Zooming Model List (2018 Updated) Tell us about your newest zoomie!

Good luck!

There are so many different variations of the SK68. I have ones with the following:

  • Original Sipik SK68 - Cree XRE led, single mode, solid pill, 18mm lens, metal C-ring instead of an o-ring under the sliding bezel giving the bezel action a grindy feeling that’s not at all smooth.
  • generic - with 3 modes XPE, o-ring under the sliding bezel instead of a metal c-ring for much smoother action.
  • generic - with 1 mode XPE, o-ring under the sliding bezel
  • generic - generic with XPE and 20mm lens (all the others have 18mm lens), o-ring under the sliding bezel.
  • UltraOK - solid shelf, interior of battery compartment is wider and can accomodate a larger cell, o-ring under the sliding bezel.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000321611399.html

Asafee has a B158 clone and now this new HT line of zoomies with clean looks and interchangeable lenses/heads

B158 here for less than 1/2 the price, but in red or green: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32831194642.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.27424c4dAcJRJS

This is where I bought my last one. I got a SBT90.2 in a B158 now - not bad! Roughly ~300 kcd but it drops fast.

(oops! - corrected)

Asafee one looks way better and appears to have a better switch but who knows what you actually get. Maybe someone else will try and report back :slight_smile:

Thanks for the report on the performance of that one. A B158 is on my shortlist of upcoming purchases, and I’m always afraid of getting a clone with a under-performing lens.

I’m curious if the HT11 performs equivalently to the B158 in terms of throw. If so, that’d be a better investment IMO having the interchangeable heads. It looks like the HT line might share pills with the B158 as well, which would be a nice bonus.

I really like that (at least in their pictures) they don’t have any markings/laser etchings on them. Really a pet peeve of mine with otherwise nice lights.

I’m going to write to them and see if I can get a ‘BLF’ package including an extra pill or two and all the heads. I doubt it’ll save me any $$ though over just getting each full light. We’ll see…

14500 USB rechargable zoomie with side (momentary?) switch:


https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000200806816.html

If anyone is interested, I'm still working on my big head zoomie, the Xanes X915 P10 bought here, talked about here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/41081/401.

I have a 17mm FET+1 driver installed with my Anduril version, and working on mounting the flat white W1 LED on a 28 mm MCPCB, and adding a copper heatsink under the shelf. I'm hoping to kill off some voltage/amps by using thin long LED wires. Already replaced the driver side brass button with a spring, and it's got a big amp killing tail spring already.

Decided to go with a W1 instead of an SBT90.2 because the LED wires have to be very long for this light, and thermally, it's a typically poorly designed zoomie for heat mgt. Also the lens turns out to be about the same width as a UniqueFire 1504, and I already have a SBT90.2 in a 1504.

Using a FET+1 because I want to get as close to 6 amps as possible and don't have any other choice to run Anduril on to get 6 amps out of a 17 mm driver, least I'm aware of. (?)

Oh, with Anduril, I got the side blue and green LED's wired up, actually to 2 different input pins so in theory, they can be used/controlled separately. Right now stock Anduril doesn't take advantage of that though. Think the support was in the FireFlies config files.

I have one of those. It was sold as a Nebo Redline.

It looks quite nicely built with a side electronic switch, built-in USB support, and a tailcap magnet.

Unfortunately, the feeling that this might be a good light only lasted until I turned it on.

  • The output is cool white and quite dim. I’m not sure what the LED is, but if it’s like previous Nebo Redline entries, it is not using a CREE, or even a CREE clone. The LED’s output seems like something I would expect in an 5 or 8 year old light. It’s dim. My guess is 100 lumens max output.
  • I also worry about durability… the red line between the bezel and the head is a trademark of the Nebo Redline series lights. It is made of translucent red plastic and glows brightly when the light is on. But this also seems to be a major point of weakness. Most similar zoomies have a metal bezel that screws into a metal head. But in the Redline, that thin red plastic is all that’s holding the bezel and lens on. There is no metal-to-metal contact in the head. I worry that if I drop the light bezel down onto a hard surface, the red plastic might crack and possibly destroy the head.
  • The light makes no attempt to be waterproof or even water resistant. The USB socket under the zoom bezel is not sealed in any way.
  • The UI is high-low-off, with double-click for strobe. You have to cycle modes to turn the light off.
  • The entire light is also quite long. It is longer than some 18650 lights even though it uses a 14500.

NOTE: I have not tried opening this light to test modding potential, but I did try modding a smaller Nebo Redline that used a CR123 cell. that previous Redline proved an unsuitable host for modding. It had barely any superstructure around the LED and insufficient mass to run an LED at full power with a 16340.

Is this CountryMan B1 the first 21700 zoomie?

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000448489466.html

Another 18650 zoomie with side switch and DC charging:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32854429208.html

Although it has a Fresnel lens, Brinyte has the T28 Artemis that is a 21700 zoomie.
Then lens is different, though and it has 3 different leds inside (in an oscillating platform to alternate between White, Red and Green).
:wink:

Zanes big zoomie, X915 P10, mod is done! Some details: posts #17 and #18 here

Summary : white flat W1, FET+1 Anduril, long 24 AWG LED wires to reduce amps: 717 kcd measured at 5m.

Nice work! Did you ever get a measurement of the lens? Functional diameter?

Ok, got the #'s, posted in the mod thread here as well, along with more pics/info including swapping with the 1504 glass:

Bezel Bezel Lens

Outer Opening Outer Bubble

Zanes X915: 67.0 62.0 65.5 61.0 mm

1504: 67.0 59.2 66.6 62.1 mm

26650 zoomie with powerbank and unusual styling:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33001818437.html

New to me 3*18650 zoomie:

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32724429558.html

Your above link is broken Agro, here is fixed.

Anyway, at 40 pieces per lot and nearly $700 pricetag…

Thx, fixed in my post as well.

:open_mouth: Sounds overly impressive…. “Dynamics Direct Light Illuminator is the un-flashlight”