The MXDL SA-28 is a twist (threaded) zoom or a push-pull zoom?
Already tried but never liked the artifacts. Besides that i'm looking for a good floodlight since throwers i have plenty.
I stand corrected. I'll probably give it a try.
Push pull. Personally I even prefer the c78 if you can get an original one (not dx's new crappier batches). I have one on order from LT.
Most of the zoom lights are not all that. I've yet to find one with perfect memory and good QC. Romisen is also in the mail.
Hopefully the edi-t ones are better.
I agree with that. I have experimented with an extra o-ring behind the lens, but
the result is not convincing. Sometimes I had problems getting the bezel mounted
if o-ring too thick.
I have put it on a Solarforce with a smooth reflector which minimise the artifacts and
I live with the FL as it is. At least its a cheap way to get that extra throw.
I tried with an OP reflector and it looks like a xmas toy. The 28mm lens also fell to the ground a few times and always some piece chipped off. Now it is almost "charming star effects 28mm glass lens for flashlight".
ROFL
You can still paint the reflector in matte black to get rid of the artifacts of the OP reflector. But I guess this will not eliminate the "charming stars". LOL
An OP reflector is very bad with this lens. A SMO is better, and painted black must be quite useable.
I have not tried that myself.
Outside you dont notice the artifacts as much as indoors.
Does the MXDL SA-28 still come with metal o-rings? I ordered a Tank007 TK-737 about a week ago because I think it has normal o-rings and it looks like it's made better than the SA-28, but it seems like most people like the SA-28 more. Also, I can't wait to read a decent review of one of those new EDI-T 18650 flood-to-throw flashlights.
I might try one out.
I like only two versions:
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.44662 - probably
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.44663 - unlikely
If they were q5, driven at 1-1,2A regulated and hi/lo (wouldn't mind a 0,3Hz beacon mode) i would have already bought a dozen.
Another issue would be the lens diameter which i don't know how negatively would impact the flood and the loss of emitter side spill which doesen't get reflected out.
Can't find a reasonably priced mxdl sa-28 but found this:
http://www.lightake.com/detail.do/sku.SmallSun_ZY_C84_LED_Flashlight_Black-28737
About the same thing? Q3 though...
Yes the Smallsun looks quite nice. But the last Smallsun I bought wasn't very good quality. Not terrible overall, but it only has a flimsy "holllow" alu driver pill - the kind where all the heat from the LED star has to transfer via the thin edge of the star - there is nothing for the star to sit directly on. Probably many of the cheap lights has the same construction, but in my view this gives a very poor basis for upgrading led or modding, as you will never get adequate cooling for the led if it is driven hard(ish). Or yes, if you take the trouble to file out a round piece of copper and custom fit it in the pill as backing for the star - but that is a lot of work to put in a $10 light :)
- I might take the chance on the EDI-T P4 though, because I love the compact no-nonsense shape: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.44573
The KD version is a Q5
Again, they just printed Q5 on the side of the tube, just as all XP-G lights print R5 on the side. I can guarentee you not all XP-G's are R5.
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Yes. Some vendors will try to sell everything fake. We have seen a lot of that here!
It's not because it's "fake". The Q5 is supposed to be more like a designation, like "3W Police", instead of a tech spec. Perhaps misleading, yes, but not a matter of intellectual property.
My theory is that these factories just have a few reels of whatever emitters they have, and if you order in large units you might get what you specify. For our type of small time order, you get what you get, so you should assume/expect the base bins.
OTOH, it doesn't really matter. A Q3 vs a Q5 is not going to visible to the naked eye anyway. A zoom light by design is going to put out less light OTF than a reflectored design. The benefit is that the optics makes it more flexible if you need wide vs focused beam.