Rominsen RC-T601

LED Flashlights – General Info
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Lenght of the pill

Wouldn´t it be nice to have this made in copper?!

At least I will check, how thick the plate the LED is sitting on is. I work in metal industry so I think I could get a lathe man to make something interesting there...

Reflector, it has NO FLAWS!

My 980L has three biggish blemishes. Very happy with this one. Smooth surface, no rants here.

Overall, this compares to me much more to 980L than C8. Ok, it is very plain looking maybe compared to fancier 980L but the quality is there.

Especially the reflector blemishes have dropped points on my 980L against this one. Threads are also better in this and so is battery fit.

980L is VERY tight pressing the batts with tailcap spring when using long ones, body tube is bigger etc... This is done properly.

Did I tell, a local battery maker (Lumilight) adjusted their batterys minus plate according to some pics I took of the old one used in 980L?

It had pressed the battery a dent. There was a "pretty plate" in minus end, not the usual PCB we tend to have, it was too weak so they changed it.

Got even 3 free batteries for a quickie review :)

Size of reflector.

On the left edge of the reflector, notice that small bump.

That is the cause of all this debris inside lamp. The fit of reflector in head is really good, no rattles whatsoever, impossible to misplace. So, this small bump was absolutely too much to fit in. It had been jammed there a bit, so small particles were all over. All in all I feel good about fitment of parts, really nice fit for the price compared to my 4 C8 experiments.

My rants go to lowish PWM rate, blinky modes, thats about it.

It´s a good one, consider this very carefully if needing a "C8" style flashlight for just added 4$.

This one is from DD.

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thanks for the detailed pics

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yeah thanks! didn't expect to see the larger diameter reflector vs the 980l..

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Nice shots, Cheap Thrills. Looks like a quality light up close.

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How does the Romisen compare with the XinTD C8? Are the brightness and throw comparable?

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UPDATED with comments.

Highly recommended, 4,5/5 and the half point is gone because of some debris, PWM and 5-mode blinky.

If you can take these things, it´s a good one. Anyway if compared to C8 it´s a no-brainer, if grip rings or general looks don´t argue against it.

Really a better overall quality or else all my 4 C8´s have just been bad ones.

First thing I noticed, this has real looking anodizing and not that paint feel like C8´s...

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anyone have any discount codes for Dino Direct to use on this light?

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saypat,

I have a $5.00 off $30.00 coupon by the light and a set of batteries.... DDSAVINGISBELIEVING ends on 2/29/2012

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Thanks for the good pics. Just placed an order to DD!

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Dude, I totally know the feeling man, I once lost nearly 2 hours worth of work that way...

LOL, you sir are a true flashaholic! Thx for the detailed pics and write up!

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wow, kewl. much appreciated, THANKS!

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Yes, it works for everyone for minimum purchase $30!

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Well… Almost got late from work, signed in 4 minutes before deadline.
What do you think about modding the pill in general?
Better to make it from thicker aluminun, brass or copper?
Does it make any sense to do it in first place? (add heft to pill for heat)
For coupon, does FLASH10 work anymore on DD?

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Flash10 for 10% off no longer valid at DD...

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yeah I used flash10 when I got mine..had some DD points also..total price was 18$..i'm happy to here about the battery fitting tightly and the large heat contact area..I will use this on my bike and may order another for dual beams..

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Ok, got rants here:

When I keep it on table on High for say 15min, it looses modes and clicks on only to High.

It finds modes again when it has cooled down for about 10-20seconds. Modes function still, no problem.

Weird, would have expected a burnt driver but no. Has anyone had this kind of features in other lights?

Anyway, I was going to change it (PWM) to either KD V2 3A driver with 2-3 modes OR to 105 with 2,8A.

Asked today from a lathe worker, he is able to make heftier pills if needed :)

I know, a light worth of 24$ etc... But still! :D

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pill looks pretty big...maybe pot the driver w/ thermal epoxy

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maybe pop the driver and check the solder joints..make sure there's no short or anything that might short when everything gets hot and expands..I know I had a driver in a p60 xm-l that lost high mode and all it took was me reseating the driver for it to be fixed..something was shorting causing the weird behaviour..

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OK, thanks! I´ll try to re-solder it this evening.

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Driver and view from inside the pill:

Driver itself, notice those two yellow components piggy-backed. This is unfamiliar driver to me.

Leads are very short, you can lift driver under half an inch...

After all, there was not too much of paste! Very thin layer, very, very hard to remove...

Had to bend the star a bit to get it coming.

Notice how the pill has wrong placing for leads, its too tight, should be a couple millimeters wider gap between holes and they are not centered either.

On PCB side of the pill, there is a small non-aluminum ring to help soldering.

The wall next to LED is about under 2mm thick. It COULD be about 18mm thick if needed...

I´m going probably to make a new pill for this, spacing of those holes is bad...

Let me know, if you are interested in a pill for this, I´ll ask to make some more if someone wants. Will charge only actual price.

I think I will ask it to be made for 20mm star with better tolerances for emitter centering, better fix for holes and added heft.

Probably copper.

I think I will use that "helper" Glue to get that driver back some day. :)