STARTED: GBGB: Stainless steel AAA clicky with a clip (CQG S1 "clone")

It's tricky to reassemble because the spring under the pill pushes everything up and the o-ring twists against the bezel before it can tighten enough to hold it flat. Get a pen or something like that. The bottom of a Sharpie fine point works perfectly. I put the spring and pill in, put the reflector in, slide the bezel over the pen, wipe the lens while you have the chance, hold the FL upright, set the lens on the reflector, set the o-ring on the end of the pen.

Now use the pen to press the lens, pushing the whole assembly into the tube (lens, reflector, pill, spring) making sure the spring didn't turn sideways, let the o-ring fall into the tube, make sure lays flat.

Keeping pressure against the lens with the pen, side the bezel down to the tube and tighten. Done.

Thanks, that fixed the o-ring problem!
I took the entire pill out but didn’t see anything that could point me to a problem. Leads are attached. Also switched the switches, but both switches work on the working light and none of them work on the defective one. So this will be out of my control to fix it. Might be something wrong inside the pill, but it’s all so small, even if I could get the star out the pill, I will never be able to fix it.

That’s not a tracking number, it’s an internal code. The tracking number have the format “xx # # # # # # # # # SG”.

I'd say you made a great effort to solve the problem from your end, GB-CS should provide a replacement.

Well 1 week has gone by since I placed my order and the only info I have on my tracking number is that the shipment has been submitted. I’m beginning to really appreciate UPS, FEDex, DHL…. hell even the USPS is pretty darn good compared to these international shipping companies.

Been using the one NW I received few days ago. Liking the light. Since it's a single mode, I think the output is a good compromise between high output and run time. Need to think of a good way to keep the clip from sliding. Here is my make shift solution for now.

Maybe Loctite (cyanoacrylate glue)? Mine has been staying in place surprisingly well on it's own so far.

I apologize if this has already been addressed, but does anyone have a color temperature estimate for the neutral white? Somebody mentioned that it was rather warm for NW, but how warm is it? 4000k?

nothing measurable, but much warmer than I like :frowning:

I’m willing to trade my NW for CW.

3000K-2500K? Guesstimate by looking at the ANSI White chart, way to the right of my 5B1.

Id say ( and I am not good at this) it is in the 3000’s

Like old vanilla slimfast

Check it out guys did a quick little emitter swap in my first S1 clone today. Its a $.50 Nichia 119 that I got 10 of today. The light was a NW one and was 34 lumens at ~3900-4000k, this is the exact same output but a much nice 4350K. If yours is a CW I would expect to loose a few lumen, anyone measure their CW on eneloop?

Its at least 3500k, some of my favorite emitters are XM-L2 S6 7B3’s and at 2900K they’re WAY warmer than the “NW” XP-E was in my light. I won’t disagree that’s its on the warm side of neutral but they’re without a doubt neutral. I wouldn’t call anything over 3500 warm and I’m sure there are atlease that.

What is 5B1?

5B1 is ~4200K.

[Aside: Why does 'warmer' refer to lower color temperatures and 'cooler' refer to higher color temperatures? ]

Sweet C_K. Is the high CRI version of the 119? I have some of those and really like that tint and color rendition.

The clip color does not match the body tone. It is clear from the photos, but I didn’t really notice until I got my first one. The clip is not very stable on the light and is easily removed. The lack of apparent seems on the body is nice. Without the clip, it looks bare. For $6, I cannot complain. The output compares well with the i3s, but it uses a much smaller LED and is not as floody.

Just got mine, and I love it. The beam has a nice balance of flood and spot. When I read about the neutral white being too warm, I thought uh oh, but after I used it outside, it’s not bad at all IMO. Got some Efest 10440 arriving by Thursday, can’t wait to try those out, it’s already pretty good with alkies. Friends of mine are impressed enough that I ordered 8 more.

They’re the “80 CRI” B09 SW50 ones from texaspyro that he clocked at 90CRI. Wish I would of got more than 10 for $5 now. Also wish I would of gotten some of the warmer ones.

Ni-MH is the way to go with these, IMO. 10440 makes a lot of heat and the pill is floating.

Yeah, 80 CRI's from TP. That's what I was referring to. I have the NW ones. Really like the tint on those babies.