What you got today

The past few days have been very good to me for deliveries from the ol' canadapost/usps :)

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Fenix TK35, Solarforce L2x with stainless bezel and lanyard attachment (love how it stops it from rolling) and Hugsby P31.

The L2x quality blows my mind and I love this light. It has the manafont 3 mode xm-l in it so its definitely a wicked light. I figured it was an aggressive design to begin with so I went and added the stainless bezel and the lanyard attachment. I normally like the clean styling but this light I REALLY like, maybe just because its so different from my others.

The TK35, well. Its a Fenix. My Fenix virginity is gone, and all I can say is wow. Quality product, bright and nice to use. I love how small it is but utilizes the 2x18650 so I can get some good run times out of the xm-l.

I was sold on the Hugsby after reading reviews. Sure enough its bright, small and very nice quality. I bought it to toss a xm-l into. Can anyone tell me how to get the pill out safely?

I also had 2 of the 2800ma drivers arrive with the Hugsby. Now to upgrade my poorly driven P7 drop-in and find another light that needs an xm-l with 2.8a.

Most of my lights are turning into xm-ls now. It is definitely my favorite LED :D hehe.

Mizjif. That’s what I call a sweet couple of days! I really want to try that skyline ll but I keep putting it off. Let us know your impressions when you have a chance.

I got a nice surprise today. A totally unexpected light arrived...

And enough fuel batteries to keep it going for a very long time.

Please do tell :D

:)

http://budgetlightforum.cz.cc/node/275#comment-13104

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Comparing both, what can you say about brightness? I think Fenix would be brighter, or am I wrong? What about throw?

And? Tell us smt about your new mysterious light

C'mon Don!!!!! What is it? You're killing me!!!

If you’re registered blind or severely sight impaired

That;s insane .

A blind concession TV Licence costs £72.75 for colour and £24.50 for a black and white TV Licence.

Please provide us with a photocopy of ONE of these documents, to confirm that you’re certified as either blind or severely sight impaired:

That's classic : So if you're blind but have a color tv it's extra

How much does it cost to look out your window ..or to put batteries in your light and shine it on your tree in the backyard ..?? Hell ...for that matter is it even your tree ?

And people say Americans are stupid ... Hey we all came from somewhere ..maybe somewhere near you .

That's evil propaganda...

Infidels!

There are idiots (and geniouses) in every country, no country has monopoly on idiots (or geniouses)

Honestly I am not sure yet. The fenix has a smaller tighter hotspot and I think it will throw further. I haven’t even taken them outside because the moon has been so bright and it’s a snowy mess outside so at night a flashlight hasnt even been needed.
Tonight I’ll try some whitewall beam shots to compare the tk35, the KD c8, the manafont XML, my XML swapped tr801 with 2800 ma driver, and just for kicks, my XML swapped mrlite j4:)

Thanks, mizjif ;)

PS: Budgeteer & company - TV Spammers :bigsmile:

mizjif, can you measure the current on the TK-35? Are the cells configured in parallel or series?

I am not sure how to measure the current on the tk35 as the battery pack goes into the body and then the head/driver assembly screws on. If anyone can tell me how to do it, i'll gladly do it for ya :)

I have some wall shots of my xm-l lights taken, i'll hopefully have them up tonight or tomorrow :)

Today I got an Ultrafire X1 from Manafont. Given the current state of Hongkong post and that my L2p from Solarforce-sales has just shown up in the US a month after it was shipped, I think it is amazing that this light, ordered March 6 showed up today, just 2 weeks later.

Anyway, the Ultrafire X1 is an 18650-sized clone of the AKOray, except it has 3 fixed modes: High, Medium (not really Low), and Strobe. It has stupid "memory" where it comes on in the next mode after it has been off for up to a minute, or any longer than that, resets to High. It is actually pretty bright despite being an XR-E Q5. I'll write up a review later. I didn't buy it for the LED or driver, but to use as a host for a neutral XP-G R4 and a 1.4A driver that I have on the way from KD (ordered March 1 and just left Hongkong today; it seems the longer you waited to order the faster things would arrive in this Rabbit year). It will become a budget version of Shiningbeam's S-mini neutral. It has some promise though the reflector and lens are the same size as the AA AKOray K-106. I guess maybe a 20mm reflector and lens wouldn't quite fit so they just made the bezel thicker and used a 18mm lens and reflector.

It may be like my TK-45 which presents both the + and - terminals at the head end of the battery carrier. If that is the case you may need to use an extra wire with alligators to make one connection between the head/driver and the battery pack, and your dmm to make the other. Clear as mud?

Some cruddy beam shots are up here:

http://budgetlightforum.cz.cc/node/1773

And photon, sorry, I am unclear about how test current still. Clear as mud yup lol. Forgive my lack of knowledge with this stuff. I am still pretty new to this all :)

How does it look? worth the extra few cents? and will the hinge last? Infact, is it good enough to use as a pocket clipped battery pack?