GB Clone Offically "SOLD OUT" 10/21/18 XPL HI 1300LM Focusing AKA Cometa 2016

Thanks.
I will ask my uncle if he still workes a few days a month in NL (he workes for Hoya). If he is no longer working in NL i want to ask Paul for a Z1 Host (23,55€ for a Cometa is to much!). Before i spent ~24€ on a Cometa i add a few bucks and buy a Z1! Could be interesting to see the lights side by side. But i was hoping to see the Rebel Lime and the LCG H9RN side by side in the same host.

One Question off topic.
I searched BLF about a coated lens for the 1504. There was a lot of posts about the light and MEM did a custom run on lenses. . . . but all links i can find are dead or lead to nothing.
Has anybody a tip where i could get a good lens like a K9 ar coated for the 1504?

What site is everyone using for tracking? I’m not having much luck finding a working one.

Depends on the carrier. Whut’s the tracking number?

(Blank out a few numbers in the middle, though. :smiley: )

RX8637XXXXXCN

Thanks Lightbringer

United States

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    Oct 07, 2018 15:38

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    Oct 06, 2018 17:20

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China

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Hmm, that’s a stumper. Try track.trackingmore.com, or track24.ru . Might be ChinaPost, but ain’t sure.

If you pop it into one of those, they’ll often have clues as to the actual carrier (the canaio, postnl, etc., website).

Wellp, I finally got my first order, played with it, seems nice. No spacers/insulators at either the driver or tailswitch.

No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There’s always a boom tomorrow…

Still, it’s pretty bright, dunno if it’s 1300lm based on ceiling-bounce, but it could be the cell I used for testing (kinda old, ain’t sweating it).

I hate the Bat Signal, though. Always did, not a fault of the light itself, just the nature of the beast.

Wish I could put a stop for just a turn or two away from fully-zoomed to prevent that, leave a kind of ugly blurry rounded-square instead of a speckled image of a lit chip.

All in all, it’d makes a decent host, but even leaving it as-is (got the 3B, nice tint), it’s a nice light. For the price, it’s a steal.

Hmm, maybe I should get a dozen, sell them to unsuspecting widows and orphans. :smiling_imp:

I put an o ring (30mm ?) on the batt. tube right at/below the zooming threads. ...Just the results you want.

The best emitter to swap in to this light is available now

Cas Vegas.

Took mine with me to rural France, where i am now.
Just reassembled it as is.
Al works well, and the black parts inside the head make for a clean beam without rings, unlike my Brinyte B158B…
More lumens and considerably more heat than the Brinyte which runs a neutral warmish old stock XP-G2 on 3 Amperes.
The Brinyte outthrows the Cometa of course (no surprise).
Despite the switch boot hugging the switch button, no problems whatsoever with the Cometa.

I ordered some brand spanking new Osram #####.TG LEDs from Led4power, i’ll try one in the Cometa with a FET CC driver at 4 - 4.5 Amperes.
Should be fun! :sunglasses:

Perfectly understood :wink:

Good luck.

That is quit interesting, thanks for posting this SKV89

Just took a few shots during disassembly. I guess the driver is a little small for the pocket but with the driver ring, it stays in place well enough. I have some Utorch s2+ clones coming and I really like this driver.

This pill is great! The thin o ring is used as Lightbringers’ anti-batman signal bumper and the thicker o ring acts as a grip I put on the tailcap. The pringled insulator is back there but I put on some kapton tape for additional insulation.

Is that lens coating durable enought to handle my OCD polishing and removal of dust particles? :open_mouth:

Nice. Thanks for sharing.
I wonder 26650 cell will fry this led?

The KLD-PC2 diffuser works exceptionally well with the Italia Cometa, if they are you’re thing.

It’s like it’s OEM.

Led4Power suggested a 5amp cell, so I suppose as long as it’s not over that you should be alright,
I don’t really understand his bench testing and the heat management reasoning, but with intelligent guys like him I just follow the advise.

“Nice. Thanks for sharing.
I wonder 26650 cell will fry this led?”

Runs fine on a full charge 26650. Starts to warm up after a couple of minutes on high but nothing startling.

Bargain of the year at minimum. :sunglasses:

Dream on.

Latest e-mail:

” Dear XYZ
Thank you for shopping with us.Your order number is 1234567.

We will now begin processing your order. We’ll send you a confirmation email when your item ships.(If your order status shows as “Pending” on our web page, it means you have not completed payment yet)”

These people know exactly what they are doing, and are skating a very fine line under contract law. Not completed payment yet ? I don’t think so (nor do PayPal, or my credit card provider).

If it ever turns up, if it even exists, I’ll probably try to flip it, as it seems several highly respected members are offering already. But first I’ll need to have it in my hands. I’m not so immoral as to try to sell things that I don’t actually have. Oh, but that would be the futures market (AKA house of cards).

My $14.95 experiment is going exactly the way I thought it would.

Boy oh boy, that is one Sharp experiment, you intellectual grump… isn’t there some really smart things you can do for us all…??
You’re one of the smartest members we have had and you’re wasting your time like this, how about pickup where MEM left off, pal … ??
I guess I’m glad to see your abrasive seemingly toxic a, you’ve got a lot to offer, if only you could find better dumb downed words to explain it all…