My Solarforce L2i came today with the $2.50 stainless bezel. This L2i came from solarforce sales and was ordered after an L2 from itc-shop on ebay. The L2 is still out there. We'll see if it beats the L2P that I ordered last from SF sales.
This is a great light. I do feel a little nervous when I tighten it up with an 18650 in it but it works well. I wish I could see inside. I ordered the $2.50 bezel with this one and the L2. I ordered the $5 bezel with the L2P. I dont know about the $5 one yet but I think the less expensive one kind of blows. First I had hell getting it on. There must have been a burr on there somewhere. The standard bezel screwed on nice and the stainless one would screw on backwards but not the way it was supposed to. I ran it on the wire wheel of my grinder a lot and lubed it with CLP and was finally able to wrangle it on. Once it was on I thought it kind of gives the end of the light an unfinished look because there is a gap between the bezel and head when looking at the lense. I think The other bezel covers that up. Maybe I was so frustrated getting the POS on that I am being overly critical. We'll see in the morning.
The light itself is just great though. Everything is so nice. I cant wait for the others to show up.I put a manafont 3 mode XM-L in it. I wish I could buy another drop in but that one is so awsome I cant bring myself to do it.
I like that bezel better than the stock one for sure but I’m hoping the $5 is better. I just checked my orders and see that both of the bezels I have coming are the $5 one so I’m happy about that. I can’t wait to get some time to attack the stock bezel with the sander!
Today I got two gunmetal gray Solarforce L2i hosts that I plan on giving away once I grind down the bezels and fit them out with some neutral XP-G drop-ins.
Also got another SOIC8 clip for programming Atmel chips on driver boards and am sad to report that it is just as ineffective as the first one, although this one seems a little better made (both were blue Pomona clips from the same eBay supplier). I *might* try getting a new programming board just in case that's where the problem lies. Then I'm done with all of that I'm afraid.
Also this weekend I got a USB-to-everything power adapter from DX for my crank radio's USB power jack. Unfortunately this combination doesn't work with my iPod, fairly old cell phone, or even my Palm (which I don't use anymore anyway). It did power my some other people's cell phones though. Might be neat to get a USB-powered battery charger and see if that works and how much cranking it would take to charge a battery (I'm thinking A LOT).
A green laser in UF502B body showed up today from gadgettown. If you are looking for a laser that's maybe a little more powerful than the man thinks you should have, I'm just sayin.
Today i received my Ultrafire Stainless Steel C3. 1 minute after i fall in love with this flashlight. Is not so bright but i can't resist the appeal of SS!
3. LCK-LED 4x XM-L T6 on 16mm star for 23,3usd <- LOL should i found that deal sooner!
4. Dropin assembly (reflector SMO + both springs + brass pill) from PA at 2,2usd each. 5 nice ones and 2 came pre-scratched coz they forgot to bag the last two reflectors and the other things inside the mini bag. The pill and springs had their fun skiing on the reflector. Sent RMA ticket.
Hopefully a not-so-bright one will turn out not to be a hand cremator. On a 14500 on high (250 lumens out of mine), my one is a pretty good test of pain threshold. I can take it for around 4minutes 30 seconds before it hurts too much and I have pretty heatproof hands. A very tough nurse friend of mine who once walked to work on a broken ankle managed 5 minutes.
I might pop a 14500 in mine and give it to a friend who works as a blacksmith/welder - I've seen him on more than one occasion take baked potatoes out of the oven with his bare hands! I was convinced it was down to the job, but then I realised he also drank boiling hot tea without the slightest pause.