‘appear’ when I’m about to buy something. What I like to see is, ‘it is’. So despite the above confusing posts with circles and arrows which I don’t have the patience to wade through, I nonetheless will send a PM to FastTech to get unequivocal confirmation that indeed the ‘appears to be a V2’ is absolutely nothing but a V2. That’s the way I do business. :cowboy_hat_face:
But of course! Also, among still others, was the 4A 4 group ramping driver that so far only I-O carries. Guess what? They have a line on it already and may be carrying it. :)
+1. Output current and diameter are the critical specs for drivers. Likewise it would be nice to see the optic diameter as well as beam on the main page. I went through every optic looking for a particular size that I should be able to locate more readily. This is the most frustrating shortcoming of KD. They don’t include detailed info on products and I refuse to buy on a guess.
but it’s one web site model that sux in that department. HITH can ya buy anything without a decent description and specs when it especially involves electronics? Ridiculous. Absurd. And stubid. :cowboy_hat_face:
The other one that sux in one area is Manafont’s. That one area AFAIK is the lack of a “Wish List”. If they do have one hidden somewheres I’d like to know.
This is mainly why the FastTech’s of the world are eventually gonna eat their dino’ butts for lunch. They have their act together.
Possibly higher output, yes.
Pop-Lites are pretty expensive but keep in mind You have to get 2 x 18650 for that setup plus a charger.
Good point about Pop-lites is, that they surprisingly include a no-nonsense, true 2200mAh battery and a basic charger.
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It also has ramping and no flashy modes. 2 - mode rear-lights also (who needs these, bicyclists??).
Another thing is, that I´m looking back at about 20+ of these ordered without a single malfunction, defect or manufacturing flaw of anykind.
One was heavily dropped, led got loose and I had to replace it.
Note, that none of these is for my personal use :bigsmile:
I do not accept a zoomie very easily for my personal headlamp use. I have now some generic R5 2 x 18650 zoomie, which had terrible beam but got a good flooder when I stripped the optics away.
I might very well test that XM-L one, could you give a little hint about the width of the zoom?
For example, how wide beam when zoomed out and at 10 feet from wall?