Ultrafire R5 5 mode @ Dx

http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=10068

Must be new or then again I have heaps of trouble finding stuff on KD

Looks like a Bargain pity I have enough P60's already :)

Great price for an XP-G R5.

So close to getting one

I have that Skyray body on the way. It needs a drop in

and the 502b http://www.kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=10066

501 couldn't help myself

I don't think it's new is it? Looks like people commenting on it in the KD forums from October and early this year. Also product ID is 10068 whereas recent stuff is 10627.

Price might be new though. And I agree about problems finding stuff on DX (let alone KD). In fact I'm trying to see if the same light is on DX at the moment, still not sure :-P

Edit: Actually price not that new either http://www.lightforum.net/zboard.php?id=2&page=5&sn1=&divpage=1&no=140 well I don't really count a 71 cent price change as worth considering :-P Er ignore me I saw the 10064 drop in and got confused

Edit2: And I found it on DX http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.35075 Trouble finding it because it says it's an XP-E R5 (which obviously doesn't exist) but from pictures and discussion it's XP-G. Seems quite common for whatever reason. Price is more but I put in a pricematch, doubt they'll match but who knows? Mind you the reviews from DX don't exactly give much confidence, both died within minutes. Both may be purchased around same time though so could have been bad batch. Seems to be a lot of talk on Russian, Japanese and Korean forums maybe some useful info there :-PIgnore me again I was looking at 1 mode

Yes, the price is new. It was ~$18±1.

DX has not lowered the price yet: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.35077

Yeah I was right at the beginning then confused myself ;-P

I noticed the P60 P7 at DX and KD for around ~$20 before & see there are MC-E for the same price now too. These are generally crap since the P60 doesn't tend to have good enough heatsinking but of course if people see P7 and MC-E many are going to go for that even if it's crappier. So XP-G have to come down I guess. And of course other then continuing developments and normal price drops as things mature, the upcoming XM-L probably doesn't help :-)

Anyway I guess it's good I haven't bought my XP-G yet

Your 501B still not arrived FlexakaMal?

Yes it has swapped the dropin to the skyray body. Led not centred easy fixed. Throws a very tight ah mmm beam shot coming :)

Dropped light onto the wooden floor from 1.8m didn't even flicker :) Shot is from 4m . Still building my house which is the reason for the unusual things in the pic

Now that is a big spot.....hows the throw on that sucker.

I will set up a photo shoot soon at 30m or so. Have to see if my camera will do it. It lights up 70 meters with no problem. The Hot spot is the same size as my Q5 but lots brighter. Though the R5 is being pushed at 1100 and the Q5 at 700. mmm cell is at 3.82v that could be why :)

Okay cool.....borrow a camera if you have to.Cool

Did you try it with the 501B body at all?

No threw it straight in The Skyray. The 501b will end up a Q5 for a friend who is going to do me a favor.

FlexakaMal, you didn't happen to have a look at the driver of the drop in I supposed? I'm just wondering whether it's genuinely -4.2V as KD claim (perhaps it was at one time but KD are also known for their random spec generator) or it actually supports 8.4V at least. Since KD currently list the R5 -8.4V as cheaper I'm wondering whether it's what comes with them these days.

BTW it is a OP reflector right? Not SMO? If you happen to have any photos of the dropin or it has any markings you could mention much appreciated.

Oh and the dropin is still going fine I hope? Not angry blue yet.

Cheers

Its a OP reflector I haven't tested it on 8.4v it was running on high last night for 50 minutes to an hour on high no ill effects( power outage). The driver has a blue ring if that helps. No markings anywhere on the drop in.

Now it's only $13.35 btw...

Which one would be a better buy...this one or the MC-E version on DX @ $20?

If you don't plan to use the dropin in something else I would say this one. I doubt the MC-E will be much brighter then this, at least not for long and this one should be more efficient. Particularly if you're adventerous, you can probably upgrade this to do 1.4A-1.5A (max rated current for the XP-G) which will help it compete with the MC-E. If you don't like the body, there's also the WF-502B from KD for about $15.

I myself was choosing between the WF-502B (this was when the WF-501B was still ~$14 so it was only about $1 more) on KD and Lightake's 'Solarforce' XP-G R5 for about $22.79 with 5% discount on Friday. Ended up going with the 'Solarforce' because the dropin's probably slightly better (looks to me a lot like the Skyray one which has got good reviews & in any case it does do at least 8.4V), it has the extension tube and the L2 body clones/WF-504B tend to be highly rated oh and also LT would hopefully have better support then KD but I was quite tempted to go with the WF-502B because it's so cheap. Made my discard anything else like going with a genuine Solarforce because I was never looking to spend that much and realisticly that would end up over double if I went with the WF-502B so I just couldn't justify it to myself.