Hey guys, I don't think we've ever opened up the possibility of product requests before, so here goes nothing. I'm interested in hearing about products you may want us to carry, or any general questions you may have. Generally speaking we've been sourcing products and components ourselves but it shouldn't hurt to hear some outside opinions. 
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Made by Alexey ‘Dsche’ from the Russian ‘Fonarevka’ forum, these Quad and Triple 20mm Copper Direct Thermal boards are now available here.
20mm Copper Direct Thermal Triple XP Series MCPCB
20mm Copper Direct Thermal Quad XP Series MCPCB
Armytek Tiara Series Available
Driver restock with better pricing:
8xAMC7135 (3.04A) (Selectable) Mode Driver (Nanjg 105c) $2.75
AX2002 1.5A Single Mode Buck Driver (Nanjg 106A) $2.00
4xAMC7135 (1.52A) 3/5 Mode Driver (Nanjg 101-AK-A1) $2.50
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Hi,
Any possibility of sourcing MT-G2 emitters on PCBs?
The H502w would be a good addition once available.
Those copper sinkpads I hear rumors you have.
NW xm-l2 & xp-g2 emitters
Qlite drivers
Retail bare MT-G2s look like they would run around $15 each. Cutter themselves are selling at $18. In order to compete we would have to buy at least 500 in a reel, and that's looking at a lot of money. If there's a market for it feel free to chime in and +1 to this suggestion
H502w has already been pre-ordered and awaiting ZebraLight.
Copper direct thermal is nearing completion.
We will have a standard structure in this format:
16mm 6500k 5000k 4000k starting with an XM-L2 release, possibly followed up with XP-G2 and so on.
4000k XM-L2s (T5, 5C1) are up now HERE.
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What is the CRI of these emitters?
Are you going to stock any 90CRI?
how about some more flashlight brands in general? ie: sunwayman, fenix, Thrunite, ect.
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Specific enough? I want this light! (For less than 90 bucks)
I like copper
Luxeon T emitters premounted on SinkPAD boards? These seem to be largely flying under the radar here and over at the other place.
Blurb from Philips:
“With Freedom from Binning and leading performance, LUXEON T emitters allow system optimization by blending the perfect combination of high efficacy and low system cost. With tight Correlated Color Temperature (CCT) control, LUXEON T ensures consistency in system color point.”
Sounds like they put out quality light. Even the 5000k version is 80CRI minimum.
Product Brief doc with info on efficacy, CRI, etc.
Standard CRI, current release will not have 90 CRI yet.
We've looked into other brands like Fenix and Sunwayman, the market already seems saturated enough and China loves to undercut us
Gentleman's agreement with other retailers
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Makes sense to me! Thanks for the quick reply :bigsmile:
Buck/boost drivers if you can find them or XM-L and XM-L2 at 3A
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Hi,
Are you taking compliments on this thread?
I placed an order with IS this past Sunday, and it arrived today. That’s like 3 days elapsed, from west to east coast, since the order was on a Sunday.
I don’t know how you do it, but you guys must some kind of hyper-jet shipping or something :)! And, this is not the 1st time either.
Contrast to another place I order from, just up north from where I am (well, about 200 miles), which typically (except for my last order) takes about 5 days.
I don’t know how you do that, but thanks!
The components are hard to find for these unfortunately
Hi ohaya,
Thanks for the compliment! However, we can't take credit for the shipping speeds of the USPS, that speed is completely their doing. We can, however, take credit for processing orders quickly, and accurately reporting that packages are ready for deployment to the post office instead of sitting around for 2-3 days. (Yes we often do package orders Friday night and send them out before the USPS closes Saturday morning.)
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MT-G2 drivers, Hi CRI XM-L2.
i figured as much, do you know of any though, even if they are not widely available or no longer manufactured or stupidly expensive?
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Regardless of flashlight, cost, manufacturer or vintage, if you know of any 17-22mm drivers that boost XML properly at 3A down to 3V on single 4.2V lithium cell, please post your knowledge to this thread.
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Supbeam products?
they have nice prices but DHL shipping is killing the deal for me (~80 bucks for shipping = no thanks).
Nothing much…maybe some 1 mode brainless AMC7135 drivers.
custom modes upon order, i would love a 20-40-60-80-100 driver
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I’d like the following:
Bare XM-L2 neutral 4500k emitters.
20mm AR coated glass lenses.
FFIV
this reminded me: 54 mm x 3 mm thick AR coated glass lense please
The problem with Calvin ordering 500pcs of MT-G2 is how most of us already loaded up from the GB and/or the I-O supply (my order was placed early this week).
It will be a long time before I need more of these monsters.
Someone mentioned the hi-CRI ones are too warm, and I agree. The 5000k ones have a great tint, I would not push it any warmer.
Edit: I forgot to make an actual suggestion. Access to 7136 chips and low voltage 40A+ MOSFETS for high a current driver would be interesting. Most of us try to load up on a lot of 7135 chips, when the job can be done with a 7136 and a decent MOSFET.
MOSFETS can be found on Digikey, but there is nothing wrong with one-stop shopping.
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90+ CRI XM-L2 was released. XM-L2s on direct thermal are out.
We looked into FF products a while ago but the manufacturer refused to allows us to distribute in the USA, instead opting to have us buy through one person.
We've just moved the majority of our things into the new office/warehouse :beer:. We'll be expanding our product selection shortly. Coming in right now are Armytek headlights.
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I'd like to see the Sinkpad mounted Luxeon T as well (in a nice neutral tint with decent CRI), and the XP-G2 R2 4000/3750K 80CRI minimum.
link to djozz tests
Aww, those ArmyTek headlights missed me by a couple of days… I already ordered a Wizard Pro.
I did snag one of those Viking X V2 at a great clearance price. Looking forward to that. I’ll show it to a couple of law enforcement friends, might have to order a few more
Keep em coming! Are you getting any of the new ArmyTek flashlights (v2.5 editions, Pro, etc)?
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