jaxman wrote:
Black version (E2L) will be ready in about 30days.We heard that many buyers like black body,so we decide to produce black version.
Also mentions of 18350 and 500 tubes and your Convoy 18350 adapter in grey fits great but just a slightly lighter shade of grey,
Jax AA M2 Cheap stock and pics linked for a real sleeper 14500 light. Tear down pics Click on pic to open.
Yes, I ordered a few hundred of them several months ago, but they didn't come in the shipment with the lights. Usually when I'm out of stock on stuff like that it's because of a manufacturing delay or mistake of some sort. Hopefully they will arrive soon.
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On The E2L lights, I can confirm that the MCPCB is not glued in place and uses normal thermal compound instead.
I may have a few hold overs, but I won't be buying any more of them. I am currently looking at other options. Cutter in Australia may still have some available for you to purchase.
Could it be time to try a test run BLF GB on mcpcb’s from the company Djozz went through for the 119 mcpcb’s. It’s pretty obvious we need a way to get custom DTP boards made and shipped and it might require 3 or more shipping hubs to get worldwide coverage. The US members can probably produce enough demand to cover one such hub. Simon is much better placed to provide a single source for production/distribution but product viability needs to be demonstrated. The demand for the 3X 20mm Noctogon is fueled not only by all the 20mm optic hosts but also by Meteor sales. Maybe creating a list of hosts that a given custom mcpcb would work with could help decide which custom mcpcb to push for such a GB. The SRK size is one such place, Convoy M1 size is another. It may also be that either team Kronos or the Q team could use their contacts for such an effort. If Thorfire isn’t willing to do so maybe they would put us in direct contact with their mcpcb source.
Another question would be which country(ies) have the most favorable shipping agreements to/from for nations in their area.
It’s pretty obvious that RMM would be the optimal US hub, maybe 3tronics and kiriba ru could be others or possibly another country is better situated for SE Asia.
In the interim, maybe we should play some more with Oshpark designs to see where demand lies.