Nice job Just Jim. Thank you.
Thanks Jim!
My Keeppower protected cells fit, but they are absolutely bottomed out on the springs where it starts to become tough to tighten the body all of the way.
I might actually use a lanyard for once, as I can easily see this thing slipping out of my hands as the anodizing is rather slippery. Do you think it's HAII? I haven't seen HAIII this shiny before.
I think the UI is horrible, but I'm hoping pyro's driver will install with ease :)
It will be interesting to find out how the recent group buy Panasonic 3400 protected cells will fit, but I didn’t have any of those on hand to try. I think they will work, as they can’t be too much longer than the Trustfires I hope :~ .
I am no expert on ano, but I would have guessed HAII as well. I already installed the lanyard :bigsmile: .
I didn’t hate UI, but it’s surely not great by any stretch. It is relatively simple, so easier to navigate for new users than multi-mode group, user programable lights that have all the bells and whistles. Flashaholics will find it less than satisfying.
Jim
Good stuff!
I wanted to add that the included lanyard is weaksauce supreme. The part which attaches to the light is the same type found on $1.50 ebay specials. The hole for it is located on the tailcap. I am not about to use the 12lb test-type lanyards on my black beauty.
Also the bubble wrap didn’t have a SINGLE unpopped bubble left! Its basically a plastic bag now.
is the batt+ contact on the driver raised? if so, how much?
Nice, nice indeed (except packaging) any plans in taking it apart further?
Yes, it is raised. It is a bit hard to measure without my depth mic, which is in my shop, but with a caliper it is approximately .065”. I can get a precise measurement tomorrow if you would like.
Jim
no, its alright. just wondering if the pics were playing tricks. they arent
At present I don’t plan to. Physical mods I can handle, as I have the equipment in my shop for that (lathe and small milling machine), but I haven’t gotten into electrical mods and precision soldering 
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I would love to up the output slightly, since this seems to be a worthy platform. Maybe I can find someone with electrical skills who wants to play with an M6 :bigsmile: .
Jim
that lathe looks like in brand new conditions, I would love to have something like that 
please, put some more pics of your work 
im hoping that a simple resistor mod could be done on it. hoping even more that texaspyro gets his SRK driver out soon, and that will be going in mine
did anyone checked how much amps it pulls, I would be interested to see how much it pulls from only one battery!
Mehhhhhh…. Full cycle to shut the light off is a MAJOR buzz kill for me… I always always always hate it. Dont even touch the costco light because of it.
Why would anybody want to have to click the button 5 times to get to off….Stupid |(
press and hold for 3 seconds i think will shut it off
+1 EZ as pie.
I read that but still. Cant stand it.
I feel I am going to recieve this light not use it more than a handful of times. Or wait for Texaspyros driver.
I didn’t want to get too far off topic here, so I started a thread in the OFF Topic Chatter forum titled A Few Machining Projects . https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/20491
Jim
Are these proper seconds or just counting ‘one, two, three’ in your head?
It seems like 3 full timed seconds would be a long time, but I often read descriptions that say ‘hold for 2 or 3 seconds to turn on/off’ or switch to strobe or something, and in reality it’s more like 800ms or 1 second.
I don't know... Haven't got mine yet