Beat me to it. I too just got one of these in yesterday. Have some pictures taken and was getting trady to do a review. But I agree with everything thast you said.
how high amps wise can an xp-g handle ? If I was to swap out the driver how many amps could be ran to it ?
Thanks… Maybe it was you who tipped me on this light? I believe it was mentioned in a thread or two close to three weeks ago. I liked the design and price. I saw potential in it, and I was not disappointing with a hollow pill or anything like would be typical in this type of light.
I have only owned it for a few days, but thought that it deserved a review!
XP-G and XP-G2 does officially handle up towards 1,5A. Pushing beyond 2A is not much point unless you have copper MCPCB. How much beyond 2 amps depends on the conditions you will run the light in an for how long time on high. Despite that this light have some cooling fins and a decent screw in pull does not make it much better than any other similar sized lights. If you plan on pushing close up towards 10W (3A) to the emitter that will result in a pretty high amount of heat.
Living in the Northern part of EU I dont worry that much about heat when used outdoors. I dont mind having the ability for a light to work as a hand warmer when used on high for longer periods…
For me, it would be tempting to push slightly beyond 3A, but I would not recommend it in such a small light.
The pill have good room for some extra 7135s though… 0:) I have not heard about anyone killing a copper mounted XP-G2 on around 3,5A. But at one point, you will make enough heat that output will go down. So all depends on the use. Like Blazar said. For most, 3A to an XP-G in this sized light would probably be to push it far enough…
Thanks for the review RaceR86. Its a real shame about the driver. $10.00 for a complete light still sounds like a bargain though even if you spend $4.00 on a driver.
Only you can answer how many amps (in high mode) is suitable for your type of use. But if you are using the stock XP-G on aluminium MCPCB there is no point in going higher than 2A. I would recommend to only add one chip. This chart explains why…
I remember looking at that NEW 611 too. Its nice. I might consider it some time in the future. If it uses a 17mm board Im pretty sure I will buy one some time in the future. If you buy it, please let me know what driver size it uses. Im guessing its more like a 15mm driver board …
Picked up a few of these for $7-8 on fast tech. Awesome light for the money! All it needs is a glass lens and it is a steal for the price. Nice little light for basic mods too!
Nice host, thanks for the review! The driver can have next mode memory removed with a resistor. The pic of the driver shows a capacitor partially hidden by the blue wire. A 330k or 470k resistor soldered in parallel with it makes it a no memory driver. I may pick one of these up for an XP-G2 NW on copper.
Thanks Johhny.
I would assume its anodized, looks anodized to me. I have had at least 2 lights that surely wasn’t. Around edges the paint would “easily” go off, and it was possible to see the point where paint was stopped being applied (typical paint spray transition between paint and aluminium)
Is there an easy way to tell the difference between a good paint job and ok anodizing?
Garry. Sounds like faith…You got a nice 29mm lens, the NEW 612 could need one
btw, did you order 28mm, and got 29mm by mistake? That happened to me some time back. KD always mess up something. I try to avoid them if I can find similar product elsewhere…