Since I’m in the US, I got mine at Orbtronic’s ebay store and they arrived w/in a few days (shipped from Florida), but since then they’ve raised the prices $1 each. … Also available at several other ebay sellers and the usual suspects: Intl-outdoor.com, cnqualitygoods.com, hkequipment.net and more I’m sure.
I wouldn't recommend it. The king's design is simple, yet it works flawlessly, because it takes advantage of compatible voltage range between the single Li-ion, MCU, and the XM-L Vf.
As such, I doubt it has buck converter, since it didn't need to. And without buck, your 6V input will probably just fry the MCU (2.7V min - 5V max).
Mine's from lightmalls and it has Skyray King brand on it. $64.80, free registered, Singpost (7 days order to receive for me!).
But of course.. you can never tell, any seller when they're out of stock probably will try source one quickly, so FandyFire? Tangsfire? No guarantee with cheap... err.. budget.. sellers
Seriously though, this is a serious flooder. Get it. I don't think you'll be disappointed, not at this price. I even think it's too much light <10m, all the raw lumens just make things blend together.
hi all, bought my branded sky ray king from taobao about a week ago, so far pretty happy with it. just wondering what others are getting for lux @ 1m, im at about 16500 which i think is low? also seem to be drawing around 3.6a from 4 x ncr18650a's. i get over 14000lux from a single 18650. anyone else with similar results? def not putting out 2k lumen. maybe i just got a sleepy driver?
JA7, perhaps yours is a little lazy? I tested my King At 25,100 lux at 1m and I also tested it to put out 2200 lumens with my light box. It's an impressive light for its size. Basicaly it's like a very serious light producing little coke can :)
And I also got my King from Lightmalls. It was a branded light, performs flawlessly, cost about $65, and arrived in about 10 days. Couldn't be more pleased with their service or my light.
I'm using eagletac 2500mah 18650's. Cost about $9ea. Perhaps some of these other batteries are not allowing enough amps out quick enough? I know my eagletacs are getting the job done nicely.
Hmm... I don't think it would be the batteries, king only needs about 1.8A from each, that's easy peasy for any decent Li-ion.
Next thing that popped in my mind would be the contact, but then again, I've ran this using one TF flame and could not tell the difference much, so... that leaves lazy driver?
But I'd definitely try different batteries and check contact problems anyway, just in case.