New Roche F6 EDC XM-L2 Single 18650. $20.99 shipped.

Dr. Jones said normal drivers are too big for this light and he was thinking of making one since he liked the light so much . It was my intention before I even bought the light to mod it with one of his drivers so I was a bit sad to hear that there was a size problem . I really like the light and might have bought another if I'd recieved it before they raised the price.The lack of a better driver option is the only thing holding me back... It took 66 days from banggood so the ebay light starts looking really good at this point .Although it's probably just banggood again :P

How big is the driver compartment?

Nangj 105c drivers are 17mm in diameter. But I’ve managed to get them into 15mm compartments by filing the edges down.

thickness

I think thats what I thought I heard

Received my charger head today.

Ordered another one (without charger head) and started developing a driver board.

Unforunately that ebay seller doesn't ship to Germany. Otherwise I'd buy a third one.

Contacted BG: they said they will re-ship charger head. Let´s see if I can eventually get one.

Designed a board. 8*AMC7135 (split into 7+1 for lower lows), red & blue status LEDs.

I couldn't find the original tact switches, so I used different ones (those from the Small Sun ZY-T29). Correctly placing the switch might be essential; maybe adding a dab of glue to the button (to gain some length) can help, don't know yet. The driver might also fit into the ZY-T29.

I'll upload it to the fab later. And then wait...

Edit: uploaded. PCBs are being manufactured today (Jan. 29th).

I will have one mate xx

My charger head arrived today as well, and works, too :bigsmile: No problems with banggood at all, they re-sent the charger head without hassle.

My charger head arrived so i’m good with Banggood.

My charger head also recently showed up. :slight_smile:

I got the replacement Roche F6 from banggood today, not good news :frowning:

Anyone know how to tighten or at least remove the switch so I can swap it with my other one? How about swapping the driver, anyone opened it up yet?

-Jamie M.

My Charger head still have not arrived.
(Its been OVER 2 weeks now and still have not recieved it.)
Can anyone from BANGGOOD explain this ? …or should i write them off as a bad retailer and Black-list them for my future purchases ?

Do you think it’s the reflector rattling in my video (check two posts up)? It sure feels like it’s the switch but damn right, could be the reflector!! Weird that only ONE of mine does that!

I’ll try harder to get the bezel off.

-Jamie M.

Whoa damn! Put me down for one. I’ll get you to ship it to someone willing to swap it into my (defective) Roche F6!!! Just let me know when they are ready.

And if anyone reading this (in the USA or Canada) is willing to swap the driver on the F6 for me let me know :smiley:

-Jamie M.

Jamie M. Dr Jones already tried to fit another driver and found it was too tight, not enough room. That is the reason he’s designing another driver.

EDit - …and we have soldering irons here in the UK!

I also had a rattling flashlight (additionally to the missing charger head). The rattling doesn’t stem from the switch, but rather from the glass (or maybe it’s plexi-glass) not thightly enough pressing onto the reflector (as toysareforboys suggested already). You can unscrew the silver part on top, it’s not glued and has a thread to re-screw it again. I used a bench-vise to clamp only the silver part and unscrew it that way. Once the top comes off, you’ll get the glass, an o-Ring and the reflector. I put the extra O-ring that comes with it on top of the reflector (because at least my replacement O-Ring is thicker than the one originally used, the replacement one is supposed to be used for the body-thread) and reassembled the flashlight, and now the rattling is gone. Haven’t documented the process, but it’s been my first time I had to tamper with a flashlight, so it’s very straightforward.

Also, at least judging from the video, you need to press the button for a second or two till the light starts up, those rapid presses you did won’t do anything even for working flahlights.

When I shot the new video I couldn’t remember at the time what was wrong with the original one they sent me. The first one they sent me only works in momentary mode and you’re correct in that you didn’t see it come on in the video because I clicked it too fast :smiley:

-Jamie M.

I got one of these Roche F6 but just quick question. When they say it is a XM-L2…what is the bin? T6? or U2?
Still a newbie.

I just bought Roche F6 from Banggood and get it from post office.

In their site, they put :

Package included:
1 x Roche F6 CREE XM-L2 LED Flashlight
1 x attack head

Is it anybody received the attack head ? And also I don’t received the strap for this Roche.

Thanks.