I'll buy it if you decide to sell it 
:bigsmile: I am lucky to be enjoying such an great light because I didn't think I needed another 14500 light. WOW!... the power.... and the BEAM WOW!..... beautiful neutral color and WOW! quite a hotspot one of the best IMHO!
(only wish it had a lower low) I would buy ANOTHER !!!
It has replaced my TerraLux 2 AAA Lightstar neutral / LumpPower Trust 2 "regular EDC' and my 'more discreet EDC' a new XM-L LumaPower Incendio.
If you already have spent the $$$ on a 14500 cell & charger, @ <$40 shipped it's worth scraping up the $$$... finding quarters in the couch....$$ in pants or jacket pocket .... save $10 a week for a month etc.... whatever it takes.. even if you dont have a 14500 cell charger spend that extra $25 and get this light!!!
once you own one you'll see. I'm glad made the move!!!
I'm from Spain, Zeros. Sending it to you will cost you another Xeno :~ Yup, I don't understand why it so expensive.
IT really is a great light. Last night I decided to bring it along for a fireworks event at a dark place and brought it along. While standing on a raised platform, i suddenly raised my hands and lost grip (did not use the lanyard) so much so that it was thrown forwards so that it'd land about 3m away from me and also the height from hand-to-floor is 4m....i think i saw it spun around a few times when it hit. Did not even flicker a bit, no issue.
Anyway on this topic, I don't know if this has been posted here before (QA/QC drop test) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZrH2ALjNrE
Seriously I don't know why some are still against these cheap chinese lights.
You seem to end up throwing your lights a lot. At dogs, during fireworks, etc. Have you thought about carrying some insurance on that TK70? :bigsmile:
Good one! I seem to recall the post about throwing a light at a dog also :P
Yep, I was watching last night's National Day fireworks (very nice searchlights as well, lit up the whole damn sky I think easily 50 of them total in addition to Marina Bay Sands by Las Vegas Sands). Not only lights, but my cameras as well. But that is for $$$ usage, so no issue, all factored in and expected. LOL!
Pretty normal fireworks and I think they cut the budget by a lot this year, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DanqUUjREM (btw it is the same place where they do the Formula 1 night race). You see those tall buildings? That's about 2km, still trying to hit those targets more visibly, it is not easy to hit them with a really visible shot due to light pollution.
Searchlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsstMy0Dn8Y
Of course naturally for the expensive lights, i'd be much more careful. And I make sure i never drop HIDs, they will probably never survive any fall, being plastic.
I got mine today. Nice! I can't seem to see any difference between high and medium when using a TF 14500? Anyone else notice this?
I got the warm white. I can see the difference when using an eneloop.
You can measure the difference. It's something like only a 70% ratio on lithiums, but significantly different on nihm.
I thought about doing that but was feeling lazy.
1.4 a
.94a
.28a
Must be my eyes. I can't see any noticeable difference. Battery is at 3.89 V. Might recharge it and try again.
Speaking of laziness, I was wondering how this driver actually worked, since PWM drivers usually have constant fixed ratios. I tried shaking it fast, but didn't see any telltale signs (broken trail), which means if it's pwm, it's at least quite fast frequency (uses more power, but less visible). A camera might help, but I didn't bother checking.
Also, 30 to 40% is only like 15-20% apparent difference in logarithmic brightness.
E03 doesn't use PWM.
Do you know what driver chip/setup it does use?
This claims it's a linear driver, but that's clearly untrue:
new tailcap reading
tf flame 4.15 v (damn xtar charger)
1.81
1.2
.34
My flames are fairly new. Maybe only 3 cycles.
