thanks Boaz! and yes he is correct, they are xeno E03 like he showed in his picture. What looks like fingerhold are clips I ordered from Kaidoman in search of a proper fitting clip, plus they chrome and black clips help me distinguish the ones with colored LEDS and not colored leds.
I bought all 5 from a member who is a dealer of them for a great price. Here's the link, doesn't look like any are left, but the guy who runs this website is a really great person / dealer to work with: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/65431. I swapped the leds out of 4 of them. But they came stock as a 14500 light with an xml-2 led! So basically I realized bc I had no idea, it's like in today's standards a 14500 light coming stock with a sst40! They are awesomely made, and I used them often. I have red, blue, 2700k, and 5000k leds I have installed, along with Simons Convoy drivers because the only downfall of the original e03 is the UI - which is medium, low, high. Now I have the 12 mode selectable in some of them. Well 2 of them have the convoy driver, I still need to buy more . I started with 2 to make sure swapping the driver would work. It does
wow! Just realized the date of that review lol. I did find out after buying them and researching them some that they were a big deal, 8-10 years ago. And they still are a big deal, because I have had people buy me i5t whatever lights, and the e03 is so much better. Especially with the driver replaced and any LED you want in it. There's room for emitters ranging from osram 3030's up to sst40. I still am planning a 3v xhp50 for the last one I have modded yet. That or an osram cslpm1.
yea it is, picked up the sbt90.2 from simons alix store and put in a couple weeks ago. It's a gt mini pro. So it has the op reflector but also the higher amp (I'm pretty sure 9amp-ish) driver.
it isn't a laser beam, but really nice beam and throws farther than my ft03 xhp50 lol.
Cool, I thought about that too, sst40 seems like a good fit. Or the new sft40 . I had the osram CULPM1 in it before the sbt90, it was really good too. Threw a little further but half or less lumens . But it was still good. Only problem with going to the sbt90 is you can't go back, beacuse I reamed the reflector opening
True, I love my X9L just would rather a side switch. Thinking about send it back to him to throw the SBT90.2 in it. I’ve got a couple other lights I kinda want to send him to emitter swaps on.
I agree, i love the x9L too, its mix of throw, spill, and carry-ability is unparalleled if you ask me - there is nothing else like it. the sbt90 gt mini definitely throws further but (in my experience, with my gt mini) it is not as bright as the x9l. It has to be the driver differences (im running the molicel p26a in the gt mini sbt90). also my gt mini has the OP reflector. I was using it last night because we talked about it lol, and i remembered how nice and smooth the beam transitions are. but of course i lose some throw as the trade off.
Id say send it in to Vinh, because it is really fun to have a small side switch light with the sbt90.2, the gt mini is such a fantastic & aesthetically pleasing hosts IMO. its definitely one of my top "I'd never sell it" lights.
And probably because i'm using the stock driver and its not Super Bright, it doesn't get HOT really fast either. I bet its in the mid 3000's lumen, not 4500 lumen like other sbt90 throwers that have higher amp drivers. but its good because the heat is manageable.
Jon slider, nice collection! Over never given those jet beams much thought, I've never tried a rotary so don't know what it's like.
I looked up some of the lights you said would like to buy and others you bought and would never buy again.
the mecarmy pt16 looks so cool, can I ask what you didn't like about it so much? Was it the, what I assume would be, bad battery life? Or is that not the case?
