I emailed shockli and they did not reply and also windyfire they got back to me and said they were not sure if could ship to Australia but never heard any more.I have just ordered some Keeppower 6000mha from supersport 600,expensive but will arrive in a couple of days .
Does GearBest ship batteries to Australia? They have them in stock.
Some of the lights should be hitting the USA here in a few days.
I am hoping that it is not going to be October for me, like it was for the Q8…. Thank you DHL, putting it on an actual shipping container that sat in port (Seattle) for 3 months.
I first ordered the high CRI Nichia version, but will probably get a second one with XPL HI for pure power - like i did for the D4. I like both.
I’m also interested in the lower Vf impact of the Nichia and would appreciate to read answers from the tech guys. 
We have a similar shipping problem to Canada right now. I could not find a source for the Shockli at any reasonable price but I found a store which claims to ship the LiitoKala which are close enough in capacity for me. I hope I’ll actually receive them.
I haven’t bought a flashlight in a couple years now but this one is doing it for me. Going to buy it with XPL-HI V3’s. 
I measured 1.7 mm x 0.8 mm, so I’m pretty sure Emisar is using 0603.
Is there a blf discount on this site? Tempted by this pocket rocket…
Is it possible to config a simple one mode lamp? eg 600lm On/Off with the stepped ramp.
lol thanks Dale glad you responded 
as I’ve never ordered from them before so not sure how there shipping is etc...All my other torches are from zebralight.
Oh I see now the industry uses inches,so 0403 is 40 thousandths,063 is 63 thousandths etc.
Took a while for that to sink in.
Have some of the lights already been shipped from intl-outdoor? Mine is still processing while the batteries from intl-outdoor have already arrived.
If you ramp to 600 lm, it will do on/off at that level by default unless you switch to a different level.
Or there’s the stepped ramp, which can be configured for anywhere from 2 to 150 total steps. It’d take a bunch of clicks to set either end to 600, since that’s pretty close to the middle of the ramp, but I think you could set both ends to 600 and the number of modes to 2, if you really wanted it to only do that.
It’ll still have access to turbo though, and access to other modes (including the smooth ramp). There is no muggle mode in this UI.
Or you could ramp to 600lm and go to momentary/tactical mode. It’ll stay there, at that level, until power is disconnected.
So… sort of?
In my strong opinion all hotrods should have a muggle mode, that can not be activated by accident and that can not be disabled by accident. The X5/X6 firmware had a good working one, I wished that Hank had seen the value of it.
I won’t be loaning this one to granny.
Sometimes I’d even leave my X6 in muggle mode, because it’s useful as a second mode group.
At least the D4S can switch between two ramp modes, since they each have their own floor and ceiling values. Like, one for indoor use and one for outdoor use, or however the user wants to configure it.
But it has no muggle mode.
In place of muggle mode, a cell that won’t deliver high performance but otherwise still works is a good idea. Like a Panasonic B, it’ll work fine, it just won’t burn anything.
Rats, just received a refund for the battery amount. Are the Thrunite 26650’s fairly good? Might get a NW Catapault V6 and borrow the battery out of my cool white for the D4S.
I ordered the Nichia D4S as I don’t have anything with that led. I’m still a total noob with only a half dozen lights, but figure I might as well see what this whole high CRI thing is all about.
I love my Catapult V6, but I am not sure at what amperage the protection kicks in with the included cell. The Emisar D4S is meant to use unprotected cells, it can draw 10+ amps, the Thrunite cell may also be too long to use.
Emisar sells cells with FL purchases.