New XM-L Light,, 26650/18650/4xAAA Good Price and 57mm head ......... NOTE: The star is solid aluminium !!! :bigsmile:

Please update on this guys?

some comparison photos:

ebay 26650/18650/4AAA light ~3.5A 35kcd

jetbeam bc40 24kcd

ebay big head, sky ray A0 clone ~3.5A 45kcd

marsfire w-068 ~3.5A 55kcd

ebay UF 3xU2 ~3.5A/led 28kcd

ok read a few posts…Seems a mixed deal and not shipping to Mauritius anyways :slight_smile:

mouse out ebay 26650/4AAA, mouse over skyray A0 clone

Hey viffer750, which cells were you using in the 4AAA light? 26650's? At 3.5A I am sure you weren't running AAA's! And what light is "ebay UF 3xU2 ~3.5A/led 28kcd?

-Garry

Garry it may be The Ultrafire UF T70

that was with a sanyo 18650

the "UF 3xU2" light is a clone of tr-3t6, I won on ebay for $25

there are 3pcs u2 labeled x-ml-s in the head, I don’t know that they are real or not (probably, I measured 2500otf lumen at the light)

I made a "direct drive" driver with some current limiting resistors, and the desired current has been set to 3.5A/led

This cheap little (big) light has turned to be a great buy. I’m loving it, as it has replaced my HD2010, or at least filled the gap. It’s a budget player and we don’t want to ask too much from a cheapie (and we don’t want to run it on low), but it is a nice little thrower.

I agree wholeheartedly! Love mine! I have plans to get two more to give to friends.

-Garry

I gave one to a mate last Saturday for a birthday present. He has often been impressed with my lights, and seemed so with this one. Hope he likes it and it lasts the distance for him.

Mine arrived today, TEN days from china, fastest delivery I ever had from there!!, very nice finish and feel at first glance, have tried daylight shots with 26650/aaa, and the aaa definitely outshoots the bigger batt, maybe it’s because the big one has just got delivery voltage, still waiting for a charger for that one.
Was a bit disappointed with the brightness, but hey, budget after all :slight_smile:

My replacement head arrived today. They actually sent me a head and the middle piece which includes the pill, driver and star. I didn’t need that, but I’m certainly not complaining about having the extra parts. Anyway, the new head screws onto my original body perfectly, so I finally have a torch that doesn’t want to fall apart when it’s put together.

Now for the pill work that I’ve been inspired to do based on what I’ve seen in this thread…

And… here we go:

That is (or rather was) a New Zealand $1 coin.

I didn’t use any fancy equipment. Just ground the face down, reduced the diameter slightly and put the notches in using a combination of various suitable surfaces and an assortment of files. Once it was only ever so slightly too big to press in by hand, I positioned it in the pill, put a thin round piece of cardboard on top of it followed by a larger metal washer, and gently hammered it in (with a small hammer) until it was perfectly flush. I had also applied a somewhat generous amount of thermal paste to the inside of the pill beforehand as well (it was appropriate to be liberal with the application in this case since any excess was certain to be expelled).

I found something at my local Home Depot which may work. It's a 3/4" copper plumbing "plug" (as opposed to a 3/4" cap, which is all I could find elsewhere). It measures 22.25mm and i measured the inside of my pill at 22.6mm. Haven't had a chance to try to fit it. Was a little pricey at $4.50.

-Garry

Got mine a couple days ago. Last night I put a TF Flame 26650 in it, took it outside and WOW! I paid less than $20 shipped for this light!! IMO, it has got more flood then the Keygos M10. This morning I slapped it on one of my bikes and off to the morning commute. A little longer than the M10 too. I had to stop twice to adjust my two fish type mounts. But, after adjusting the mount closer to the head, it stayed put.

I am not a modder, and for me and what I paid for it, I am happy. :wink:

Couldn’t resist and ordered one on the 26/08, can’t wait to arrive :slight_smile:

Have a pleasant time here at this friendly forum, margamanos!

you just hit buls eye! i am an audioholic and the speakers in the pictures are my favorite, infinity rs 1! i generaly love old infinitys sound, i have a pair of another RS model back home. thank you very much for your welcome message, i am glad i can be part of this really great community

Nice mod cainn!

Does the head get warm faster now? When I did mine it seemed like it warmed up a little faster but never got real warm. 15 minutes of running and and it was just getting warm. The head has alot of mass and fins I think that it spreads the heat out good now! :bigsmile: Going to order some 26650’s and see how that works out!

Hey, it was yourself and a few others that inspired me :slight_smile:

It certainly gets warm more quickly now, but like yours it doesn’t go beyond warm. In fact the thermal path is so good that the star itself doesn’t even really get very hot, and that’s after I redid the wiring between driver and the star to get more current to it. Tail cap readings show 3.3A now, but even though I’ve done some work on the switch, it’s still adding quite a bit of resistance. I’m currently trying to figure out a way to get an entirely new sort of switch in there.