"Customer disservice"
Yep, exactly! This is par for the course. http://budgetlightforum.cz.cc/node/155
Im digging the light so far......it does look nice, I have one question though there seems to be a discrepency on the input voltage, Dx says 4.2 and the other site says 7.2volts. I wonder if theres some sort of extension tube that Tanks going to come out with.
Ok, mine is supposedly shipping now with a tracking number. I'll believe it when I have it my hands though.
I just went through this with DX and it went surprisingly smoothly (so far). They have an online form where all you tell them is the original order number and the new one and they supposedly take care of it. They sent me a confirmation e-mail the following morning. I had a store credit so they are supposed to send me a refund by PayPal. I haven't gotten it yet, but the order hasn't shipped either.
That's good news. Do you have a link for that form brted? Thanks!
Please let us know your impressions of the light when you get it.
Now available at KD. http://kaidomain.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductId=10582
It does appear to be an XP-G R5. I just hope it can tailstand.....
We are very concerned about that flashlight in our forum also.
120 lumens in XP-G does not seem so ...Its very floody.
I have a XP-G in a UF MCU C7s (sku 26497) and the low mode is very usable and gives tons of runtime.
The High mode at 1200mA is...awesome! 
As shown in DX: http://i50.tinypic.com/2gujleu.jpg (XPG left, p7 right)
If it is true that is regulated 1300mA ... WOW!
Today, I got some O rings I ordered sorta recently.
In November.
2008!!!!!!!
Hopefully this light will arrive a bit quicker than that.
Good grief! :Sp
Hey there XRAYBoY, do you think the low mode will be the same on the Trustfire R5-A3? Thanks!
I hope so....A XPG in low mode at 300mA has to give about 126 lumens...
XPG R5 tables:
Red: XPG R5 // White 2x XPE R2 (in parallel)
The XPG are very hard to compare with the XRE in lumens. The pattern of light is very different.Will be less concentrated.
(and less with the reflector so small)
So I say that 120 lumens flood will not seem so. Is very usable.But all this is conjecture ... I look forward to first review!!
First impressions, gets warm on a 14500 but doesn't appear to be a hand burner. Tailcap is annoying, fiddly internal threads and mushy switch - effective enough but I'd prefer shorter travel. Tailstands but not perfectly. Reflector is metal - probably just as well as it's likely to get pretty warm. Soldering to the LED is better than usual - it is definitely an XP-G. The LED is mounted on a 14mm curcular base with two flats cut into it. By the look of it, with a hacksaw. Quite large for an AA light, but a fraction smaller than the Trustfire F22 - roughly the same diameter. Threads not lubed.
It had significantly dimmed after 25 minutes. This is not a surprise.
How bright on High and Low? DX said 230 and 120, but with an XP-G it could be more like 300. Seems like the Low should be lower than 120.
Freshly charged Eneloop
High: 2.6A!! 40 minutes at best on high
Low: 800mA 2.5hr roughly
Strobe: 1.1A Long enough to seriously annoy people.
For all that it draws 3x the current on high, there is little visible difference (in daylight) between low and high. I appear to have lost my calibrating light so can't give lumen estimates at present.
Throw
1880 lux at 1 metre (High)
1150 lux at 1 metre (Low)
Lightbox
High: 679lux (But dropping fast - given the current draw, this is not a surprise)
Low: 408lux
Incredibly rough lumen estimates would be:
NiMH High: 150 lumens
NiMH Low: 90 lumens
14500 throw
High: 3520
Low: 1680
14500 Lightbox
High: 1280 at turn on and dropping fast
Low: 536
Vague approximations of lumens with a 14500
High: 284 lumens (At switch on - it won't hold this)
Low: 120 lumens