What you got today

Thrunite T20 arrived from Craig at Illumination Supply (I won it in the first Facebook "Like" draw). Less than a week from West coast to London - impressive).

Should mention that I actually came second in the draw - Craig's brother won, but declined. Nice family.

Nice little light, and I even have a use for it, beside the bed on my narrowboat. Will be a novelty when I'm asked "what do you need another light for" to have an answer.

finally got my package from manafont..fenix bike mount, srm 01 knife and some watch batteries..64 days to my door lol

Keygos 26650s came today, well actually yesterday but they don't fit in the mailboxes at the apartments so they were left in the office and I picked them up today. Ordered them on 4/7/12 and they were delivered 4/18/12, 11 days to NC, not bad at all, blows away the shipping times I have experienced from CNQG by a huge margin.

Today I got a package containing 2 gray TF 14500 protected cells, a 3*AA battery case and 3 Crystal Head vodka skull shot glasses.

Finally got my hands on some real "Super Lube".

All my threads now feel very naughty!

I want naughty flashlights! Where did you order it from? :)

Flashlight threads, I hope! :wink:

My DD order arrived today.

Ordered on April 2 received April 19. Thats fairly fast.

MAHA C9000

XENO E03 (ordered V2 but received V3)

Thrunite T10

http://www.ebay.com/itm/110850039900

That's the only seller I found who is willing to ship internationally for a reasonable price and each tube contains 12 grams as apposed to the smaller 6 grams tube which kreisler got.

Jetbeam PA40W.

Comes in a nifty sealed plastic carry case.

Hello, rennsman.

Welcome to BLF!

from HK Equipment. Ordered April 5th, very well packaged and delivery time reasonable.

Flashlight Turtle, congrats to the superlube stuff! i had paid 6.89€ total for the oiler. yours is 7.82€. more expensive!!

Woody, please "review" your Spark when you can. sharing your thoughts, thx!

i got my UF swivel holster today from Manafont (UF 401):

it fits great with AA-sized tubes, and i also like it for AAA-sized tubes. i cant recommend it for tube diameters larger than AA-size. quality is great great great, i am very pleased with the built quality. the swivel joint is made out of black (flexible) hard plastic, unbreakable. you get 12 different lock positions. maybe the original swivel holster by Fenix is even better built (the UF 401 is an imitation of the Fenix, no doubt) but this is absolutely pleasing and sufficient. very light weight and small, and it works beautifully (walking, better than headlamp for that matter, ..). me thinks that EVERY flashaholic should have both this type of holster (it actually replaces any standard holster/sheath/pouch!) and a gorillapod with clamp. i regard the gorillapod and the swivel holster as the two most ESSENTIAL accessories of a flashaholic ;)

here some good info: the "UF 401" model number is assigned to 2 different UF swivel holster, similar to Fenix diffusers which have the the same model number but are really different products. so when you order it from ebay, make sure that you get the "401" which you're interested in. I was interested in THIS "401" and i am glad that they didnt ship the wrong item (i.e. THE OTHER "401" by UF).

One advantage of this small-ish holster is its symmetry. it's a holster with a symmetrical shape. its center of mass is exactly in the swivel joint (point). when you swivel the holder, the center of mass (of holster + flashlight) stays in place. other holders (e.g. NiteIze, the other UF 401) generate a momentum in the black plastic mounting bracket (clamp). the momentum is transferred to your belt and subjectively you will think that the holster is "heavier" lol.

if you dont know what i mean, take a look at selfbuilt's Olight i3 (analogy). imagine the split ring was glued in a fixed position to the keyring attachment point of the i3 (=analogy: the 401 + torch is a fixed system, a so-called "rigid body system") and you had to hold i3 100% straight (vertical) with your thumb and pointer .. only by touching (holding) the split ring (=analogy: the belt holds the 401). so your fingers be the belt in the analogy. now think about it: what is easier to hold in your fingers: the iTP A3 (no momentum in your fingers), or the Olight i3? the engineering target is to let the belt "carry" (only) the weight of the holster+flashlight and not also let it "counteract" the momentum which is transferred by the black plastic. a symmetrically built holster provides pure strain by weight, which also means that the holster will not TWIST your belt thru torque.

this product is kreislapproved and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. dont' get it from MF but do get it (from elsewhere)!!

Hello and welcome to BLF, rennsman.

Nice, thats next on my list.

Welcome to BLF.

One of these. Not entirely sure why I bought it as I invariably end up giving zoomies away.

And it's hardly as if I don't have enough headlamps already.

Numbers in due course.

Welcome Rennsman.

Today i finally got my Ultrafire HD2010 from easylightbuy. It pulls over 3.2A on a trustfire flame 18650.

Machining is pretty good, overall is an awesome light for the money and seems to throw pretty dang good.

However, the LED came with a pretty large imperfection on it.

This led me to order a U2 on a 16mm board to mod it with, and I also ordered my first 26650 Kingkong from Intl-outdoors. See how she performs with a few little upgrades!

Today I've got FandyFire UV-S5 from DX. It is absolutely the same as Sky ray King.

the brightest light I've ever seen.

WOW. Nothing to say more.

topic: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/6727?page=7#comment-159701