Review: Eagle Eye X6 (1x XM-L2, 1x 18650)

Stacking an R500 on one and trying it should be pretty close. I don’t know how this driver reacts to only one stacked resistor. If it acts funny you might try stacking 2 of an R500 (one on each R180) or closest you can find. I think if you come in higher than your’e looking for you could limit overall output by cell selection. Using something like a Panasonic 3400mAh cell would give good run time and not allow the major current, so it’d be a good choice to control top end output while keeping run time high.

Wight or Richard could probably elaborate more on this than I can.

Use an online parallel resistor calculator to get close then see what you can find that matches up. Take it from there.

Hi guys,

what will be the best driver for this light, and anything others need to change?

I really do not want to do the flame thing, but may have to try.
Put it in a vise with wood on the sides and a rubber strap wrench and it did not budge.
I really like the light as is, but would like a little more punch, so I hope to get it apart with out damage.
Really like the flashlight as is, great for the money.
later,
Keith

Banggood, this is a sweet light with an excellent build. If you were to put a driver in it that gave 3.5-4A with no blinkies and a moon mode you’d have it just about right. The vast majority of users do not use strobe or SOS, it might be nice for them to be there but hidden so they wouldn’t have to be scrolled through on the way to off.

A very low moon in the 2% range, then 15, 30 and 100% would be very nice. If it’d came that way I wouldn’t have changed a thing.

I’ve only had the light in my possession a few days, but I liked it from the beginning and it grows on me more every day.

Thanks for a job well done.

Send a DO NOT Glue request to your supplier. Save them money on the glue and serious effort of opening up from our side. Thank you.

I just de-domed mine and it’s quite impressive! I have a welders lens for viewing solar eclipses. I used it to look at the emitter while on High at 4.5A, and with a scalpel I precut around the edge of the dome then applied light pressure lifting from the negative side until it released. Came off pretty clean and the tint looks nice. This is an U2 2C. Puts quite a lot of light at 100 yds, easily reaching out 200 yds and more.

Yes, the head was warming up pretty good at that power, but it didn’t get hot in the few minutes I was just using it…I’m thinking the fins are doing a good job dispersing that heat and the quality build contributes throughout.

Liking this light more all the time! :slight_smile:

Poor TX25C2 is gonna get left at home, there’s a new high power EDC in town. :wink:

I agree with DBC’s. Strobe and SOS is never used. I would have bought this if it didn’t have SOS. That’s the only thing I hate about it!

the manufacturer said 3 mode and 3A driver is OK, and the current of each mode can be made as us request, so what's the best current,

Neil, can you ask them for 4 modes with moonlight modes too? moonlight-low-mid-high. I guess I’m happy enough with 3A driver or even 3 modes without that strobe.
Edit : exactly as DBCstm mentioned earlier “A very low moon in the 2% range, then 15, 30 and 100% would be very nice. If it’d came that way I wouldn’t have changed a thing.

OK

I'll ask him.

Nice review! Im looking for something in the $20-25 range however the beam looks
too similar to my c8 to justify

Is anybody else impressed by this? What other product/manufacturer/retailer fields feedback from customers and makes direct changes? That’s awesome.

I don’t really know what current is best, I hope others can bring some input into this so we get a better all-round light. I’d buy it when the changes are made.

Thanks unknown for the additional info.

@ Banggood

This driver would be a great place to start for most of your flashlights.

The 4th star mode layout is very well spaced.

4th Star : 5mA - 2% - 25% - 100%

Great review. Thank you :-)

Thanks Neil. We LOVE manufacturers that listen!

When the needs of the end user are worked into the product, it’s a win win for everybody.

I’m a flashaholic. I like modifying lights. But if someone gets it right, then it’s just a sweet bonus to have one in stock form that’s rock solid dependable. Huge selling point.

And for a light this size to be so comparable to a C8, well… I say Job Well Done!

I’ll also be in for one or two in a group buy… need to replace my wife’s EDC and this one is ideal for that. :wink:

Edit: Thinking of it in terms of EDC, 3-3.5A would be good in a digitally regulated driver that could hold output the life of the cell. With a 3400 mAh cell run time on High could be very nice and the small size with great beam profile would be just about perfect. Is the current driver digitally regulated? Anybody know?

Looks like a lightbox project to me, will see if I can do that today. :slight_smile:

Would be happier with a little higher current than 3A. Maybe 4A.

Also shouldn’t moon be lower than 2? It should be around 10-20mA to give a few lumens so it can be used in the night indoor? 2 of 3A will be 60mA or more than 20 lumens. That is not a moon in my book. :smiley:

Thanks for the review and nice going BangGood!

How about a choice of CW and NW so that us modders will be left with a nice neutral tint after dedoming?

He’s offering 1A and 3C already. :wink:

And yeah, perhaps moon should be lower. I was remembering using 2% with a triple emitter set-up, sorry. The set-up that is on a Qlite works very well at 4A and more. Nice place to start.

Whoops, sorry I only saw the review specs. :slight_smile: