Tacklife LFL3A $8.99

It’s a nice thrower, but I went the opposite way, and made mine into an around-the-house light by slapping on some diffusion film.

I got lights with fairly big hotspots, have DF on some smaller lights (gotta crank ’em up to get decent illumination, though), and this starts off on high and spreads out the light quite nicely now.

That’s a nice hunk o’ glass, though!

My battery arrived @ 3.61v., tested at 5100 & change on a Opus 3100 v2.2. Great deal for a decent cell plus a good bangaround light.

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Welp... I dedomed one emitter with the heat gun but of course that screws up the tint, so I ordered two XP-L hi's from mtn and gonna drop those in. It's worth it.

The slow strobe on this light is perfect for daytime use when walking the dogs and the 26650 feel/size is the most comfortable for me.

Everything disassembles with no hassles and it's worth to note that both springs are thick plus nice and stiff.

Thanks to the OP!

I used gasoline to dedome, it didn’t come off clean after soaking 48 hrs. I was surprised that I didn’t kill the led with my fingernail trying to peel the remaining off. I don’t believe those that said the dome falls off, it must be a rare chance. I am done mucking it for now. the hot spot “seems” brighter with nearly the same tint. But this is all just based on a feeling.

Anybody know what “Thermoelectric separation structure” means? Apparently it’s a feature….

Whatever it is, you gotta regularly clean it with carburetor fluid.

I would assume based upon the time frame that it was produced, they are referring to the copper mcpcb, a lot of them were probably aluminum back then.

Well, sure enough. I could have Googled that:

[quote]
Thermoelectric Separation Technology of Copper Core PCB …
Search domain Thermoelectric Separation Technology of Copper Core PCB - Engineering Technical - PCBway

Any ideas on how to fix the rings besides DF?

If there were a super-low moonlight/firefly mode, you could turn it on and look askew into the reflector and play with the aim ’til you’d see a bright spot (ie, when a bright ring would hit your pupil), and could then tell if it’s coming from the shelf near the LED, or if it’s a reflection off the bezel, or whatever.

’Fcourse, being that “low” is painfully bright, you’d just see big green blobs trying it, so…

OK, I'm impressed.. I changed both emitters on two lights. 6500k and 5000k from mtn. (xp-l hi) Quite a bit brighter and of course better tint(s). More intense hotspot. Keeps up with my other throwers. Just change the emitters-you won't regret it! Why mess around trying to dedome an inferior emitter?

What mcpcb size did you use?

20mm. Biggest one mtn has. Star in the light is 22-25mm but centering ring takes care of that.

Price at $10.99 last week so I had to get one also.
Battery tested to 5451mAh (!). I had to use a shim to get it to make contact in the LiitoKala

Using a fresh Samsung 21700 40t so as not to limit current.
On my Lumen Tube (not calibrated yet) I got:

Low: 108 Lumens
Med: 413 at tun on, 419 at 30s (??)
High: 867 at turn on, 845 at 30s, 838 at 60s, 465 at 16m.
It will switch back to higher Lumens if switched off then on again.

I’ll post a review after I get a chance to do the run time curves and check the PWM.
All the Best,
Jeff

Yep. And with diffusion film, it’s an awesome around-the-house light.

I was/am suitably impressed.

On mine, the press and hold for off, if done quickly, works starting in high.
Then it turns on in mefium.
If started in medium, it turns on in low.
At least high can be bypassed with a little anoying effort.
All the Best,
Jeff

I think I’m gonna need another to try to mod.
Can’t beat the price with such a good battery.

Just Posted a review of this light here:

All the Best,
Jeff

Ach… I reviewed it on Amazon, but didn’t cc it here.

I have a third on its way ….

And now they are gone.
Darn, I waited too long to get a second.
All the Best,
Jeff