To be clear, flagging my post as rude because i quoted “sh(it)” is not normal behaviour.
If you want to police on a forum, become a moderator and chase everyone you don’t like out.
By the way, why do you have a political signature when you’re always against discussing politics (which is not allowed on BLF, and for good reason)?
……aaaand that’s all for me for today in this topic…
Before you go, would you please remove the posts that you filled with language that is considered rude, this is supposed to be a family-friendly forum and even apart from the rules for me that is part of why I like it here.
Yes, there was a problem with the driver pocket also. The major I.D. of the driver shelf was oversize, say 19-19.5mm I think? The pass thru hole was like 17.8-18mm so you could actually move the 17mm driver over enough to short out on one of the SMD’s or positive lead… something like that…
Also since the mcpcb board isn’t screwed or glued, (the Z1 mcpcb was screwed down) a couple members had the board rotate when they tightened the cover on, and sheared the leads. IIRC….
First I would like to thank T18 for posting this deal :+1:
I bought the light with the Vap battery,
it was delivered in a bit less then 3 weeks
my light was also dropping out of turbo to moon after 10 seconds or less
but after reading I found that it was the temp setting
I turned the temp / heat setting off and it is working fine now
I also opened the light and the solder looked fine
but I insulated the blobs anyways as a precaution
I like the light so much that I went back tonight to buy another
but the price is now 47.99 :person_facepalming:
hope they lower it again,
I would definitely pick up another
Iwon’ttellyourwife, your quit welcome, I sure didn’t expect this thread to become as long as it became.
I to saw how BG raised the price of some 20 more units and they are claiming it’s for sale at 50% off the original price of $95 something,
This light has never sold for that much, imagine what light you would buy for $95, not the Cometa I hope… ha ha
The most they have ever tried to sell this light for was $65 and that was way to much for this clone, and $40+ is ridiculous as well.
All of us BLFers probably saved some poor soul from buying a potentially very dangerous surprise at $15.99,
I do think we all got one over on BG this time, especially if you got the free cells,
Yesterday afternoon they had 148 of the 3Bs, priced at £20.90, in the UK warehouse
But mysteriously this morning (early) they only have twenty, at the bargain price of £37.14 (a massive reduction from the proper price of £72.79.
Be quick, buy buy buy, only 20 left, unrepeatable offer …
Do they take us for monkeys ? Sadly some gullible idiot might just take them up on their offer.
If they had any ethics or moral compass, or sense of shame, they would either scrap them, or unscrew the driver, cut the LED wires, and sell them as a “DIY host, includes free LED and BLF driver, no warranty, only experienced people need apply”
Because that is all that they are.
And will never be as good as the real thing, even after hours of “fixing-up” with your own un costed time and materials. And every time you look at it, you will know that it isn’t the best, was shamelessly ripped-off from the original designer, and perhaps you should have saved the money and put it towards something much better. And not been knowingly complicit in further continuing fraudulent and deceptive practices.
Edit: and cheap.
Meanwhile you can buy the real deal from Jaxman, for under $60, or about £45.
Who would be so stupid as to take up Banggoods’s offer now ?
I dare say they’ll be back on a better offer soon enough, I think they still have a big stockpile to shift.
Failure should be it’s own reward, not further rewarded. And I disapprove of rewarding failure by continuing to buy this dirty thing, no matter how appealing the price might be.
Cometa: the gift that keeps on giving…
Edit: here is a little word-cloud that might attract the search engines, because all mention of the “C” word seems to have vanished from BG:
XPL HI 1300Lumens 8Modes Dimming Brightness Long Rang Long Shots LED Flashlight 18650/26650
Thanks for confirming the issue to be firmware related. I disable the temperature thingy since I got the light.
This light is really nice. But I really hope it has a mode that is two levels of 50% and 100%. Its mode options below are really not suitable for me. Now I am using mode 1 which is 1300lm, it gets hot when battery is freshly charged, else it is fine to just let it on Turbo all the time.
I ordered two Cometas with free 26650 and 18650s. I have already received the free 18650s.
Yesterday I received an email from Banggood informing me that the Chinese warehouse was out of stock and that the product had been discontinued, but that I could have the torches posted from the UK warehouse without the 26650 cells.
Perhaps Banggood just put 128 aside for unfulfilled orders?
Edit: I’m not arguing with the rest of Tom Tom’s post, just pointing out that Banggood does seem to be trying to fulfill orders and might not be sitting on a huge stockpile.
I have already received a return for the Cometa from 26650.
It’s a shame of course, when the seller places the goods, you pay for the goods, and then the seller realizing his losses goes to outright cheating ….
Alright, thank you guys for your input. So far, I noted following issues that one should take a look at before actually using the Cometa:
Short circuit risks:
solder joints on LED aluminum board (potential for bad solder jobs)
sharp edges on the pill that might damage the insulation of wires
insulation disc on the rear side of the pill is crucial as the outer rim of the pill might cause shorts when in contact with the positive pole of the battery
driver pocket / driver shelf oversize (approx. 19-19.5mm) while pass thru hole is about 17.8-18mm => 17mm driver can be moved over enough to short out on one of the SMD’s or positive lead
MCPCB isn’t screwed or glued => risk of board-rotation and shearing-off of leads when tightening the cover
Operational malfunctions/ flaws:
Turbo drops out to moon after exactly 10 seconds => Fix: adding a 5 Ohm resistor between led+ and both C1 and D1 or set off the temp / heat setting
Rattling inside the head due to zoom mechanism => Fix: still in clarification / adding high-viscosity lubricant, o-rings or kapton tape might help
If there's anything more to consider or if something needs to be corrected in my above mentioned points, I'll be glad to collect any further input and summarize it here. :-)
But I suspect some automated algorithm is observing this, re-pricing based on recent past orders, and oscillating wildly, with no (sensible) human in the loop.
Interesting times. And pick up your “bargains” whilst you can.
But don’t forget it is still a sh(it) torch, meaning sh (dont talk about it) and (it) meaning a complex UI. Nothing more.
You could do much better, for just a few dollars more.