New EDC 18650, the first flashlight using the new CREE XP-G2 LED @ Intl-outdoor.com

Welcome to BLF digitaltim! You'll love being here! :)

Glad you like your light. Your testimony got me very interested in this light..

Here's some naked pics of the torch.

Dissasembled. No g-strings here you perverts! Tongue Out

The pill isn't too thin like some of the other lights in this category. The threads has very good registration to the body for good heat dissipation.

Overall quality is really good. Definately HAIII coating as it has already slipped out of my hands onto concrete with no scratches.

The LED is 16mm and driver is the common 17mm size which makes it easily upgradeable.

I highly recommend this torch. In summary it has good quality, cigar sized/design, easily moddable, & the one of the best candidates for the perfect 18650 EDC.

Thanks to watkins for sending me this torch through to BLF Facebook draw. Help support the BLF FB page. If you haven't "liked" the page yet, do it now.

I got the U2 version and the bezel was glued on (Hank said that's what they did). It looks like you got the XML (T6 or U2) version based on the 105C driver shown. Was yours glued? My light gets hot real fast and is now not working well until it warms up (won't come on initially, then flickers, then becomes stable). I PMed Hank - see what he recommends - I don't want to attempt to de-glue the bezel and take a look until I here from him.

I took it out in the back yard tonight and gave it a 100 yard test……My quark xp-g 14500 and this EDC 18650 look exactly the same @ 100 yards… I can not tell the difference.

Now that you mentioned it when I took it apart, it looked there was nylon tape you put on the threads for plumbing. It must have mistaken it for glue. I wrapped the ss bezel around a leather glove, then took pliers to it in order to remove it.

On yours, I think the pill must be pushing against the reflector too hard. It can be finicky but once it's on properly with the proper spacing, I don't have any issues.

Hope that helps.

This light has a small reflector due to it's cigar design. It won't beat out a typical P60 reflector light in terms of distance. It's more of a shorter distance light <50yards or so.

Okay - tried a rubber jar top opener - big mistake, scratched up the end because the pliers apparently went right through it. Then (stupid me) I searched for a leather glove and using that, got it open without further damage. Soon as I took off the top, noticed a rattle - the pill was loose in there, not tight at all. So, I cleaned up threads, jammed in some heavy duty aluminum foil in gaps by the aluminum block around the reflector, wrapped the battery in same heavy aluminum foil (battery was a little loose), used Nyogel 760G on all the threads including the pill, tightened up everything real well -- now the light is working well. I can feel the heat going down the body now where previously it stayed more at the head.

It still gets really warm though quickly on high. Just tried it for 3 mins and it's hotter than my cheap Sipik 73 (18650 zoom, good brightness) and compared to the Tank E09 running a 10440, it's about the same in heat, same time.

Need to get my hands on some copper foil and beef this up more - looks like more room for improvements.

Thanks BigWood for the glove/wrench tip!

Scratches shown here at the SS bezel, top of host -- my ignorance...

Mine was glued with heat conducting glue.

After applying quite some force without any other success than adding some small scratches to the bezel, I peeled out the o-ring with some very fine tweezers and heated the head with a lighter, the glue softened and with little force the bezel came off.

I added an 8th AMC7135 and reprogrammed the driver with my custom firmware. I’m just too pampered by my firmwares to go with a normal one :slight_smile:

After 10 min on high, tailstanding in 25°C ambient temperature, the case temp was 68°C (bad for the batteries!) and the LED temp was 117°C (according to an IR camera).

Welcome aboard, digitaltim!

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That is scary hot…

I used it at work today…Over all I’m still impressed… It may replace my Quark…

Longest duration I used it was on medium for 10 min and it does get warm. Its what I expect for the size… On high you can feel its warmth at the head after 5 seconds. I noticed it often today……my Xeno warms up similarly.

I would not use this as a bike light, but for my specific day to day work use it was really nice. I honestly enjoyed it and experienced a bit of that ‘wow’ factor.

The last test now is time ……will it last??

Can someone tell me the exact diameter of the lens? I'd like to know if the bezel is wide enough to accept a 20mm TIR.

It fits. 20mm TIR lens that is with room to spare. I don't have anything to measure right now but I'd say its the same size as the stock reflector. The inside lip of the bezel helps center the TIR lens with the stock glass lens removed.

How does the memory work? Will a solarforce clip fit it?

Anyone? Is there anyway to get one without memory?

Memory on these drivers should settle about 2 sec after you chose the desired mode. No memory.. yeah, if you build it yourself (empty host from CNQG, any emitter and a KD V2 driver).

Where’s the cheapest I could get an xp g2?

Received yesterday the new EDC with XP-G2 emitter.

Was very curious to see this new emitter and have to admit it's impressive for its size.

At 1,4A is not nearly driven to its full capability, but nonetheless the output is great and the colour is a very natural pure white, I like it!

In this very small application, with a small reflector, it gives a very wide hotspot, definitely biased to flood for short distance usage.

Now I want to see XP-G2 on larger reflectored flashlight, tuned for throw!!

Can anyone recommend a holster for this light?

I’ve looked quite a bit, but none seem to be a close fit.