rough edge of the driver? That's what is a little flexible, easy to press fit in and remove. Yes, ol school budget modding
Pretty much classic SK68, but that switch - might be better than regular SK68's, not sure. The switch's on the low budgets can kill the deal at times - difficult to replace with better low resistance parts, etc. OL used to re-build the switch from hand cut copper - a challenge for many.
I think KB is missing showing the plastic ring that holds down the LED/MCPCB - keeps it in it's place. On some of these I used to swap the LED/MCPDB and use some thermal epoxy to keep it down and dump the plastic retainer thing, which usually gets torn up from removing ti anyway.
Did any yâall happen to measure the diameter of the driver? Hell if I can find my calipers, and a rulerâs not terribly accurateâŚ
Mine came today and wow is it a terrible blue/purple tint. My first zoomie to play with so I guess for $3 it is ok.
Yep, Angry Blue⢠with a touch of Hateful Purpleâ˘.
Easy to tear down - work from the bezel down, simple press fit driver. See the rough edge of the driver? Thatâs what is a little flexible, easy to press fit in and remove. Yes, ol school budget modding
Pretty much classic SK68, but that switch - might be better than regular SK68âs, not sure. The switchâs on the low budgets can kill the deal at times - difficult to replace with better low resistance parts, etc. OL used to re-build the switch from hand cut copper - a challenge for many.
I think KB is missing showing the plastic ring that holds down the LED/MCPCB - keeps it in itâs place. On some of these I used to swap the LED/MCPDB and use some thermal epoxy to keep it down and dump the plastic retainer thing, which usually gets torn up from removing ti anyway.
Yanked out the press fit metal retainer holding mcpcb down. Drilled holes into the rollo pill to facilitate removal, the bezel wouldnât grip the o-ring enough to help and drilled holes into the plastic press fit switch retainer, it was pretty tight. Removed the mcpcb, popped the driver out. Easy PeasyâŚ
Did any yâall happen to measure the diameter of the driver? Hell if I can find my calipers, and a rulerâs not terribly accurateâŚ
Driver diameter 14.86mm Driver pocket in pill 14.82mm on my fine example.
Ahh, yeah - brings back memories... I got mine but didn't tear it down yet. Tailswitch is super stiff - just like the SK68's - don't think I fixed that before. Ohh, I see the drilled holes in the tail switch now - I've done that before too. The ZeusRay had a terrible switch, but at least they had the real thick shelf and decent LED, least at some point - quality was hit&miss.