Thanks. I don’t have anything on my radar at the moment, so I think I will get into that group buy if it happens. I haven’t gotten involved in one of those in a few years.
Thanks PD, the reflectors are really close, very cool!!! It’ll work!!!
Cool.
I must say, when I saw it I immediately thought the head design looked a lot like the X6.
Does any here have experience with the Olight M3XS‑UT Javelot? If yes… how does the Thorfire compare in these categories:
Throw
Spill
Form Factor
Thx!
LONG LIVE BUDGETLIGHTFORUM!!!
PD is it possible to get a Pic of the driver?
There is one in the OP (click for larger) or are you wanting a different angle or something?
Huh, it wasn’t there when I last looked, don’t know if it’s on my end or BLF’s, but pic’s aren’t loading, or loading slow? Thanks, I see it now!
Sorry I missed this question earlier.
I don’t have the Javelot, but my understanding is that they are totally different lights. The Javelot is more of a dedicated thrower, whereas the S70 is more of a mid-range light with a wide beam profile. I believe the S70 is much bigger than the Javelot as well.
Great, thx for responding pilotdog. Great review, I wish I had your knowledge.
Does this light require button or flat top cells (or either) ?
Also as I will have to buy new cells for this light as I presently don”t own any 26650”s any recommendations on good cells.
Short answer: button tops
Thanks for that pd.
Any recommendations on a cell.
If the Cometa group buy I am in also takes button tops then I will need to buy 4.
As both lights have low voltage warning & cut out features I imagine I don”t need protected cells.
I’m not the best person to suggest a button-top 26650, I’ve never had one.
I plan to buy some of the Basen cells freeme is trying to start a groupbuy on, though I think they are flattops so I’ll add a button to one of them.
The Cometa should take flattops though.
Thanks for the info pd, they will be my first 26650”s also as at present I just have lots of 18650”s but would like to run the S70 & Cometa on 26650”s for the extra capacity (run time).
Unfortunately I am in the UK & think postage will probably kill the deal although I will have a look.
From what I can see good quality 26650”s are quite dear in the UK, probably the equivalent of around 14-18 dollars a cell !
EDIT:
Just checked shipping & the cheapest is over $50 dollars so it is a no go.
Newly shaved LED…
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Also, who knows how to do a resistor mod? Just throw on an extra sense resistor, or is there a way to dial it in with less guess-work? This driver has two R091 resistors in parallel and an extra empty slot.
I have not tried that before. Bet it is a nerve-racking process. }
If I did it freehand it would have been more nerve-racking, but I used the centering ring as a guide
An update to the current readings: The first time I measured the highest mode was with my clamp meter on Panasonic BD’s at 4.1v, and I got 5.5amps. I just remeasured with the same meter on fully-charged Samsung 30Q’s, and got a max of 4amps. So something happened.
1. The driver is very inconsistent (unlikely)
2. I somehow mis-read the meter the first time (still pretty unlikely)
3. When I opened it up, re-wired, and shaved the LED, I messed something up (probable)
I just thought I would post this now in case other people start getting 4amp readings instead of 5.5amps.