Hoping mine come today or tomorrow. Seeing others get theirs before me is like being the last kid picked for teams in gym class. Who all got their's already?
I got mine, the cr123 version and i quite like it. Note of caution do not take it apart in hand otherwise youll end up searching for hours for the tiny magnet and the steel ball inder the selector.
Decently bright. It is a single mode multimode light. Can act both ways. Unfortunately a forward clicky was not present.
I havent received mine either, and today is holiday here so only next week can I expect to receive it 
Budgeteer, so does yours light up with low mode selected? Does it have 6 selectable ring positions, too?
Double yes. :)
Actually it did when the battery was 4,19V but after some use it does not start in low... :/
Got a 18650 one! Thanks for sharing!
How low is the low and is the spacing decent? Wonder why in the world they put a reverse clicky in it.
I received one of each (16350 and 18650) today. Being the hopeless nerd I am, the first thing I did was to take the pill apart to see what makes this thing tick. From a first glance, it seems to be direct drive, with brightness controlled by PWM via a FET (the B772 thingy). More interesting, judging by the pin-out, the MCU seems to be a PIC 12f..., which means, it could be reprogrammed (cue manic laughter).
As you can see from the picture, the driver PCB is quite large, larger than the 4x7135 driver I put next to it for comparison. The pill is quite deep, so there should be enough space to stuff in two of these babies, which could be controlled by bypassing the FET...
I think you all get where I'm going with this. Replace the Q5 with a well-driven XM-L, reprogram the MCU and you've got an insanely bright light with a kick-ass UI.
Thank you so much Tido for the pictures of the guts, I guess I better order one. Will a 16mm emitter fit or do I need to order another 14?
The emitter is mounted on a standard 16mm round aluminium disc (which, BTW, could use some thermal grease under it).
Indeed, the emitter is just put on the pill. I'll glue it today sonce i'm not gonna go the xm-l way on this one.
I'm excited ...i'm going to re-program my MCU ..when I get the stuff to do it with .. I just ordered my programmer it's in the mail . whoo hoo i love ebay
I ordered it on 5/28 from byincoin and still no sign of it here in NE USA
I already ordered a bit back, but I take it from the lack of moral outrage that this is indeed a hall effect switch?
I mean, coming from some podunk shop in china it wouldn't have been surprising it's some kind of variable resistor instead inside.
I got mine today, well, 3 of the 4 I ordered. The single order has not arrived yet. It does indeed have real hall effect control and they are surprisingly well built. Both sizes feel good in the hand and work very well. Threads are clean and anodizing looks even except for the head being a different shade than the body. The head is very thick walled.
All three emitters are a different tint with one being greenish, another purpleish and the 3rd cool white. The reflectors are smooth and very deep making for a small hotspot and pretty good throw. I am very impressed compared to what I was expecting. Now I just have to figure out how to take one apart to upgrade it to XM-L.
Could someone do some amp-readings for the modes? Thanks.
6 modes of light would be nicer .. the off obviously at the tail , make it start in low low mode and fix the pwm ..o yeah a neutral xpg or a xml too.
Vectrex, just in case you missed that, you can find current measurements in my mini review of the 18650 version.
.10 /.50 / 1.00 18650 4.19v.
Pain in the tailcap to do because it doesn't fire up in low so you have to hold it and twist it from high /med/ low all in one move
Thanks a ton. You guys keep posting so much stuff, hard to keep track. Not that I am complaining. :bigsmile: