These guys are an official Xtar reseller and if they don’t stock them, get them in within 3 days. I dealt with them for a D06 warranty job. Good guys to deal with.
Thanks for the tip lionheart - prompt and clear response to my email enquiry and they added these items to their online store today. $7.20 postage but I ordered several as gifts so overall pricing worked out comparable to ebay seller.
Knowing Apple, probably worse. LOL. Is your iphone one without a flash that you can’t use a flashlight app for? Or just wanting a better light that works with your phone.
I bought one when they first came out specifically for modding. It’s powerful, and the diffused lighting along with the flexible gooseneck is perfect for aiming at those tiny 7135 chips while I’m trying to stack them.
I have a Coolook 4x18650 USB box in the mail from FT, which will be perfect as a solid platform for it as well as charging up my ipad.
Just for giggles I tried a runtime test tonight using the light for room lighting.
I put a fully charged Blazar 3400 Cell (protected Panasonic) into a ML-102 charger https://www.fasttech.com/products/0/10001919/1158900-miller-ml-102-universal-usb-smart-charger-version-
For those who may not have seen them, the Miller ML-102 is a charger and USB supply in one.
Charged the cell from a solar panel using the ML-102 this afternoon. The cell read 4.22V at charge termination (and start of runtime test)
Stopping briefly to measure cell voltage every hour or so, I got about 420 mins (7 hours) on High (not turbo).
The cell read 3.22V at termination, at which time the ML-102 overdischarge protection kicked in. Re-inserting the cell and running again at Medium I got another 20 mins out of it, with the cell now reading 3.15V. The Panny's are supposed to be OK down to 2.5V though I never do this usually.
I used a soft silicone diffuser cap pulled down to the first cooling fin. At no time did the light get unduly hot. Sitting on a bookshelf, the light was bright enough for general tasks in a small living room but not for reading unless I was sitting right next to it.
All in all, I'm pretty happy so far. If I get the time, I may try a similar test on the Medium setting.
I don't have a suitable connector for my smartphone, nor any real desire to use it to power this light. My Nexus S drains the battery fast enough as it is, plus the phone has the LED "flash" which I can use as a torch if I need to.
I do however, have several battery boxes of various sizes which I usually carry with me. And the ML-102 is a really neat little unit. With the UL1 it makes a nice low-powered flashlight or a lantern. You just need to make sure you don't leave it outside if there is any chance of rain about.