What you got today

That’s a lot of flashlight for less than $10!

Two chintzy 3aaa headlamps for $7 shipped from Meh. Review here: Review: what this world needs is a good $3.50 headlamp

Got the L21B SFT40 and it instantly became my favorite convoy. Perfect centering and beam, amazing throw for the size/weight and feels very well balanced on hand.

For $35 this is easily one of the best value thrower in the market. I love the zero BS approach, there is not a single thing in the L21B that doesn’t need to be there, and even though this is marketed as a hunting flashlight there isn’t any tactical nonsense in the design.

TrustFire TR3T6 and a tail-switch bought together on TrustFire shop in Ali Express for just about US$40 (without battery). I like the extension tube to use three 18650 cells.

Actually this simple flashlight (no side switch) is now cheaper, because of the ongoing End of Season Sale.

Won this from Neal at nealsgadgets, cant believe my luck i won the first prize haha :open_mouth: its sst-20 4000k tint so totally nice gift.

Congratulations!!

Is there any place to get that pouch in english?

Got another mail call from Simon at Convoy…

First a new M21b with the wonderful FC40 @ 4500k. This led makes everything just pop, really does rival the Nichia 219b sw-45k!

And also got 3 T2’s with the Nichia 219b sw-45k. Best emitter out there!

stock images of a $10 Craig’s List buy:

Who is selling that kit in these times lol

Noctigon KR1vn sbt90.2 red :cowboy_hat_face:

TrustFire Minix from the recent giveaway came this morning. It is now on my keychain. Thanks TrustFire.

now ya gotta tell about it!
(mine coming today i think)

wle

Zebralight SC53 yesterday.

Very underwhelming.

Output is surprisingly low. So much so that I wonder if I got one of the dud Zebralights.

This is supposed to output over 300 lumens on an Eneloop. But it’s dimmer than lights I got 10 years ago.
My old Spark SL-5 with 190 lumens is twice as bright.

It feels like actual output is more like 100 lumens. I consider this too dim for EDC.

Have you tried resetting it and which Eneloop are you using

Eneloop Pro, fully charged. But I also tried with a fresh 1.7v Energizer Lithium.

The output looked the same with both cells.

The low output is how it looked out-of-the-box before any mode groups were programmed. I have also verified that I am in group 5, for which H1 is fixed at max brightness.

It really does seem like the “sweet spot” for Zebralights are their 18650 lights and the 21700 SC700d. All the 18650 Zebras are fantastic lights. Very compact, decently bright, and with the best thermal management of any similar-sized 18650 light.

I’m a bit surprised the SC53 is so weak and so inferior to the SC52. I’d have to check, but I think the SC53 is dimmer than my old SC51 with XPG.

From Zebralight instructions ( If needed, use 15, 18, and 21 clicks from Off, to reset to the factory
default settings of the G5, G6, and G7 UI groups.) Might be worth a go

Floodier than I was hoping but kind of expected that. Also thought it’d be brighter but since I got the 4000k I suppose it is significantly lower lumens.

Playing around inside since it’s not dark yet, the wurkkos DL70 seems to stomp on this. Apples and oranges I guess…

Already thinking about reflowing osrams.

My new torch came with built in multi-meter, MUSTOOL MT108T


Got my package of Olight products this morning. Very fast, in just three days from Olight Singapore.

Now my smallest light is this Olight X9R. But still cannot figure out how to recharge it. No manual, no instruction in the box.