Review: Small Sun ZY-T08 2 x 18650 (Parallel)

Swear, swear a lot, go away, have a brew, then unleash your inner gorilla. 0:)

If it's like getting a tight lid off of a jar, put a rubber band (thicker type) around it to give you better grip on it and then try turning it off.

-Garry

Got the first two covered already, the third will have to wait until after Noon. Sealed

Edit: Remembered I have a cheap strap wrench from Harbor Freight - worked like a charm! My reflector is plastic, but it is very good quality. The whole head is put together very well with a snug O-ring between the lens and reflector, plastic isolation disk on the LED, etc.

Looks like the DX one has a plastic reflector

Sorry I'm wrong it's metal

Maybe it's some Chinese newly invented alloy which is made from aluminum and plastic combined. Some people are seeing it as plastic, while others see it as aluminum but it's really the same. :) Just a thought.

-Garry

It's very hard to tell at first. I scraped a little finish off the lip edge with a knife, colored plastic below.

Well that sounds to me like a good quality plastic reflector - one that's very hard to tell it's plastic. I don't mind plastic reflectors when their decent quality.

-Garry

No, viffer's one is definitely aluminium. There are two variants here.

What I'm trying to establish is whether DX is selling out aluminium and Manafont using plastic, OR whether it's just lottery luck no matter where you order.

It would help members to choose where they will purchase which variant. I'd go with alu anytime, maybe they're the same reflecting quality but there's a big difference in heatsinking.

If I remember, I believe viffer got his from Manafont and so did BetweenRides (who has plastic as stated above) and myself (not yet determined plastic or aluminum).

-Garry

Mine came from manafont and is plastic, good quality plastic, but plastic none the less.

I think we’re on the second manufacturing batch as we all seem to be picking up assembly issues that are not apparent in olds review example.

I also wouldn’t worry about heat sinking, that’s covered with the pill size and connection to the head.

Both the Small Sun ZY-T13 and ZY-T16 have aluminium reflector in the desscription but the ZY-T08 description does not state whether it's aluminium or plastic on the Manafont website

DX specifically put "aluminium smooth reflector" in the description. Manafont does not mention the type.

Hopefully with some more input we can establish the baseline.

So, please help out, who bought from where and got what type reflector?

Yeah, true, but it's a plus nevertheless. I've got noticeably slower heat sags on my aluminium-reflector lights compared to plastic ones.

I don't remember hearing from anyone who bought it from DX, but I bet there is someone (or a few).

Maybe gords just needs to order another one or two and see what he gets. :) He likes to order lots of lights.

-Garry

Cough splutter what? I can hide one zy-t08, three or four might get me a right good kick in the nuts! :*

I see you quoted me before I got your name edited - sorry about that! I fixed it now. (It was that darn "multiple posts within 1 minute" issue and I got distracted.)

-Garry

No worries Gary I know who you were stitching up meant. :bigsmile:

Something I learned when I was a kid… When its too difficult to distinguish if something is metal or plastic… just lightly tap it against your tooth and you’ll be able to tell. Kind of like how you would check if a pearl is real or plastic. I know it sounds silly, but thats what used to work for me. I’d open up my T08, but I’m happy with the way mine is right now, and I dont want to open it up and do something stupid to ruin it.