If there’s still time to jump in on this, I’d love to snag one!
Interested. Can I get in on this? Thanks!
Also interested, is it still possible?
That sucks about the trits.
That’s a great idea about just putting one above the switch. I bought 6 trits for this light but it’s only going to get the one.
Order placed for the SC26.
Will have to dremel the trit slot a little deeper for the power switch.
Am I the only one that was surprised by the fact that the side switch ONLY lights up blue when the light is on? I was hoping the switch would glow when it’s just sitting on the shelf…
Also, the HI (dedomed version) neutral white is much more yellow than I had anticipated. The HD (domed version) is a great neutral white. Side by side, the HI is well…. pretty dang yellow :weary:
For those of you who are interested in the disassembled pics of the light, below are the pics that khas took and posted elsewhere.
I received a brown HD NW today. The overall finish is spotless.
However the beam is really ugly with a bright NW hotspot surrounded by a yelowish corona and an other purpleish one around it… Almost a rainbow. Not the best beam i’ve seen.
Another issue is the tail cap ano is a slightly different tint. Not a huge difference but it’s not spot on.
Is there a shortcut to moon from off? - like long press on the D4 and other lights?
I got the same configuration and same issue with ano tint. Mine is ever so slightly greenish compared to the rest of the brown body. But I’m used to some variation from the old Natural OD days.
Funny but the beam off-tint intensity seems to vary with the available ambient lighting, sometimes more yellowish than others. If you are ok with a less pronounced hotspot, a little diffuse film around the edges (annularly) knocks the tint (shift) right out.
I searched for the same and there does not appear to be. +1 on that feature being +desireable /missing.
I noticed the same thing with the yellowish tint. I wish I had gone with 2 HI’s instead.
The user interface on this is pretty bad. They tried to make it similar to Narsil, but failed. Who thought it was a good idea to require a full press to turn the light on, and have it remember the last mode? I keep turning it on turbo, turning the light off, clicking the button hoping it would begin ramping up… nothing happens, I look at the light, release the switch, and now I have 1500 lumens searing my retinas.
Apparently Haikelite assumed that we would all know the exact mode we would want next time. It’s like Russian Roulette; I wonder what brightness setting I will get the next time I turn my lights on :person_facepalming:
Something I found that sometimes helps - BEFORE turning Off from Turbo, double-click to return to the previous mode then turn Off. Next turn On will return to the last used saved mode rather than Turbo (unless that is your last saved mode.)
Being able to toggle Mem would have solved that :-(.
So I received my lights yesterday. I only got to test out the white one (I also ordered a blue one). My white one came a little scuffed but it’s not really noticeable because of the color. I did inspect the blue one for imperfections but I didn’t notice any when I quickly looked it over.
I see what people are saying about the trit slots being shallow. However, on mine only the trit slot above the switch is shallow and the rest of the slots are deep enough where the trits fit in and are recessed. In my excitement, I installed 2 on the light, one above the button and another on the opposite side. I will report back over the weekend, when I have more time to play with the light and possibly have time to mod one of them.
I found the same issue with the finicky UI … I thought it was my battery or something wrong I was doing.
If I take the battery out and start from square one its perfect ramping and plenty impressive bright.
The light itself is beautiful blue and I really like the form factor, but I really don’t think I can live with the UI.
If anybody has a solution….ie wants to mod it for me or take it off my hands let me know. :person_facepalming:
Lexel might be coming out with a driver to replace this one with hopefully Narsil in it… so you may want to wait and see what he comes out with.
HaikeLite just needs to start making hosts :person_facepalming:
A couple more observations I forgot to mention… The xhp35 hi also has the egg yolk effect, which a TIR would resolve. What do you guys think about converting this light to a 3v led instead and running one of lexel’s exsting drivers on it?
Your post made me look at the trit slots again - found 3 very shallow - 2 almost deep enough - 1 in between - so much for QC
I know what you guys like. Blf gt style firmware…
Update on UI issues.
I decided to just try an 18650 instead of the one I had (Accreate Practical GTF 3.7V 26650 8800mAh Lithium Battery).
Seems to work better, at least not going into strobe all the time, don’t know how it affects the light otherwise but seems to ramp.
Maybe the 26650 cell I was using is no good??
Maybe you guys could weigh in on this, give it a try and report back??
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Mine ramps just fine regardless of battery. I’ve got one with a 26650 and one with a 26350. Haven’t even found strobe yet.