I love it too. I bought it, when it was on -30% sale on DX (around 9$). Great little light, bright as hell on 14500. Your measurments are a little strange to me: u get more than 150 lumens out of ni-mh@ 1,5A, which is around 2W, but on li-ion you get just a little over 200 lumens@1,8A which is like 6W is that correct? I think that this light should be much brighter on 14500 (like 2x as bright) at least from my expirience. 
Probably. I have a red pcb, not very common.
Mine have red pcb too. I have no problems with almost empty ni-mh - I just tried with 1,18V ni-mh and it works. Maybe new driver is more ni-mh optimized, because I dont think mine puts out anywhere near 150 lumens on ni-mh.
UDO - My measurements are OK. I also am very sdhfkjsdhfkjs of what is happening, specially about 1,8A current draw for 14500 and only slightly increase in output
The PCB of mine is RED too, the same pcb as always, "sandwich" driver, you can see 3 solders which join the 2 boards
Just made this two pics into gif. Both were shot from 2m away at iso 80, 1/25s, f2,8. Brightness comparison between ni-mh and li-ion in Skyray S-A1, both batteries were fully charged:
Hi folks.
The review is finished but the photos will be uploaded tomorrow (I promise to).
Thanks
I liked it in spanish ..
I have looked at this light for so long ..Old4570 liked this light too .I've meant to buy this one for a long long time ..lets do it ..I can wait 3 months for them to send it ...why not !
Folks, the review is finished and the photos added, but I am jinxed. I dont know what happend to me and the photos....
Someone can tellme how to correct those BIG images and put thumbnails or more adecuate sized?
Thanks!
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Someone can tellme how to correct those BIG images and put thumbnails or more adecuate sized?
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To go back and re-edit them just highlight a pic in your post, then click the insert/edit image button and look on the second tab called "appearance". There you can type in the size you'd like. I usually go 640x480.
Other than that, very nice review Fran.
Ma sample pull 2,1A from a alkaline. should be a good 600mA to the led.
Photos repaired!
Just buy it already!!
But once you get it be sure and remove the pill and put a piece of electrical tape on the reflector and cut a hole out for the LED to pass through.
It is really a very nice torch, a real sleeper that needs more attention in my opinion!!
I love mine!!!
Very nice review Fran, that's an impressive output level for such an inexpensive light. Thanks for bringing it to our attention. Hmmm, so no pocket clip and no tailstanding. Those are two very important features for me, unfortunately.
Frontpage'd and Sticky'd. Thanks for the review!
Hmm, bright on Eneloops you say... I wasn't impressed with the two I had looked at, when they were on sale for small money on DX . Every one of the 8+ Hugsby's P31/P32 I checked were brighter. You must have a new driver version.
Hugsby P32 left "old" Skyray SA-1 right (look how much dimmer the side spill is)
(pic has an angle to it, beam radii are the same, distances from wall are the same, both on "fresh" eneloops)
A friend is now trying to implement the Shiningbeam low voltage driver in his Skyray SA-1 together with an XP-G R5.
The copper ring is an oil drain screw gasket from my Yamaha...lol... I'll let you know how it works out.
Ok thanks for the info.
But...... the dude is. Mine is brighter due to a possible new driver revision? or yours are not bright due to QC issues? There is the question.... chinese cheapo lights..... that has happend to me with other lights. I order one light on January, it is good, I order the same light on June, is bad.....
It wasn't just one but 2 Skyray's, that would mean that there was (or is? beamshot was made November 2010) most likely a complete batch which is considerably darker on Eneloops than the Hugsby's. Just a heads-up for potential buyers. Here is the old thread about them back in 2010.
Maybe I should take a photo showing how bright it is comparing it with all my AA lights with a NiMh cell in all.
I have to charge all my NiMh cells and find a big white wall in my house....
Hope my mobile phone camera can catch the difference in output among them...
Also your estimation of 150 lumens (OTF) with 1.5 A (on the tail) strikes me as very optimistic. The theoretical ouput with a perfect driver and no loses is 120 Lumens. (1.5 (tail) /3= 0.5 A , Q3 at 0.5 A (to LED) ~120 Lumens) Either your DMM needs a calibration or you are using China-Lumens. ;-)
Yes, somehow I am using china lumens. I dont know the exact amount of lumens, I only can confirm that is about 30% brighter than all the other lights I have (F20, AA-S1 etc)
My multimeter is working perfectly, I have checked and rechecked it measuring other currents I know and no difference. Also I changed the battery and the measurements are the same