TrustFire X9 - Thoughts and beamshots

Mine is 1.9A max and drops quickly. That's the one weak point of the light, but does save the emitter from burning out like full bore DD ones. The beam is quite good (tight spot, good centering), which mitigates it somewhat. In general it's a more sophisticated product than the C8's.

1.9A max?!

XM-Ls are pretty hardy, no worries. I mistreated them, gave them a nice knock and came back on. 3X already. Sealed

Do you know a good replacement driver for the X9? Something closer to 3A perhaps? 3 modes would be nice.

But as is, I'm getting very little runtime on Hi. If I had a 3A board, wouldn't I have even less?

Thanks.

How much run time are you getting then?

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Krikstas,

Yes, the X9 has a forward clickie/clicky. Half press to turn on, full press to leave on. Also, half press repeatedly to change modes or click on and off quickly to change modes. Can you let me know how many amps yours draws when it arrives? Thanks.

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wow nice to hear it, actually i have won several of them for a very good price... one of them was 26 bucksEmbarassed including crapy batteries and charger ...

There appears to be ebay retailer co-ordination/co-operation/a cartel like I've never seem before on the ebay price of the X9. All the top/safest flashlight ebay retailers have exactly the same Buy It Now price with free shipping; that's Cyberport888, redlog, cwtco, go_market, etc. I have never ever seen this before, not one cent (or penny) difference. Interesting.

I ordered one last week from ebay. I must have missed the bit about <2a at the tail. Hope mine does better

I have a chance to use my X9 in a situation last night, We got a flat tire on our way home from a family gathering in a very dark road. Glad I brought with me my edc(Zebralight SC50) and X9. I let the guys use my SC50 while I use the X9. All I could say is I'm happy with the performance of the X9, even though it throws far it still have a balance between flood and throw as the beam is big(compared to other throwers) due to the XM-L led and have useful spill.

Does your X9 have the same PWM on lower modes as reported for others here? I would really like to have a solid light with these characteristics:

  • Multi-mode
  • 1x18650
  • XML (for spill)
  • Reasonabl throw
  • Non-PWM

As it would normally be used in lower modes, PWM would be distracting and annoying.

Yes mine also have PWM but I only noticed this when read it in BLF, plus the fact I only have it for a few days. I can only hear it when I put the head near my ear so I have no problem with the pwm. still happy getting the x9.

Sound isn't an issue; It's the visible flashing at lower frequencies... Point it at a ceiling fan or shine it around outside at night when there are bugs flying around to see the strobe effect.

Be careful it isn't just the same company with several ID's. That's quite common on ebay. For example, Eforcity, Inc controls the top four ID's: accstation, everydaysource, itrimming and eforcity. I assumed most or all of those sellers are controlled by the same company, but I could be wrong (I meant to remove that).

Eforcity started out with two guys selling stuff from home (but they started buying wholesale) and now operates with over $100 million in revenue annually.

Sorry, My mistake.

I actually don't see the strobe effect when shining around the house even outside. Only visible when pointed at a ceiling fan.

I think Langcjl got the last good deal on x9 package. Less than $34 with batteries and charger. That was the last I saw it. Hope Langcjl get it soon and update us. I almost bid on it.

Cyberport and GoMarket are the same person. They have the same shipout address (return address). And they use the same packing supplies as well.

On a 4.18v cell at 1.64A, I'm getting 30 min down to .91A and 3.57v. I normally only take them down to 3.75 max and that's only about 15 min runtime.

At 10 min, it's down to 3.84v. lol...10 min!

When I saw this light I new I had to have it!!

I have several other XML's and have been impressed with all of them but this thing just rocks

Are there any other single 18650 cell XML's that look as good as this thing? I don't think so!

The large diameter reflector and those chunky heatsink ribs should really lend itself to being pushed to the limit. If the stock driver is pushing anything less than 2.8A on high, I will be fitting a 3 mode, 2.8A (or more) driver.

Really looking forward to this beast arriving.

By the way, it is a little dissapointing that the bare X9 can only be purchased on ebay (@ ~$35). While KD & DX only offer the X9 package deal with the crappy charger and battery. I'm not saying that $45 for the package deal is bad value for money, but many of us already have enough 18650's and chargers and we really only want to purchase the flashlight.

Having said all that, if one of the vendors was to offer a 3 mode (H,M&L) version with a 3Amp driver, I would happily pay $45 just for the flashlight. Hint hint ....

Thanks for the review..

I ordered this one

http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=10995

possibly for the X9, but haven't received either yet, so no firsthand experience at this time.

This is the driver you want for the X9:

I have used these with great success with other single cell XML's.

http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=10995

Provides a well regulated 2.8A on high and the driver can be set for three modes (H,M,L) or other modes too if you can't live without the strobes etc.

This is what I intend to put in my X9.

Have fun all..

I'm a bit baffled why cells are being run down so quickly given the low draw of most specimens here ?????? Can anyone explain this?