The few orders I’ve made from the USA dxsite made it here within 2 weeks from order. Plenty better than most Chinese warehouses do.
My 4/1 order of three from us direct DX shows full shipment!
Just dropped the hammer on this one, bought one of those USB chargedoctor things to kick it over $25 for free shipping…let’s hope it comes with a heatsink!
Now showing at $ 34.76 on your link, the DX.com website has them back in as well now but at $36.65
http://www.dx.com/p/sky-ray-6-x-cree-xm-l2-t6-3600lm-3-mode-cool-white-l…
I ordered mine on 3/15/2014 1:41:20 AM Order Processing Order is being processed
Now shows 4/2/2014 7:33:41 AM Full Shipment Your order has been fully shipped
fireblade, did you have to confirm your order or do nothing after they notified you of the backorder?
Mine has not yet shipped.
They never told me anything I just kept checking “My Orders” on their website till I saw it change to “Full Shipment”
I just checked. My order was shipped four days ago.
I was expecting an E-Mail telling me that my order was shipped. I didn’t think to look, I just did, and it has “fully shipped” on 4/2 :bigsmile:
EDIT: I just checked the 1 I ordered from DX US and it has shipped also.
Seems to have shipped for me!
So DX came through for us :-) Nice!
Hey, I just checked DX, and mine has been shipped, also.
Received today :-)
Initial impressions:
Underdriven. Color temperature is very cool A0 tint maybe?
Nice machining and ano. Have not taken it apart yet. Have batteries on the charger for it.
XM-L or XM-L2?
XM-L2 as far as I can tell.
Pop out the reflector and tell us what you find. How are the LEDs mounted? Are they on an aluminum shelf, or a plate that at least touches the insides of the head? Or are they on a cheesy little piece of aluminum that doesn’t conduct the heat anywhere?
I would like to acommodate your request but alas I could not. I ruined the switch when trying to take the switch assembly out :-(
Then I bent the metal rim that the switch pcb sits on by using a screwdriver to attempt to press out the driver. I also cut the insulation on one of the wires for the switch. And heard an uncanny crunchy sound when i pressed hard with the screwdriver. So it is no worky for me now :-(
From what I can peek through the switch hole it is a common led mcpcb that rests on a thin ledge inside secured by at least 2 screws.
Good news: I cannot could not detect pwm when it still worked. The reflector seems flawless. The light is not glued anywhere.
Bad news: The led insulator gaskets have high rims that catch some of the light. I did not get to measure throw or lumen output before i ruined it. But a guesstimate (eye only) would put output at about 2300 - 2500 lumens and throw in the ~30 kCd range.
I hate that I did not get it apart! And that it broke in the first place!
That sucks breaking your new light so soon after getting it Ledsmoke
Will you be able to fix it?
Are they difficult to get apart? I have one on order and was thinking of tweaking it myself.
Well, Ledsmoke, things are looking up. As it is now already broken you have no downside to taking it fully apart and trying to repair it!
That's usually my philosophy...
I was afraid that this method would cause the traces on the circuit board to delaminate, but after I exhausted other possibilities, I tried it and it worked for me
The King has arrived today! At first glance the quality seems good and (running at 2 18650’s) it’s more powerful compared to my standard Convoy C8.
Now waiting for 4 new 18650’s for direct comparison with the C8 and modded UF-t20.