Just did in grey 
I ordered a grey D1S from Neal and got the same phone number email. That was on the 4th. No word as yet on the light…
The D1S is a bit odd-looking, TBH.
I can’t quite put my finger on why exactly, but something about its strictly utilitarian minimalist design makes it seem distinctly different than other lights. It’s like it sheds a pretense of being aesthetic in nature and instead is unabashedly functional in an unromantic and frugal kind of way. It has not a single detail which can truly be called fanciful or cosmetic, posh or indulgent. Even the label on its tailcap serves a practical purpose, to indicate make, model, and what it does. Not unlike the first few days of owning a label maker, in which everything in the house receives plain labels like “table”, “door”, or “cat” (sorry about that, Mister Bigglesworth). Its strict adherence to purely pragmatic plain-ness is kind of an aesthetic of its own, like manufactured buildings made entirely of right angles and concrete. Or, more appropriately, like a rocket which consists only of an exhaust cone and a column of fuel.
I kind of like it better in 18350 shorty form, because then it’s even more blatant that it’s mostly just a big reflector with a power source and a shell, and really challenges traditional ideas of what a flashlight is supposed to look like.
It is, regardless, very good at what it does… but “what it does” is not “look pretty on a shelf”. It’s made to be used.
i ask neal about the mails
i know his gmail sometimes is buggy due to chinese censorship....
That isn’t entirely true though TK, the fins on the head are conjunctive to the reflector, not the emitter shelf, and as such are more cosmetic than efficient. I like how it follows the form of it’s lesser siblings, enlarged only to serve as a holder for the larger objective: throw.
I may take that a step further and machine a second enlargement to hold a yet larger reflector, somehow it just begs for it.
If you do, be sure to get the shorty tube working too. Instead of a tube light, it can be a pyramid light! Or a Towers of Hanoi light.
Yep, already thought of that too. 
Could be a de-domed XP-G2 in the future for mine, don’t know yet, have to see it and let it speak to me.
Edit: May even have to re-visit the XP-E2 Torch. 
Same light(& a D4), same color, same date, same update(not yet)
If you you stand the D1S with the head down it looks not so od.
And a yellow D4 must look like a minion.
Received my D1s and 2 Aspire 18350 battery’s from Neil today, 12 days to Australia and very well packed.
Beat ya! My D1S just arrived from Neal in 11 days!
I think the slight aesthetic oddity of the D1S is mostly the short length of the host relative to its head diameter.
For those who received their D1S in the US already, did your tracking give updates? Mine hasn’t updated since the first processed through notification.
Ordered mine from Intl Outdoors on the 15th in Aus, hoping for a tracking number as parcel theft is a major issue around my area.
Havenot been this exited for a light in a while, should be good after my Klarus shat the bed.
$88 Aud plus cost of cells in this country, still cheaper than some of my others for the output.
Mine got stolen together with one 18350 
Says DELIVERED at/in mailbox but it wasnt there when i came from work
Yeah but mine had to go 65km further.
Has anyone measured its throw distance yet?
edit: 703m according to TK.
I have a D4 XPL HI 1A and a XPL HI 3A on the way here… debating if I want a D1 or not… Can someone post a few good outdoor beamshots of D1?
Here are some outdoor beam shots from the D1S including a comparison shot from the Convoy L6. Very impressive:
Hah, the money shot is at the bottom… Emisar D1S on the left, Convoy L6 on the right:
Both are a long way from the “Giggles” thrower, but it’s pretty good for something which can fit in a coat pocket.
A whole extra day from Brisbane to Bribie!
Haven’t had too much time to play with the D1S, but I’m very impressed with the heat handling. Hotspot is around double the brightness of my Convoy C8. Will post a mini-review when I get the time.