About your C3SS all you need to do is trim the post on the inside of the switch boot to fix flicker and mode changes. If you want to repair the boost circuit yourself you can replace the DC-DC converter chip with the chip off of this...
I couldn't help myself, the smallsun had a plumbing nut on the body this one did not. Oh well.. yesterday i replaced the p.o.s. driver in it and became decently bright. The negative end wire from the emitter was pressure attached to the body. :S Cheap manufacturing at it's finest! Still sux tho... after much needed repairs. Many like it tho, can't wait to get rid of it for cheap.
I guess I should have actually stated my worst light rather than just defend the Trustfire S-A2
Saik SA-105.
I ordered grey, but the light was actually sky blue
The threads galled and cross threaded
The switch was a press fit in the tailcap
Although advertised as aluminum, the reflector was plastic, as was the lens, which was advertised as glass. The lens also came with a small scratch that showed up as a beam artifact
The light was horribly dim and had a green tint.
Regarding the last point, I transplanted the led out of this light into another one, and it has a beautiful bright neutral white beam. I can only assume that the driver in the Saik was no good.
I was a bit surprised by all of this, because i read somewhere that saik is a name Romisen make lights under.
If that’s true, maybe Saik is Romisen’s budget brand…
this one http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.16091
It was super bright, but the tailcap spring has an extra brass spacer in a plastic holder, this lost connection after a few months. I fixed it eventually by completely disassembling the light and stretching both the springs (leaving the spacer out), but that is pretty poor, but its build quality is that in general.
I got a 29 led torch from a petrol station £3.99. I also have a 1 million candlepower halogen spotlight, great for the two minutes untill the battery dies.
I'm hoping for better things from my newly ordered KD C8 XM-L :)
That's funny because here in Hawaii we have mongoose all over the place. I actually thought they were ferrets at first but then someone told me about how mongoose were introduced to Hawaii (well over a hundred years ago) to control the rat infestation but realized after the fact that rats come out at night and mongoose come out during the day. What idiots!
Small Sun ZY C84 you can't fix this crap, even the pill has not room to ad some weight or something, the C78 has and the hole under the star could be filled with molten solder increasing the heat management a lot.
It's even worst than the 1 dollar police which can at least serve as cheap host..
Budgeteer and i were discussing how bad these lights are ..in my opinion it's either NOT a Q5 and someone is just lying since it's impossible to tell the difference in almost any xre emitter ..OR it's got one really crappy driver .. probably Both .. the body and build is just more trash making it one of my least favored lights .. Junk don't buy ..!!!
Well, mine Small Sun ZY-C84 has drawn only 0.67A from tail and if I recall correctly only about 0.6A to led. So it couldn’t be bright as it should be. I don’t have it anymore, so can’t verify again. Still , it was usable as a backup light for mountan biking.
My numbers were exactly the same with the same impression as well …Junk
Here's anothe piece of junk worth avoiding at all costs .The NF 05. i fondly think of it as my sharp light .. sharp assult bezel and sharp edges all over the tail area ..WHY?/ cuz it's such cheap thin metal for one reason ..Buy it if you love purple light.They have the guts to say 3w i think the w stands for WHY WHY WHY..Just more junk