Got the first two covered already, the third will have to wait until after Noon.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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
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.)
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.
I’ve been following this thread, and so close to ordering, but I think I’ll wait until we hear more about aluminum/plastic.
although, I’m thinking about modding this light anyway…so maybe it won’t matter.
could someone measure the diameter of the lens, and the height of the reflector?
also, i’m wondering about the “second version” that Garry and Dr. Jones mentioned - is there a similar light with different head and tail switch? If they’re interchangeable I might have to lego them to use luxdrv
There’s so much space in the pill, you could use the original driver board as a power board, and throw a 17mm driver in there, honestly, its about 30mm across and about 60mm deep with 4mm thick walls! You’d need about 6 ounces of fujik to pot the bugger! Hence my comment on a copper slug with a u2/3 bonded to it.