Might have to buy a cool white as well
Ok, received my XML CW version today. What can I say? Yeah, the hotspot is big but not huge :bigsmile: (Man, I thought it will be like ZTT light zoomed out, lol :bigsmile: )
OK, here's my review (at 15PM, so no real brightness perception): (will add more cons, pros, etc after testing it this night)
PROS:
- Nice build quality. HAII probably, but again, no flaws here, nicely done. Quite heavy (because of that bezel, a very nice touch for the light btw :) )
- Lubed threads with good sealing (double o-rings). (my first light with square threads. I like it. Only 2 full turns needed to screw/unscrew it)
- Came with extra switch, lanyard, and spare 2 o-rings. Good package set. (manual included)
- Clean assembly: good soldering job, clean emitter and good centered (0.1-0.2 mm off center), clean glass lens (don't know if it has AR coating).
- No batt rattling.
- Tailstand (a pro for me)
- Compatible with multiple type of batts/cells.
- Silent and no PWM on all modes.
- Well regulated
CONS:
- Gets unpleasantly hot in less than 10 sec on HI with 14500.
- No memory. Nowadays, I think all lights should have memory :~
- No anti-rolling design (a con for me)
Various:
- Tint: 1B, according to the specs. To the eye: not so bad and not so cold. Similar to my P60 UF host. Apparently, both have slightly yellowish/greenish hotspot and purple spill, but Xeno tint is nicer, it has less purplish spill. But still, waaaay too far from my lovely Kingpower and ITP white tints :love: So if you want whitest tint possible like me, I think CW will suits you well, NW could be more orange than white.
- No strobe, SOS, disco modes.
- Well, not a con really, but MED and LOW should be lower with li-ion (and AFAIK, everyone thinks the same)
- Switch: it works and w/o problems so far, but it has... somewhat awkward and cheap press feeling :~ Quite stiff.
- Good grip with heavy and sharp knurling (I personally prefer not so sharp knurling, but yeah, no prob here)
- SOP reflector helps smoothing beam pattern, but still not 100% perfect (btw, looks like all XML have it. I can't describe it very well, but beam patterns on my Kingpower (OP) and ITP (SMO) (both Q5) are perfect :| Zero problems in real life (you can see those "flaws" on white wall only)
Ok, now about brightness: bright with 14500 and dim with NiMh. Comparing to my ITP C7 with Q5 for example... not a big difference: spill almost the same, ITP has tighter and brighter hotspot, Xeno - bigger and dimmer.
To sum up: nice light, high quality, well worth 30 bucks. But, you should know that this light (with XML) is better for close-up jobs, don't buy it if you need throw. For me, no more XML small light because I prefer more throw.
Only 2 modes with NiMh!
It has three modes, mlh. Med and high differ little but they are separate modes.
Not on mine. Press once - HI, another press - LO, another press - HI, another press - LO.
But it has 3 modes with 14500, so, as I said before, I like it has only 2 modes with NiMh.
BTW, serial number is 0311 2218 (first 4 digits: MMYY, month-yeah I think. The other 4 digits - could be a total number of lights they've made)
Mine is 0311 0303. That is an interesting new design. Right, I can see how having only two modes is more convenient.
The medium is useful for me because on high it gets really hot after a while. On medium it doesn't. I think the way they did it is to ramp it up as high as they can get without overheating and make that medium. I like it that way.
Yup, agreed :) Gets slightly warm after 1 min on MED. But it gets too hot after 10-15 sec on HI. It's strange, because HI is about 20% brighter than MED :| With 14500 it's: HI-MED-Turbo :bigsmile:
BTW, I like it more now, after "playing" with it for a while :D I think it will replace my zoomed-out LedLenser for close-up jobs. Quite useful that floody beam.
Ah, other things about serial number: as I said before, first 4 digits could be the date, but no of the current batch, it should be the date when they started to fabricate that model/version. 1110 (nov. 2010) - XPG version, 0311 (march 2011) - XML version. And the other day I saw V3 model, SN started with 0711. Apparently that model has bigger rubber tail cap (and black instead of GIND). Check this site for pics and more info (if you understand Japanise :bigsmile: )
SashiX, those are Japanese.