Thats a nice light.. the tail looks like a nitecore..
Please count me in, especially if they can send directly to Japan,...... not via US, because thats too expensive.
I dont think the YL-U2 is more promising, at least not to me... to each his own taste.
The YL-U2 will have a horrible PWM, like the L3.. and only 2 modes (yes, you can change the output of the first mode, but when you want to have a medium, you have to set it first..)
This one has 3..... (and 2 unnecessary blinkies)
the reflectors are a little smaller than the king it looks, but the FF your talking about, there is no info out there. no idea what the pwm is, no idea what they are really driven at. if the driver is no good in it, youll have to live with it, because im sure it will not be easy to swap a driver in it. the FF has a 57mm head, so what makes you think the reflectors are that much better in that?
this one uses the king driver, so if its not no good, you can swap texaspyros driver into it. which will be my plan anyways.
the FF does look good, but this one looks better to me.
ill be taking notes on what to send in my next email to them. try to get all answers in one reply instead of a bunch of short ones. im sure they are too busy to talk to me all day.
so far:
what are the high/med/low settings?
are the flashy modes hidden? if so what is the UI to to get to them?
how much current goes to each led?
how much will the shipping be? im sure this will be a flat rate to all countries, and im hoping that its included in the $28.26 i was quoted.
i may have missed something, i was up late and i just woke up... let me know
edit: once i get some more answers tonight, i will update the main post with all the details. shipping costs, mode order and UI, dimensions... ill try to get all the info there for people not reading the whole thread
Hey, I’m just asking. The FF head is only 2mm smaller than the SRK but the reflector could easily be the same size. 2mm in head O.D. is easy to trim off and not effect the usable reflector size. I just don’t care for the smaller individual reflectors. I’d much rather have the larger overlapping reflectors like the SRK. If small, individual reflectors were better the TK75 wouldn’t be a better thrower than the Terminator. I have a Rustu RX40 in line for review that has 4 individual reflectors in a 75mm head and I can tell you it’s not that great. It’s just a preference thing with me but I wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something great that the rest of you were seeing. I hope this light is a good as you hope. If so I’ll add it to my list.
I did put in a product request for it at FT. Who knows...maybe they will carry it soon. ;)
just the fact that its a redesigned king is whats so appealing to me. i despise the kings styling. this one looks much, much better in my eyes.
the fact it will take texaspyros custom driver is another huge selling point to me.
i will ask them if they can provide it with the original m6 reflector also, if there is enough interest.
theres just too much unknown for me with the FF. if there is horrible PWM, your stuck with it, or hack a driver into it and loose functionality of the host itself (dual side switches, LED battery indicator)... the blue on gray does look great to me though
are the flashy modes hidden? if so what is the UI to to get to them?
how much current goes to each led?
how much will the shipping be? (im sure this will be a flat rate to all countries, and im hoping that its included in the $28.26 i was quoted.)
can we get a picture of both sides of the driver along with measurements of it?
possibility of the old style reflector? (im thinking the way that we will have to go about this is buying an original and doing the swap our self. dont think they will be willing to take apart and swap reflectors at this price. time = $$$$$)
possibility of XML2 u2
updated list of questions to email them later today.
Worth asking... personally I'd pay a bit more to have XML2 u2 in there, and the price in terms of the LEDs themselves is not that great. I'm sure even less in bulk.
My main concern is really the UI. I already have brighter lights, so this would be more to have a spare, or to use a few as gifts. I'm kind of tired of the SRKs.