I just machined the step down deep enough to screw the retaining ring on and everything else is stock. The driver seems to earth fine through the small lip on the back ok and it may be wishful thinking but the retaining ring may cool the chips on the driver slightly.
Will post an overview this night 
That's awesome, DNF . . .
Foy
Received one of these from Meritline 9/8/12 is this thing is super awesome. My new favorite super bright outstanding unreal outofthisworld super duper amazing throwing bright as all get out light!
have about 500ft shot down to where a fence and some cars are and its like daylight down there!!!
WOOT!!!
Thanks for the review everyone just had to wait to get the price down to my range! Think I paid $27 shipped!
Oh, very nice. I like it…
Just pulled the trigger, ordered the Black one from Lightmalls.
Someone commented on better finish on ano for some reason on the black one…
Might be almost the first light ever, with which I took tracking with shipping for extra 5$ 
That black version at Lightmalls is killer looking.
Also, while I was over there I saw they have a Solarforce M6 for $88.50!
It's $47.99 at solarforceflashlight-sales. There's some great deals over there but 88.50 for an M6 is pretty dang funny.
talkinboutprettydangfunnyFoy
Congrats on receiving your HDs, guys. They really are fun. I made a post last night only about the fact that turning of the streetlight outside my place making me giggle like a little girl. Wasn’t all that well received, but I don’t care. The HD is a killer light to have.
I agree with Foy - the grey HDs seem to have a really weird fragile finish. I am very interested in purchasing another in black. Obviously doesn’t mess with the performance at all. But still. A torch this awesome needs an awesome finish to go with it, in my opinion. And TMart now has the black ones at the same price. So…
Don’t forget to use the TMPRICE coupon code, if you haven’t already. 8% off.
Oh, thanks! I am not ready to do this just yet. Just glad they have the black in stock in the U.S. warehouse. WHen I order, I’ll check for the code. Thanks again!
Are all HD 2010 versions 5-Mode Versions ?
Good looking yeah, but after ordering I stumbled over a thread about Lightmalls selling Fake products :Sp
LightTake seems to have a 3-mode, but it’s Hi > Strobe > SOS, which is doubly ridiculous.
That’s not what i was looking for :bigsmile: What a bummer…
That’s a great price can you post the link to the Meritline version please and thank you.
I just got my hd2010 from Tmart today and got a chance to test it out tonight. Throws great and has a really nice beam but the tint on mone is a little on the purple side. My emitter is perfectly centered, but I have a white centering ring on my led, unlike the black one on most of the lights I see. I tested the current at the tail, and got 2.8 amps at the tail (3.1 amps with spring fully compressed) with a king kong 26650 at 4.12 volts. I soldered a 22 gauge wire from the driver to the tip of the spring, and did the same to the tailswitch and removed the spring cap. I then got 4.3 amps with the same battery. One thing I did notice is that although it is brighter for about the first 3 or 4 seconds, you can see the output sag after that. It is not the current dropping because I tested it and it did not move. I think it just overheats and drops output or is the driver doin somthin wacky.
Have a couple of copper pcb xml u2s and u3s on order, and will be dropping one of them in along with a 12 7135 driver and some heatsinking improvements.
Whoa! Look what the cat dragged in! Welcome back U_235! You've been away quite awhile!
-Garry
Yeah, had some medical issues over the past months. Looking forward to getting back to playing with my lights! Just got some xpg-2s in and plan on modding a C2 with one soon.
D’oh, sorry, forgot to make a small review about my HD2010 from Meritline :bigsmile:
Well, got it from them because of 30% off coupon. $25.89 instead of $36.99
Ok, it took about 3 weeks (ordered Friday, Aug 10th, received Monday, Sep 3rd). Not so bad for Singapore Post (with tracking, btw).
Came in white box, light was bubble wrapped. All this in normal, bubble wrapped orange envelope. But… look at that box! 
lol :bigsmile: When I saw it I thought my HD will be like sh*t.
Surprisingly, it was in perfect condition Almost all bubbles were popped though :bigsmile: Man, any other, smaller thing, wouldn’t survive such a torture.
At a glance - everything’s perfect. Yeah, I found a pair of very tiny dents’n’chips (almost all HD have, unfortunately), a little bit rough corners… but again, for 26 bucks… really nice finish It’s my first **fire brand 
- Very grippy knurling.
- Not-so-even anno between fins.
- Veeery clean reflector. Some small imperfections around the led, but it doesn’t affect the beam apparently.
- Clear crystal (almost), with small fingerprint on the edge.
- Clean threads, with no lube at all. Strange, but one of the o-rings was perfect, I mean, perfect size for that diameter (haven’t dismounted the head yet)
- Well centered emitter. CW, spill is awfully purple :sick: :bigsmile:
- Adapter tube for 18650 is a bad cut piece of plastic. Will be always inside anyway, so no one will see it :bigsmile:
As for driver - looks like the same driver all HDs have. Modes are spaced almost identically to my UF P60 drop-in from Manafont. No visible PWM in all modes SOS mode starts with O (O-S-S-O-S-S-O-S…), but it’s still a true SOS mode.
UPDATE: no, I was wrong, it starts with S, i.e.: SO-OSO-OSO…
Currents? 2,4A (stock leads) with charged TF 2400 @HI, exactly same current my P60 drop-in has 
Couldn’t check currents at MED and LOW, light started to flicker (someone already reported this behavior before, if I remember well).
A few pics for comparison. Beamshot was made with fully charged TF flames (overexposed though 
my Samsung doesn’t have lower exposure and this thing throws like a monster!!)
To sum up: great light! Great thrower! 
My first and, probably, last big thrower though. Quite useless for me, still prefer EDC size
Is your battery spacer just some white PVC? I just got mine from T-mart, and it’s just a rough cut little section. Not a big deal. However, mine does have memory for some reason and I hate it.