What you got today

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

Got a dewalt impact driver today... its got massive amounts of torque for such a small tool, I couldn't believe how it compares to my cordless drill, it really blows it out of the water. Bought it from Amazon for $92 shipped . Worth every penny. These impact drivers are all the new rage :) They also get rated very good at amazon... Anyone else got any of these? What's some "must have" accessories to go with it?

Today I got my TR-J12 from DX. It was backordered (you know, the "4-7 days"-thing) and I thought it will be a "fire and forget" order, but I got it in under four weeks. Surprisingly fast for DX!

Actually I don't need the J12, but I bought it since it's a good reference for the new 7 x XM-Ls.. :)

I'll take some beamshots tonight, if the weather permits.

I got this little AAA light from TinyDeal http://www.tinydeal.com/mini-handy-led-flashlight-light-torch-lamp-with-strap-fld-12944-p-11591.html?dp=U0103. About as bright as Brynite PDO3A/B would be between low and medium output. Tailstands perfectly, nice tight clicky switch. Tint slightly cooler than the Brynite, but not unpleasant. Dunno how much I'll use it, but seems good for the $.

Got my SWM M10A today, from DD.

nice looking light.. my first with Mag Control!

It doesnt feel cheap either.. But somehow I hoped it to be a bit more bling!

the printing on the body and head is actually pretty poorly done! Not very detailed!

The Low is really really Low.. the lowest Low I have on all my flashlights.
It says 4 lumen, but its dimmer than my ITP A3 on Low.....
The ITP A3 should be 1.5 lumen, according to their specs...
So how many lumen(s?) is my M10A on low? who knows?

Ordered on April 14th, Arrived April 23rd.. not bad at all!!!

after almost 2 months, P7, 5 modes, memory...

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