SKY RAY 9xT6 9xCREE XM-L T6 2x/3x26550/18650 5000LM 5-mode Super Brightness Flashlight---Brightness Over DRY

i have the skrayking. is this 9xml alot more floodier than the king or not by much? is it worth getting if i already have the king and the tk70?

i am wanting a flood monster type light.

Will Not work with c cells good because it doesn’t work with 2 18650 either. With driver swap could it work but c cells have to low capacity on the required current.
But I will check what current flows and if it physically fits in when I get 4 new c cells next week or so.

This thing is bright, and nice. I love my 3Xml but this thing is my new number one. I blinded almost myself when pointing at a peace of paper… Not recommend for reading in night;)
And I don’t run this baby on the max just with 3x18650 not fully loaded at <4A tail cap current.
Get this its super!

I have this and the TK70. It not only has more lumens but is WAY more floodier! It makes the TK70 look like a pure thrower in comparison. Buy it. You won’t regret it.

thats nice to know. one step closer now to buying this skyray 9xt6. do you use 18650 or 26650’s? is it possible to just use two 26650’s? if so, will this give me maximum output still but with less run time or….?

do you have the skyray king though, because the king is floodier than my tk70 as well. so i rather compare the two skyray’s

I tried 18650’s and the batteries got quite hot so I wouldn’t recommend it. Output is significantly lower with only 2x26650’s but it provides an option for those times you don’t need all the power and want something a bit smaller to carry. Sadly I don’t have the King to compare it too. I really can’t imagine it being noticeably floodier but that’s only my guess.

I tested primary cells, no light with 4 cells insight. Tested with power supply, even under 7V there is no light output or power consumption.
The 1x 18650 extension tube has another thread than the 2x18650 tube so you can’t use just one 18650 cell, or 3x16340 like in my tr3t6(which even works with AA cells)

With driver swap could it work even with 4x1.5V cells, but nobody will tune this monster to work on normal batteries. An easier option would perhaps be another extension tube…

Any free ship codes for CNqualitygoods?

Both sites are the same price after shipping.

so who owns this?

Hows the build quality? Anodizing?

Is it everything you hoped for?

I’d hate to spend 88 bucks on a light and not be thrilled.

Anyone have some good close up macro shots?

I’m waiting on a KD driver for my TR-J12. Not sure what visual increase this SR will have over my existing light before or after the mod.
Anyone have both?

My Soshine 26650 arrived yesterday so I could do some measurements:
Voltage. H. M. L
Fully loaded 6.2A 1.8A. 0.67A
11.8V. 5.95A. 1.8. 0.7A
11V. 4.7A. 1.4A. 0.55A
10.5V. 3.9A. 1.15A. 0.4A
10.1V. 3.1A. 0.95. 0.35A

And it’s bright, everything is bright. I have a 3 XML and you could see everything good during night with it but with this thing everything is bright. For example if you point on a car 40 m away the hole street in front of of you till the car is flooded. I checked the roofs and trees from my neighbors and pointed them in their Livingroom, I could see everything as if the sun shines right in there window.

And it gets warm/hot what we should expect from a 50W+ in such a flashlight.

The driver could be more linear especially in the mid low setting, the strobe and SOS is crap like every time.

I can’t do capacity tests of the soshine because my charger is only the 50W type which discharges only at 1A max. But I could load 3.5Ah in it after playing last night with my Baby, so I think that they are about 4Ah like advertised and tested from others. One of my soshine came damaged, the wrap is ripped…but I can fix it with some tape.

Interesting to see that the review on CPF for this light got 3700 OTF lumens. My ceiling bounce test turned out to be quite accurate.

Hi folks,

Man I’m so pissed right now you have no idea. I spent a lot of time installing my KD driver in my Skyray 9x T6, being very meticulous and all, only to realize this driver, at least my example of it, won’t work using 3 x 26650 batteries. Occasionally it’ll turn on using 3, but will only illuminate in HIGH mode and not change modes. But basically using 3 batteries it’ll simply flash for a second and that’s about it.

