i assumed you were playing with your hair
Ordered the xml2 version, cause I’m weak. Thanks for offering these
Agreed it can be annoying shipping to Canada from the US. And the big increase in USPS costs has made it even worse. (In fairness to the USPS, FedEx and UPS costs have gone a mile high over the past couple of years, so you had to figure they’d get in on the action too.)
On the other hand, I ordered my EA4 XM-L2 from Illumination Supply Feb 14 and it arrived today Feb 19!
In a very well packaged proper box, not the abused bubble pack mailers we get so often get from China.
So I’ll continue to use Fasttech for batteries and budget lights, but for something really nice I’m going with Illumination Supply, my experience with them has been superb!
Ordered the xml2 version, cause I’m weak. Thanks for offering these
+1 i had to get one… I love my ea4w too much and itneeds a cw friend
oh no i accidentally turned it on while in holster….
it is easy to doit got VERY hot……
but the whole thing was very hot, which is ok i guess….
did i hurt it, or did the heat get spread to the
whole body and save the led ?
any tint shift? flickering? does the light function ok?
if everything seems ok, then its probably fine… at the worst maybe you shortened the life of the emitter by 2 or 3 hours, but with a 20,000 hour life span who cares
so i am wondering what a warm white looks like
more orange-ish
orangey is not what i’m looking for
not a favorite color
heres a photo of various tints… which one do you like best?
taken from here: http://www.cpfmarketplace.com/mp/showthread.php?282794-Malkoff-M61WL-M61-219L-M61
I almost fell off my chair when I read the International chart!
I’ve often wondered if the shipping is subsidized in China but Google searches tend to indicate not. But obviously the Gov’t there must have realized how important it is to business to make sure they have a competitive edge in the International marketplace.
I didn’t realize that we are even better off in Canada. For example I just shipped a 6lb package from Canada to USA (via ‘Expedited Parcel-USA’), I can track it, and the total was $18.42. Looks like the USPS Priority Mail rate for this would be $41.00.
I wonder if the recent USPS rate hikes were thought to be stimulating the economy.
That’s really interesting about the Canadian shipping rates because there is a guy on LPF that sells LPM’s that charges $39.99 (Canadian) <1lb for shipping to the USA and says he can’t control the high cost of shipping because the rates are so high. Worst is he charges UK etc $69.99 (Canadian) same parcel………now we know that is BS.
Canada poste is all over the board, its cheaper for me to ship to the USA than it is to other Canadians.
daveam, Did you recall how much you paid for shipping and if any duties were charged? Trying to gauge the total cost for the EA4 XM-L2 to Canada.
I just got the ea4 xm-l2 and was just wandering is my ea4 defected…or its the ea4 all the same….with new new battery that the only time when u could go to turbo mode, but when battery get to about 90% which is still full…I cant go to turbo mode…not unless the battery life at 91% and up then it go to turbo…im using non rechargeble aa Duracell battery…help help
Yes, without Nimh batteries you won’t get much more turbo than your getting.
Alkalines voltage sags pretty quick, energizer lithium or Nimh cells are the way to go.
I’m thinking you will have to use NiMh AA rechargeables to get the full potential from your light. I have no such problem with mine.
Can you buy the XM-L version from Fasttech for $9 less? Yes. $9 folks, come on; for a US based retailer and the newer LED?
At this point, IS is cheaper than FT on the ‘older’ EA4 w/XM-L. FT = $53.78 shpd - IS = $52.58 shpd . . . yes, the coupon works on the older model. Not to mention the shipping time will be MUCH quicker from Craig. Buy from ’Merica!!
Craig, could you talk some more about the heat difference between the XM-L and XM-L2?
oh no i accidentally turned it on while in holster….
I did the same, and of course it also got pretty hot, that’s how I noticed it. However it does not appear to have suffered any noticeable damage or degraded output from the emitter, so I suspect you’ll also be OK.
Craig, could you talk some more about the heat difference between the XM-L and XM-L2?
+1