“$3.42 at ebay A horrible light as is, but a very nice body …”
Fair description. Requires a Li-ion cell, won’t light up with ordinary AA cell.
Battery has to be put in ‘backwards’ (negative toward the LEDs)
Works OK, considering; circle of 5mm blue-white LEDs around a central red laser diode.
Sort of falls apart in the hand when the head is unscrewed, haven’t done anything more til I see how well it annoys the cat in its existing configuration.
I have one.
It’s empty now…
It was actually my mom’s.
I was curious about the inside, i ruined the wiring, they did everything with one colour…
So i gave her a slightly modded zoomie
But it did work on AA, and AA only, judging by the 3 parts ‘driver’…
But also a backwards battery…
So who here bought No. 2 on eBay ?
There is only one seller selling these that I could tell and since posting here I could not get them for under $2.00 ! …dam |( …LoL
Hm, the
EDIT: two smallsun 560: 5mm LEDs, red laser
have inside— two red wires — they come from the outside solder terminals of the switch, and go through holes in the the ‘pill’/board. I can try to trace them further if you hope to rewire yours.
And one black wire, that comes from somewhere inside the switch, from a hole in between the two (red wire) solder points) — and that black wire goes to a solder point on the back of the ‘pill’/board
Let’s see, the contact from the ‘pill’/board to the body of the flashlight is made through a springy washer, one of those wavy thin spring metal washers — which is just floating loose, when the head is taken apart.
Well, if you or anyone decides to mod this thing please start a thread. I will eventually if nobody does, but I have no real idea what to do with it now.
But — all in all — the ebay source is cheap enough to be fun (compared to $10-12 elsewhere when I google the name Smallsun and the number).
And hey, these come with a nice two-part keychain lanyard with a good flat-cross-section key ring on one end, a clip-apart thing in the middle and lanyard on the other end.
Ideal for putting everything but your car ignition key on a ring, and then taking it off so you’re not hanging half a pound from the ignition switch, which wears them out, etc.
Any ID for this model? I am kind of into SK68 mod lately. What is the lower seen price?
I found a Aliexpress source, will share the link if it is cheaper.
I like the big tailcap. I having a hard time unscrewing mine. Alu/Stainless steel style bezel looks useful too.
It’s built like all ‘police 3Watt’: Main tube with the business pressed in from the front, so no head part, only main tube + tailcap.
But there must be a better driver in there, and a better LED (later generation?) than in most of them.
I had it in France last week(s) for the kids that were along with us, and it’s really good and definitely brighter than an MXDL.
We were all surprised by its performance.
Just ordered 3 more…
DO NOT BUY, YOU’LL RECEIVE A DIFFERENT AND VERY CRAPPY ’ALTERNATIVE’
…and he sent me crappy ones…
Different model and crappy light…
What a seller… No brains, just greed?
I don’t know, but i opened a case for a refund.
Such a shame how an initially fine offer turns out to suck….
What are those sellers (not) thinking…
^Oh well. You win some, you lose some. I agree about lightvendor. I ordered a couple and was sent one and then some other "police" light. I too opened a case.