Thanks a lot!
I guess 30 lumens is emitter lumen since 70mA is 5% of 1400mA.
I’m still deciding whether to pop a KD 7135 V2 driver into this light or not? Would prefer a lower low but I read that the KD 7135 V2 driver low is extremely low ~0.7 lumen.
I hardly used 0.2 lumen on my Zebralight SC51. Most of the time I used the 2.5 lumen.
I bought this EDC 18650 flashlight host and powered it up with U3 1C LED + AMC7135*8 nanjg 105c . Really good set up. Gives much of flood for such a small host. Gets hot pretty fast on hight thought. That dosen’t bother me ’cause I use it short periouds of time and really need those lumens in these dark days :). Good EDC for me!
Nice! If I were to do it over again, I would do the same. I bought the assembled version with the U2 and at 2.5A. I ordered it with 5 modes for some reason, changed it to 3 modes, and added a 7135 back in (a 380mAh one) to restore it to a full 2.8A. The U3's dropped to $7 now, they were $8.50.
You got really long nights there now I suppose. Even here in NY its' dark a full 13 hours per day this time of year.
I received this light today. This is my second LED flashlight ever, with the first light arriving yesterday.
As I'm new to all this, I don't have much to compare to. But I like this light. Its body has quite a subdued elegance about it. It is very bright for my use of looking in dark areas of computer server rooms, my garage, and such. It certainly beats my 15-year old Maglite. I don't think you need beamshots or a luxmeter for that comparison :-)
It fits well in my backpack as well as my pant pockets. I bought it to always carry it in my backpack.
I commute to work on bike. Perhaps I'll get a handlebar / helmet mount for this light to augment my bike light. I'll decide that after I get my spanking new Shadow BL-21 bike light, hopefully in the next couple of days :-) Early Christmas!
Oh, one more thing. The prior pictures I had seen of this light didn't have any branding. The one I got says "Convoy S3", if that means anything.
Ordered on Nov 6th. Shipped on Nov 8th. Received on Nov 27th at California.
I’ve had mine for 2 months now, T6 3C with a 7135*7 105c. I carry it in my pocket daily. I did swap the driver for a KD 7135*6 because I wanted the 5mA low and no memory. I feel that the 2.2 A high is adequate for my use and heat is not so much of a problem.
Post #91 - I'm still using it, it works really well for this light, fits tight. It doesn't have a flap over the top but because of the tight fit, I don't think it's going anywhere.