Got my J09 today, and its the 3-mode version (high-still high-#&%§$% strobe). Ordered 30 days ago, so shipping was quite fast (to Germany).
Its a XP-G emitter. Its bright (with an Eneloop). Buts its not the light I ordered!
My clicky seems ok, the pill is glued in (why must Eastward seal all lights? I ruined my tweezers…) On the box is a label with the correkt sku.47626, don’t know who made the mistake, DX or Eastward.
The 3-mode version is 19.60$ atm, wasn’t it like 18.80$ some weeks ago?
I think they glue it to shop bad seller from down grading the led
XP-G? Sure?
http://img706.imageshack.us/img706/1470/xpgquestionmark.jpg
I thought the 4 dies are a sign for XP-G.
OMG! is XP-G! at least!. Pity the modes
It's a XPG for sure.
Now there is a new question:
XPG at last
or
XPG at the moment???
I dont understand that, sorry, English is not my natal language, maybe I wrote an error with "xpg at least"
No no, your quote was fine and perfectly understandable, newbie74 is just saying it in a different way, ie. "For the price, this light finally has a worthwhile emitter"
Pity DX screwed up and sent out the wrong light, however the 3-mode IS listed as an XP-G on the website.
Perhaps I was too subtle.
Fran82, what I meant was: We finally have an Eastward XPG. But will it continue shipping with an XPG emitter? Or will it revert to XPE as (I believe) some earlier ones? It is a new and different question...
If they have a 4 mode, no strobe, XPG it's a sure buy in my opinion. But I'm not buying it because I don't know what they will ship...
Ah! Ok, sorry
I bought one of the original 3-mode ones. It has an XP-E but is the brightest on an AA NiMH of anything I own. I don't have the junk switch problems but then I bought it, like many of my lights, around the time it was announced by DX. I do wonder about dropping in an R5 I happen to have lying around, but the R5's I have are not mounted on anything, they are just in the packaging they come in off a reel, so I'd have to get the XP-E out and somehow get the R5 mounted on the star - once I'd got past the glue. I've never done reflow soldering. Arenat's post here does give me some ideas though.
My Eastward YJ J09 arrived and it has 3 modes high-"not so high, but almost the same"-strobe and an xp-e emitter (I can see the dots). Brightness is lower than my P32, but I don't have old's switch problems. I like the tint and the beam quality, but almost 20 $ for a pseudo single mode is definitely too much in my books. In times like these, I feel the urge to sell all my budget lights and get one expensive light that does what I expect.
Okay, well I'm kind of glad I avoided this whole stupidity then. Probably still look in to the Mr Lite - just got a KC-05 and I'm fairly impressed thus far.
The problem is , that i have variable output every time I switch on the light , now this is not really noticeable to the naked eye , only to my light meter [ lightbox ]
And once the switch is shorted out , making the light into a twisty , my output goes to a very nice 250L ...
So less switch , I get on average almost 100 more lumens output ...
I also think this has something to do with the driver , as it seems very sensitive to resistance [ like my multimeter ] ...
I have a nice laundry list of issues ... and hopefully I will have the review posted today ...
Ey, the replacement switches are http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.5588~r.43033281
250 lumens on an Eneloop is incredible. What a pity that DealExtreme and Eastward have been so unscrupulous with this whole deal. This is yet another nail in DealExtreme's coffin, in my opinion.
OK, mine just arrived.
Works great, really bright, XP-G emitter, and... High, High, and Strobe modes. Back to pulling the ropes of the DX ticket system....
5 pack , might have to order one [ pack ] , there might be one good clicky in the bunch , I hope ...
+ Ive seen far better ones on ebay , just need to order the right size .. Thanks fran82
I have them used for replace the one on the TF F23. Works perfect. No difference from the stock one, only a little longer (1mm)