Nice review and light. It would be cool to up the amps and emitter with Comfy's idea.
Thanks for the review, citruspers. Everything you said about it is true 
I bought one of these well over 2 years ago and I still have it, rolling around in my drawer. I bought it ‘just for the heck of it’ since it was cheap and I never owned a recoil-thrower before.
It was fun for a while but once I got a couple of more serious throwers, it got stored away. I’m still keeping it (along with a few other cheap lights) to lend to the little kiddies in the neighbourhood :bigsmile:
Comfy - here’s your new venture. Get a light that takes something like a 100mm head, (one of those 121 led lights) and get a concave mirror that will fit. Build the holder out of copper as you say. Yes you could use three prongs or two and then bring that out to the outer copper sleeve, so it transfers heat and put an MT-G2 in it. (coat it all with silver paint - flat silver). Some testing would have to be done, to figure out the exact mirror needed, but it could be an awesome light!
I think you need to do it!
@citruspers - thanks for the review. That's all I needed, was one more idea! LOL. Good review.
Cheers guys!
With a tad of luck I can scrounge the reflector from one of my work’s broken moving heads…that’s a dichroic coated reflector aimed at 250W HID lamps. I wonder what it will do with an XM-L or XP-E >)
Looks like a xre not a xpe…
0.4A…there is a lot room for improvement…
Looks like there is almost no spill…
I would like to see a comparison shot of the light with a familiar better known thrower, pictures of throw and picture of the two lights beneath would be helpful.
So would I, but I don’t have any more throwers, and I can’t even afford the Jacob A60 on sale right now 
I'm up for it, assuming a mirror of compatible dimensions can be found that doesn't cost $750... How do the specs on these things work - would the focal length listed in the specs work out to be the distance between the light source and the center of the mirror? I don't know enough about the optics to sort through the available mirrors to find one that would be practical to fit inside a flashlight.
As something to experiment with before attempting anything serious (...and apparently expen$ive) I've ordered some of these (http://www.fasttech.com/products/1067500). Should be similar reflector module thingy dimensions (if not the exact same part) as the CK36, right?
Thanks, of course I had to go buy a cheap recoil thrower from a US seller on ebay, so I can play with the thing. I got to stop reading threads here when I am supposed to be “in retirement”.
You are in retirement. Just trying to have fun while your at it. 
I found a no-name version with what's surely the same internals on ebay for $10.92 shipped, out of NJ (probably Tmart)... that the one you got?
That's the one I ordered Saturday, seems to have been posted this morning and USPS kicked into high gear,
NJ to eastern LI in 1hr.15min.!!
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Thank you for the review, citruspers! It’s not the nicest looking light but I had to get one after seeing your beamshots and finding some cheap on Ebay.
P.S. searching for “reflection flashlight” or “reflect flashlight” also brings up some results but check the pictures because not all are the recoil kind.
You can also search for “reflect* flashlight”, using a wildcard, which’ll cover both cases.
Ebay changed their search engine a while ago and wildcard searches no longer work.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/search/advanced-search.html#using
Is your Fasttech version indeed able to run on 6 volts? Description says 18650 or 2 x CR123A. I’m wondering whether this driver can also handle 2 x 18650 with an extension.
All other recoils I currently see advertised don’t mention anything other than 1 x 18650.
I cancelled the ones from FT before they shipped and picked up two of the no-name versions from ebay, but they won't be here until tomorrow.
Most '3-4.5v' drivers will tolerate 2x CR123A (only 3v each), even 105C/7135 drivers are fine with it. RCR123 or 16340 would be a different matter altogether.
I also have a reflector telescope but its tiny at only 4”. I wonder if my addiction to flashlights would be severe enough for me to decide to convert my telescope into a recoil thrower. :Sp
If I have a 10” reflector, which would cost a fortune to acquire, and convert it into a recoil thrower then I know I’m already a total wacko on flashlights. But on the other hand, a 10’ reflector should produce a very powerful beam that would beat the hell out of most, if not all, of our throwers. J)
Thanx citruspers for this review and for introducing another insane idea to my already demented mind. :bigsmile:
This light is designed around the xre, I have never one with a different led.