Sunwayman D40A (XM-L2 | 4 x AA) Review

LED Flashlights – General Info Multiple AA / 14500 Flashlights
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On mine the spring on the driver board is not mounted straight, it´s leaning quite a bit, no problem function-wise, but shouldn´t have passed QC methinks…

If I´d bought it from FT with the free return policy I might have done something about it, but mine´s from WB.

Otherwise a really great light, nice combo of flood and throw with a really good moonlight mode.

The EA4 flashlightbody feels more solid though, prefer the the way the batteries are held in place vs the separate batteryholder in the D40A.

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Great review. You really pay attention to detail!

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Nice review on a great light. Seems way better than the EA4. That is the nicest battery carrier I've seen yet and the light is bright as hell! Makes me wish I'd grabbed one from FT before the price jump and non-availability. :(

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I have both this and the EA4, well I did until I sold the EA4…

Advantages of this over EA4 (and why I sold EA4)

- Slightly brighter to my eyes (though my EA4 was the XML U2 version)

- Two buttons easier to use than EA4 which was OK but annoying at times

  • 1/8 twist of the barrel locks it out, stopping current draw and as an extra safety
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Where is the cheapest place to get one of these, now that the usual suspects have raised their prices?!

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I just ordered mine from HKE. It has a $15 discount for forum members.

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I decided to try this link:
https://support.fasttech.com/general/VOLM/1374600
The bulk price turned out to be much lower. In my case, the quote was for a bulk quantity that can be described by this mathematical expression: sin(π/6)*[√4] + (3!)^2 - (46656)^(1/3)
:wink: :wink:

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SWM really need to release a NW version.

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Great review.

Thanks.

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so how much is this?

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haha nice an easy maths, thnx for the heads up :wink:

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Hi Kokopelli, congratulation on your purchase of the great D40A!! :wink:
Well, might be a little bias coming from someone who ended up with 2 units - it is a Yes! If you’re interesting, over here are some interesting comparison of the beam profiles between different units, and observations from other members :slight_smile: Good luck!

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Thanks a lot for the review! Frontpage’d and Sticky’d.

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Thank you so much for the great review!

Ordered 0:)

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Thanks for the review, turboBB. I’m definitely getting one. Does anyone know who has the best price? Just from some quick looking around, it looks like WallBuys.

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I purchased mine from doingoutdoor for $58.00 couple of days ago. But it seems they increased their prices recently :_(

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Found this on another forum…

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It’s still at $58 with coupon code.

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It seems that I totally forgot about the coupon code lol.
So sorry about that

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I just got one from Wallbuys last instant kill game for $54.80 and it should be here Monday :slight_smile: They haven’t done too bad lately getting packages to me here in the USA in 8-10 days.