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Oh, the C-star zoomies are available with USB at the tail (I assume the head-rechargable light doesn’t zoom).
And waterproofing of the port looks good.

Bad news for me.

The flashlight never arrived, though I did get my money back through AliExpress.

And now this flashlight isn't available from this seller anymore, and it's quite a bit more expensive elsewhere.

It's a shame, too, because I think it's a fairly handsome el cheapo flashlight.

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001545552658.html

Looks interesting. :slight_smile:

I'm thinking it's interesting as well, but not sure how the batteries are setup. If parallel and accessible/removable like a Sofirn SP36 than I'd buy one to play with and hope to mod.

They look parallel on one rendering:

Though naturally this should be taken with a grain of salt.

http://kaidomain.com/search&search=S027435

Strange choice

https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4000389793969.html


Not best looking but seem decent built for be “Wasafire”
I would see a 14500 or 18650 version with brass pill and retainer driver ring

I have one of those JaredM. Or at least one that’s probably the same as I got it a few years ago. Some features of the one I have:

  • Tailcap electronic switch. Actually, I think the entire driver might be in the tail though I don’t recall if I removed the board at the top of the battery compartment to check whether it has components on it or is just a contact plate. This is very unusual for a cheapie zoomie.
  • Fairly easy to emitter swap.
  • UI is one press for high, second press for low, third press for off (ugh). And because it’s a tailcap driver with built-in electronic switch, this probably can’t be changed.
  • There is a red/green LED under the translucent black-tinted switchboot. The button lights up and starts flashing when voltage gets low. Or at least that is what is supposed to happen. Might lights up and flashes pretty much all the time the light is on.
  • The styling is modeled after Nitecore. However, as a zoomie, this light has different construction.
  • The heatsink fins are useless as they are mounted on the sliding bezel.
  • I only tried the light with 16340 and it works fine. I considered boring the battery compartment to fit 18350, but concluded it probably wouldn’t work as the neck of the light under the bezel wasn’t wide enough.
  • Fairly good matte black anodizing for a cheapie zoomie.
  • For those who don’t want to worry about a tailcap magnet catching on their keys or getting near their credit cards, the tailcap magnet can be demagnetized by holding the tip of a soldering iron to it. Just make sure to do this after you disassemble the tail and remove the rubber switch boot.

I’ve been away for a while…are they any nice zoomies that appeared recently? :slight_smile:

Nice to see you back Agro! Was worried about you.

I went away because I feel that I hit the wall with this hobby.
To progress further I would have to either go into modding (I dipped my toes and I don’t enjoy it) or go into flashlight business (which I am not interested in). With nothing more to achieve I largely lost interest.
But not fully. I think I will stay here for a few days again (it feels good to be back) but then leave again….

Mmm, how did it go? :-)

Mmm, 0K. Here we go again:

Who among you tried Kaidomain's zoomable led fishing flashlight host? Is the MCPCB holder meant for 5050 leds? Hole diameter? Comments?

Thanks.

I found a brand named ActiveFire Click on Aliexpress

I also found a flashlight that looks like a Convoy S2+ Zoomie version


Here is the link for the Zoomie S2+ style

It’s pretty hard nowdays to a find a cheap so-so 2xAA flashlight, there is just 1 seller that sells the Skywolfeye B17 and the B32 that each costs $4 and the shipping about $5 so around $9 in total which is almost a S2 host, so does not worth it.

Here’s a ‘clean’ link to the S2+ style zoomy. https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003263133572.html

Well I don’t receive a thing since I’m not an affiliate, just pasted the link from google images, so that’s why the id’s and values.

I am not suggesting it was intentional or malicious. I just can’t stand these mile-long, tracker laiden links. All good :+1: