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Hi guys, is the first time that a buy from Gearbest. Normally how long it takes to receive the goods? 30/40 days as usual?

My Y3 was ordered Sep 3, arrived Sep 22 - 19 days. Haven't had a China package arrive in over 30 days in a long time... Been as short as 10 days, more typical is 17-20. Is your glass 1/2 full or 1/2 emtpy, or is your light bright or dim? Smile

Read threw the SingFire S1 clone thread for more info. Personally the 2 gearbest orders Iā€™ve placed have both arrived in ~20 days but other people have had much different experiences.

Thank you.
10 days will be a super super fast deal. Last order from China take 46 days to arrive in Italy (with custom). 17-20 day still ok.
To know if my glass is 1/2 empty/full must wait :wink:

20 days ares till a good amount of time. Itā€™s not bad. Ok, letā€™s wait!! Thank you too :bigsmile:

Anybody know if is possible to change the side switch?
I really donā€™t like it white/plastic; grey/metal will be perfect.

And, if itā€™s possible, is an hard work/mod to do for a noob like me? Thank you :slight_smile:

From Nederland Post tracking: the flashlight in on his way, country of destination: Italy :smiley:
The 5 extension tubes, country of destination: Spain :~

Are the Y3s from GB showing up with minor scratches like the ones from CQG?

Mine was not perfect from GB (not too bad though) - I'm thinking there may be the same issues, dunno til we hear more feedback.

I'm not in a position where I can check my Y3's for battery length but can speak from experience that it is impossible to build a light that covers all battery scenarios in multi cell lights. Even single cell lights can be difficult with a single spring on one end of the battery. 18650 batteries start at 65mm in length and can go over 71mm in length. That's 6mm for a single cell that the light must cover, 12mm for two cells etc. As a rule flashlight manufacturers use the shorter length to make their lights which is fine if you use short batteries but not many of us do especially where we use protected cells in multi cell lights. As some have found out this light looks like it will accommodate the shorter batteries only. HKJs web site is probably a good place to start as it has measurements for most of the popular batteries.

http://www.lygte-info.dk/info/indexBatteriesAndChargers%20UK.html

Again -- single cell, I use KK 26700's -- longer than any 26650 protected cell around. Even the MOLI 26700 I've fit in a Y3 and used. Once you plug in an extender, different story... It's the extenders, not the single cell light.

Agree
Ordered 3 extensions. Want to use three KK26700 in the Y3. Will modify/machine the last extension to allow for extra length. If the last extension ever shows up in the mail. Itā€™s been almost 6 weeks since I ordered.

6 weeks is bad - close or at the PP cutoff. I'd open up a dispute within 2 days of the limit.

For me, 6 weeks to arrive in Italy is normal, unfortunately :~

Arrived!! It took 25 days, not so bad :slight_smile:
The extension tubes where inside the same pack of the flashlightā€¦So the second tracking only for they was not my.

I put 1xC Alkalines battery, but it is too short. Put 4xC Alkalines (2 not fresh, 2 new) the flashlight blink, unusable. Put 3x18650 and it run very well! Iā€™m waiting 1x26650, canā€™t wait :wink:

But, Iā€™m asking if it does not run with 4C Alkalines, with the others 3 extension, so others 3/4 battery, it will run or it will blinkies?

My extension tube arrived... before Yezl Y3. Damn.

First try 4x fresh.

+1
Mine from GB CNQG, with 2 extension, works fine with 4xC fresh alkalines (Duracell). I guess if you add more batteries work best, not exceeding 8xC (total).

I get the blinkies with fresh 4 NiMH C (4.8 volts). Itā€™s the low voltage 2 battery lithium warning signal. Guess Iā€™ll have to get a total of 5 extensions and run 8 NiMH batteries or use a dummy of some type.

Better than niteCORN.