Oh! The Eastward J609 now without Strobe (hi-mid-low)

Nice! Finally! For me, this is still the #1 best looking flashlight design that I have seen. Absolutely perfect. So I am now $19.80 poorer and back in the DX waiting game... As Vectrex says, if they do send me a strobe version, I will file an RMA ticket.

I think we can owe the existence of this light to our attempts to create a custom version of this light. Apparently Eastward is slow, but they're not stupid either. They received numerous requests for a no-strobe version of this light from BLF members and from Manafont, and now it's finally here. Pretty cool, no?

Rather less than that it is about 1.4mm narrower than the tailcap making it 116.5-16.7mm. The widest part of the light is only about 18.5mm according to my dubious callipers.

Does it have mode memory?

I want a low mode to use at night, so I have to be able to make it start on low. Even though I can cover the lens with my hand I don't like getting skin oil on the lens.

And if I turn it away I wake the wife....

Kind of hoping it doesn't, since I've ordered MrLite's...

Thanks, for your measurements ... but I think I wasn't clear on what diameter I want ... I meant to say "diameter with clip included" ... I would guess the clip adds 2-3 mm ...

Including the clip, I make it 20mm

Thanks, Don... that light is tiny

These are all single cell AA lights. The Eastward YJ J09 is second from the right. MrLite J4, Trustfire R5-A3, Ultrafire U-20, EastwardYJ J09, Tank007 E07

And here they are standing up. Slightly different order this time, J4, U-20, R5-A3, J09, E07

I've put some comparison beamshots in the U20 thread.

What in the world? They just updated the description on this item. Get this:

Now it's for sure, this is the 4-mode AA-Z4 that we requested a while back from Eastward, but without the XP-G emitter. Eastward was smart enough to recognize the business opportunity, but I suspect they only wanted to sell it in huge quantities through DX. So, the lesson from this? The squeaky wheel gets the grease. BLF produces results!

4 modes? even better...

Do XP-E R3 exist in huge quantities?

I hope that "Coated Plastic Lens" is an error on DX....

Errors? On DX? Can't be. :)

Yeah , XP-E R3 exists ..... I have one myself ....

4 Mode rather than 3 ... OK got my fingers crossed that DX has there act together on this one ...

Looks like DX is waiting for orders to build up once again ...

http://www.dealextreme.com/forums/Forums.dx/Forum.47626~threadid.749620

Thanks Agenthex, even if they did redact the name of the forum! I was not impressed with Eastward when I tried to deal with them, and neither was Manafont, which is one of the reasons they gave up on the AA-Z4 project.

nottin like getting the shaft !

I came up with the idea of adding a peltier to modern heatpipe coolers , and sent my idea to two companies ...

Both came out with coolers with peltiers about 2 to 3 months after I sent them my ideas ...

What did I get ? = The Shaft !

Sharing your ideas = Youl get ripped every time .....

^ I'm doubling down on the lulz.

Exactly my point ..It's not even possible to entice them with money .They know already they'll steal from you ..It's just a matter of how much and how soon can they take something decent and trun it into trash .That's why all the descriptions are wrong .Someone is busy screwing it up.They have no ability to see long term. It's all grab it and run.

It's like there are 4 guys sitting around a table playing name that tune ....saying I can make that light for20% of that price and use no metal at all...or I can make it for half the price ...and make it 4 times worse ...ok cool ,,lets do that.

Even though I was happy helping develop a new flashlight without pay, I just found out that DX is blocking links to this forum.

Of all the people buying flashlights on DX, who trust the sites and who trust the forums?

One tip: Recommended buys, with links and money kickbacks for the finder and Mr. Admin. Let the people that do all the work (run the site, review the torches and organize all the info) make some money for all the trouble.

Well I couldn't stop myself, I ordered one too. We'll see if it I get lucky and get a strobless model. I sure hope that 5% low has good runtime.

My order on the Eastward YJ J09 now says: Packaging

Has DX shipped any of these yet? Mine is still waiting on supplier.