Please let me help. I got mine from DX couple of days ago and was planning to write a full review, but you were faster. Thanks for your effort! (And for saving my time :))
PWM is 244Hz on Med and Low.
The contact board is the back side of the driver and it's 30.0mm
There's not much to see at the tail switch...
...but it makes it easy and accurate to measure the current (2.5A, 1.1A & 0.5A on my sample)
The emitter & it's leads are easily accessible for PWM & duty cycle measurements:
..and the results are: 244Hz 49% on Med, 244Hz 24% on Low
For some reason I measured "only" 2150lux @4m (on High, steady after 30s), resulting 34.4kcd (or 370m of ANSI-NEMA FL-1 throw).
So is the emitter glued down nicely (i.e. well mounted)? Does this flashlight need any attention? Or is it ready to go? (Apart from a possible resistor mod.)
ILF has posted some comparison beamshots and the ZY-T08 does seem to have the edge (but seem darn close to me). See his thread here with photos. Or this thread vs. the fenix TK41.
Thanks Gary, looks pretty nice for the price indeed!
Just ordered one, 4,90$ after I slaughtered all my mana-points
My very firts 2 x 18650 -parallel. I have been waiting to find a good one for some time now…
Excuse my noob-ness , but why is this light rated at 7.2 - 9v ?
If the batteries are in parallel, shouldn’t the rating be up to 4.5v ??
Am I missing something here?
Finally got mine today! I compared it to the lights that I have, and its brighter and out throws my TMART UltraFire HD2010, and T13 (same size hotspot). It almost beats my UF-V6. If I removed the white plastic piece, it would probably have an identical throw to my UF-V6!
Yeah! Mine should be delivered later today! I had mine shipped to my work and tracking showed an "attempted delivery - business closed" result. I've got my new protected Panasonic 3100's from KumaBear here at the office charging up beside me so I'm ready! Oh, and I did eventually get my diffusion film order too (although the guy sent it to my home address so I had some explaining to do to the wife!).
With all due respect to Silverbolt, all he offered was some casual commentary. There are too many variables that haven’t been defined and addressed. Current readings, lux readings, battery condition, beam shots etc are all absent. Some people have under-performing HD2010’s. At least one other member has said the opposite as well.
I might buy this light at some point and find out for myself, but I’m not exactly eager to double up on throwers in the same performance ballpark. Anything new would have to stand out.