I tested it using only 2 x 26650 (Trustfire 5000mAh) and it works fine using all three modes. Funny thing is the original driver doesn’t work well using only 2 batteries. For this KD driver, I’m pretty sure the modes are 100–30–5% and no flashy modes.

I was able to determine the Medium mode (30%) is just slightly less bright than a Trustfire J12 on HIGH mode.

I’m going to reinstall the original driver tomorrow and just leave well enough alone. The Skyray 9x T6 was a powerhouse with the stock driver and really didn’t need anything more.

UPDATE: With 2 x 26650, I get 10.5a at the tail cap.

UPDATE #2: I ran the batteries down a bit and tried it again with 3x26650, lux reading jumped to 1850 lux.

The only readings I was able to get were as follows:

Skyray 9x T6 stock lux on HIGH - 1295 lux (3x26650)
Skyray 9x T6 KD 9x driver HIGH - 1520 lux (2x26650)
Trustfire TR-J12 Stock 3 x 26650 - 810 lux (3x26650)


I removed the spring from the stock driver and installed it on the KD driver as shown.


Here’s the Skyray all buttoned up with the KD driver.

hmmm

first thing that comes to mind, is defective driver, since the specs say 3-4 cell, and ~2x the wattage

second thing is protected batteries

I think hkj tested the tf protected 26650s, and he usually does a protection trip test, right?

but…even if the driver was trying to pull 100W from 3 cells, it’d be less current than you’re already measuring, so that’s probably not it

don’t suppose you happen to have 3 x cgr18650ch unprotected?

anyway, if you determine it is defective and they won’t let you return it, you could buy another, and return this one in its place….of course if it behaves the same, you’re out $40!

Hi Dt,

I originally thought it could be the batteries protection kicking it, but I’d expect that to happen with 2 battery and not with 3 of them. What do you think of the tail cap readings from my post #96 ?

I think it’s pretty awesome, and since I personally don’t like 3 serial lights, I’d use it that way!

but, I can understand wanting to be able to go to ray gun mode…since that’s what KD advertised…

their specs are confusing - ie 9v low voltage warning but range includes 6V (yes, i know they’re not mutually exclusive, but that’s a rare feature)

also, 3-4x li-ion, but max voltage 12V

I’d try to measure the current and voltage for the brief moment that it will run in 3s config.

Are the 3 cells you’re using fully charged ?

Maybe it misbehaves when the voltage is above 12V,
try cells with voltage below 4V

If it works it obviously isn’t a fix, but might explain things

-S

Hi Sigster, yes they were fully charged, but I discharged them each down to 3.95v each and it didn’t make a difference. However, once it did turn on using 3 x 26650 cells and I was able to get a tail-cap reading of 7a on HIGH mode. The stock driver on HIGH was 4a.

Also, I tried using 3 other very new Trustfire 26650 5000mAh batteries that serve very well in my Trustfire TR-J12 and it didn’t make a difference. It has to be the driver. Thank you for your input and suggestions.

That’s sad.

wow, pulling ~78W

if 80% efficient, it is making ~15W of HEAT

could be it needs to be potted…even though the described behavior doesn’t match KD’s description…

i’d want to confirm that as the problem before I tried potting though.

you could freeze it, take it out pop the batts in and see if it runs any longer. Even just a bit longer would seem to indicate a heat problem.

I have a different high power driver from them, and there were reports of it not functioning due to heat.

I potted it w/ 2 ton epoxy w/ alumina mixed in, inside of a copper pipe fitting.

that worked, but I calculated efficiency and it was terrible - i forget exactly how bad but i did post results here (maybe 60%?)

Hi folks,

Unfortunately I was getting pretty aggravated due to the problem I was having with the KD driver, and didn’t snap a photo of what the LED wiring looked like with the reflector removed. I’m sure anyone on this board would have appreciated such meticulous soldering using such thin wire.

I will say this much, the person that wired this light had to be a master at his or her craft. The wiring is so thin (wired in series) and so neatly soldered, I could learn a thing or two from this person about soldering.

It also amazes me that even with the super powerful stock driver in this 9x T6, this little wire can allow this flashlight to produce the huge amount of light it does and eat a Trustfire J12 for breakfast.