who in BLF would care?
I know it was very much a budget light forum back in 2010/2011 (Ultrafire and Trustfire were received quite ok then, eg Trustfure Flame batts, triple XM-Ls etc), but nowadays are you very sure that there is no chatter outside that of budget lights (eg vn lights, maxabeam)? Just look at the main page. 
RomeAshai C6 High Power LED Flashlight (fasttech)
6*Cree XML-T6 / 4-mode / 10000LM / pure white / 4*18650 / w/ power bank function
$46.63
It looks like it’s not made to be used without the handle.
Must be HaikeLite design. Haha. They should have anodized the handle as well.
Ha, 10k lumen from 6 x T6. Those only do 700 lm max. So maybe they run them at 400 lumen each for 2400 lumen? Even that might be optimistic. Lol
That looks like a MT03 clone with 3x emitters. If they made that 7x XHP70.2, it can do 30k+ lumens with a TA driver
JAXMNVE new lights.
The Jaxmnve with dual switch and usb recharge looks very interesting. Any idea where to buy it from the US?
I’m glad they are still making lights. Their Aliexpress store has been shutdown for over a month now.
Are they only selling on Taobao? I’ve never bought from them. It seems difficult for USA buyers.
Zoomies are back.
Back in stock, or back in fashion?
KDIY K5S
150mm (L) x 44.5mm (Dia. of Head) x 32mm (Dia. of Body)
209g
Great finning. Looks like a great host for sustaining high output.
Freeme, any link for that big zoomie?
This one? 
Yes, that one.
I received my Nightwatch IRA from enogear yesterday - site is till down though. The IRA is one big chunk of alum with also a nice chunk of copper press fit, acting as a thick shelf for the MCPCB, which is also copper, anchored with 2 screws. It looks like a modder drilled out the shelf, cut a piece off of copper bar stock, and press fit it in there nicely.
It's one sic light, maybe the best heat sync'ing you will find in this size. But it only has a XHP-70, not XHP-70.2, but think enogear listed it that way, though looks like everywhere else it's listed at 3600 with a XHP-70.2. Max on turbo was only 2600 lumens on a Shockli 5500, think it was listed at 3600. UI doesn't quite match what's described on other listings - no manual, no shred of paper included and came in a plain, cheap OEM unmarked white box, in a bubble wrap bag. No spare o-ring, lanyard, etc. Not a good way to ship a heavy light, but the shipping bag had some padding to it, not your typical BG or GB bag. No shipping damage whatsoever.
The UI is a bit clunky - for the side switch, must cycle thru modes to turn it off for regular modes. For the lowest mode and turbo though, you can single click them off (press&hold for lo-lo, dbl click for turbo).
Can use the power tail switch though for power ON/OFF and last mode memory.
It's a very moddable light, so far - easy driver and LED access, no LED's under the switch though but maybe the switch board can be replaced. I'm looking at modding to a XHP70.2, custom 6V driver, using two 26350's - should be able to fit the cells with some modding for fitting longer cell space - brass button to replace the driver spring, mods to tail to get the tail switch deeper, etc. Think it would be a waste of the heat sync to only use a 3-4V LED.
Just received the Amutorch AX3 - at turn on about 3000 lumens, but both LED's light up very low when not on, about a good low moonlight. So have to unscrew the tail to completely shut off the LED's, oh boy... I bought it for modding potential, so a tear down will tell me how moddable it is, and if so, the problem will be corrected.
Found 2 interesting 18650 cheapies on AE:
- - 7.53$
fairly beefy, finish looks good, anodized threads….apparently has a lighted tailcap that shows battery status (red/green)
seen this branded as Sanyi or Boruit
- - 3.87$
available as both zoomie and reflectored (seems to use the same head though) - has no proper LED shelf I think.
USB charger in the tailcap right besides the clicky. This had me puzzled for a bit, looks like they use a pair of diodes + fuse or PTC across the driver to make this work. Probably a 4056 in the TC. I wonder how good charge termination is. Very interesting.
I wonder if the TC legos onto other lights, that reverse diode in the driver should be easy to do and not affect operation of most drivers.
EDIT: just noticed the Wuben LT35 and L50 use what looks like the exact same tailcap. Hmmmm…….
Someone took it apart (this is the driver):
I ordered them both out of curiosity. Plus the cheapest C8 I could find - 4.15$ 
I finally managed to twist’n’pull hard enough to get the pill out of the “Thorfire” CT01s. Will see if I can’t scare up a moderate-current driver and nicer LED to replace the hateful little ones inside the light now.
Hardware-wise, it doesn’t look too bad, but the evil blue/purple beam and craptastic driver definitely need purging.
Will see what I got in “inventory” that I can stick in there…