Thanks old4570. Is it possible to get to the pill and if so any dimensions of the driver and pill diameter would be good. There seems to be a few lights coming out with this form factor and its brother the 26650 in 1 or 2 cell with larger reflectors. Times are looking interesting.
Ok, I was hoping maybe the current variances could be due to where they were bought, but you've disproved that hypothesis. I'll be sure to post my current reading when I get mine. Guess we can't just go with the same value resistor you did since our samples will likely vary.
Wish we knew what current ILF's reads since we've seen his beamshots. Hope his pulls low current! (Meaning if ours pulls more, or we do a resistor mod, the light will be even more impressive!)
How about a FandyFire HD2010 @ $27.80 It’s close enough in price. Even $30.64 (which is what I paid for mine) is still essentially the same price range if you ask me.
I think the T08 is a more impressive looking like, that also has the added benefit of taking 2 18650’s in parallel of course, but I’d only pull the trigger on it if it was the superior thrower.
What I’d really like to know is what would happen in a HD2010/ZY-T08 showdown if the emitter in the latter was being driven just as hard as it is in the former.
Dont be put of by the tint , the camera picked up a lot more blue/purple than the naked eye sees … Thats what I get for not owning a decent SLR with good White balance …
Please let me help. I got mine from DX couple of days ago and was planning to write a full review, but you were faster. Thanks for your effort! (And for saving my time :))
PWM is 244Hz on Med and Low.
The contact board is the back side of the driver and it's 30.0mm
There's not much to see at the tail switch...
...but it makes it easy and accurate to measure the current (2.5A, 1.1A & 0.5A on my sample)
The emitter & it's leads are easily accessible for PWM & duty cycle measurements:
..and the results are: 244Hz 49% on Med, 244Hz 24% on Low
For some reason I measured "only" 2150lux @4m (on High, steady after 30s), resulting 34.4kcd (or 370m of ANSI-NEMA FL-1 throw).
So is the emitter glued down nicely (i.e. well mounted)? Does this flashlight need any attention? Or is it ready to go? (Apart from a possible resistor mod.)