I’d definitely add a couple of those new 18350s to my next order. I don’t have enough 18350 lights to justify a separate order, but it’d still be nice to have some. It’s a big upgrade from ~650 to ~1150 mAh.
I have 8 of these new Aspire 18350’s on the way, have no idea how fast they are though. The plan is to use them in the X6 I just built with the triple XHP-50.2’s I got from you this past week. On 2 of the dark purple Efests this light pulls 17.22A for 10,660.5 lumens. Not sure how anything can better that but if the Aspire cell is what it’s rumored to be it’ll at the very least double the run time. 
I am in favor of you stocking these as well Richard, you know me, I tend to be a bit hard on the poor wee light cells. 
I’d just like to say I was on your site looking for those Aspire 18350s today too. Ended up getting the windyfires instead though. I came this thread just to mention that, but it looks like half the forum beat me to it!
Richard, you were right… as usual! The Nichia 319 emitters work great on your new Quad board.
Just built a custom heat sink/spacer for an Convoy M1 and these emitters pull 18.22A for 4591.95 lumens on an Efest 3000mAh cell… amazing!
I had inquired with Shenzhen Skey Technology (distributor for aspire) on pricing. They were coming out to about $2 each. Shipping is a pain unless you’re ordering on a more retailer scale. Might want to reach out to them - http://www.skeychina.com
Richard, love the new quad boards! The beam is really more rounded!!! It does seem that I have more trouble getting the parts to settle in at the correct location with this board, not sure why. Any idea? Hot plate reflows for the leds and hot air for the jumpers. The leds just would not settle on the pads. Otherwise great product!
Probably heating either to fast or too slowly, or not the correct amount of paste. These pads center way better than the TPAD quad due to the overflows on the side pads and rounded overflow on the center pads. I always fought the TPAD quads, but these center up nicely.
I do not have to touch the LEDs at all on these (with good pads and correct amount of paste and correct reflow profile you shouldn't have to ever touch the LEDs during reflow).
I sent some messages to see about the Aspires. If they are really 1000+ mAh then that's a huge capacity jump and well worth having.
I just put in a big order this afternoon, if you start carrying the aspire 18350s amd restock the 26350s I’m gonna go broke!
1+ on the aspire and 26350’s
Damn, just ordered 8 of them Aspires! :person_facepalming: SOAB!
Same here after seeing what a XHP70.2 can do…
What can you say about your upcoming cube lights?
Good evening Richard, I am about to place an order for several XPL Hi Leds and a VT6 battery, Do you have XHP70.2 LED on order? if so What tint and bin? Looking for a 1A tint in the highest bin available…
Thanks!
AlexGT
Thanks for the link djburkes, by any chance do you know which of the E2 tints (2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) are they shipping?
Alex, that’s exactly why I don’t buy emitters from digikey or Mouser, they sell a group bin and you can’t ever rely on what you’re going to end up with.
Where do you usually buy yours from? Trying to figure out the bins gives me a headache…
I get mine from digikey, I just order the easywhite bins, they are all within a macadams ellipse, so you at least know a range it will fall in. All the different color bins are too much for me to worry about, so far I haven’t gotten anything I didn’t like.