YEZL Y3 CNQUALITYGOODS Group buy. 3 Versions. See post 274 for delivery details.

You are quite correct there Mr Sam. There is actually 36 units sold. 14 to go. Cheers.

Do not understand why the Web page for Version C, the only one for YEZL Y3, does not correct the reflector from OP to SMO.

Bought 1 typeB with AR lens, thanks again MRsDNF + RIC for GB.

Same here. I want SMO not OP on my lights.

Want a thrower, not a flooder.

How can that be passed on to Ric?

I hope as well the reflector is smo

Its in the OP guys. The reflector has been confirmed by Ric that it is smooth. If you are totally not convinced I'd suggest to give this GB a miss.

Please ask him why not corrected.

That is excellent news :smiley: Thanks MRsDNF.

I'm sure Ric reads these posts so he may answer your question here. This thread is about the group buy and he has confirmed that the reflectors are smooth.

If you look carefully though his site - lots of issues. for the Y3 C listing, he still says U2 in one place and T6 in another - I left a comment bout a week ago there on the listing page (check it), still not addressed and no answer. I should have mentioned the OP/SMO as well -- it's definitely SMO.... Frustrating....

No one in their right mind would sell this with an OP - it's a born thrower.

I also purchased a version B with AR lens…

This is copied directly from the messengers (being me) pm from Ric.

The led is XML2 U2 emitter.

-One v. C and one lens.

Can’t help it, I gotta see what all the fuss is about. 8)

You are not being blamed for the misinformation. Just pointing out that correcting U2/T6 and OP/SMO is SIMPLE, yet not corrected !?

Hey Steve, you gonna mod these for us? :wink: Big ol hunk of copper under the star or something? Come to think of it, I never did get that copper pill from you that you promised me. lol Jerking your chain man, just jerkin ur chain.

Is there a thread that shows this light broken down? I’d like to see if it indeed needs some extra cooling capabilities so I can get materials ordered if need be. Ready to ramp up it’s power and let her rip! :slight_smile:

It's a thick shelf:

But Dale, no way no how will any stock light be built well enough to handle the amps you'll be serving up Smile. With my BLF DD setup, I think I left the shelf as is, and didn't add any copper under it. Cant' recall - think it was like 5mm or so.

Thanks for that pic! Did you piggyback the BLF driver onto that stripped contact board and leave the e-switch intact, wiring it to the BLF mcu?

Any numbers on it?

And hey, it’s not like you don’t serve up the same side dishes I do! :stuck_out_tongue:

I had a nice big ol copper pill here ready to send you when all of a sudden they were mass produced elsewhere. I was just to slow and since then I've retired from the copper business. For that matter just about retired from everything except working.

For some reason I've lost a little interest in the copper pills for several reasons being cost, the time it takes to machine, weight, especially on the larger lights is a killer as shown with the last light I built being a lot larger than the monster light but still ended up the same weight without copper and copper stars on aluminium seem to work ok for me. But my lights are just a tad different to yours.

Both of us being fans of the MTG-2 I'm hoping this reflector will tighten the beam up a bit more than the HD2010 which to me is really nice with this led which has reasonable throw with its large spill very moderately driven.

I just went looking for a breakdown and Tom E has beaten me to it. I may have to start paying him all the work he's doing around here.

I am learning to like the bigger lights these days. I saw a MAXToch that looked sweet and managed to acquire the last one they had in stock, and it’s no longer produced. It’s the SN51 that had a SST50 in it originally. It’s got a massive brass pill in it, you can feel it the instant you pick it up! I put an MT-G2 in this light and it performs very well, has good throw which is surprising. It’s a tactical style light, with the raised portion in front of the tail switch for cigar style hold. But very front heavy with that big brass pill. It’s pulling 10.36A for 3581 OTF at start, 3222 at 30 seconds. I stacked a 20mm MT-G2 Noctigon star on top of an Comex copper star (after sanding down the masking layer to solid copper) for height purposes of the big MT-G2. It’s got an Omten switch that I bypassed the spring on, so far so good. Running a pair of Efest 35A cells. :wink: With a moon at 0.138 lumens, then 46, 347, and 1715 to fill out the middle, this is a very usable light.

With the recently gifted Olight SR90 Intimidator coming into my possession, and the purchase of the Fenix TK61 last month along with 2 Courui’s, I’ve got some really big lights now! So I’m hoping to continue in this new tradition with the K50 and Yezl Y3. Don’t know yet if either will get MT-G2’s, but with 9 of those already working on my shelves it’s certainly a distinct possibility! :slight_smile:

Thanks Steve, I didn’t even know about the Yezl til you brought it to my attention here.

See ya at Bucks…

This is my Y3 stack:

Y3 album link, not enough pics taken though: http://s1054.photobucket.com/user/TomE2012/library/Yezl%20Y3

From post #117 here https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/24076:

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Got the UCLp lens in today for the Y3. It looks fantastic, dark purple tint to the reflected light, perfect condition.

Results on a Powerizer cell at 4.21v

Lumens: 1,819 @start, 1,732 @30 secs and 136 kcd

I compared 2 different cells before/after Powerizer @4.21v and Efest 35A 18650 at 4.22v:

Powerizer: 4.5% increase in lumens (@30 secs), 8.8% increase in kcd

Efest 35A: 5.2% increase in lumens (@30 secs), no throw to compare

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Note: Please keep in mind the new KK 26700 5000 mAh cells (5300 mAh actual) that Richard carries now fit this Yezl !!

This is the operation doc I gave with the light:

Flashlight Operation

* Custom modified, custom programmed

The user interface is designed to be fast, and quick access to the 4 primary modes of lowest, highest and strobe. For any steady output modes, 1 click will turn the light OFF.

These are the modes, defined from low to high: moonlight - 5% - 40% - 100%

Summary of Operations:

· a quick click goes from a lower mode to higher mode

· a hold or long click (1/3 sec) goes from a higher mode to lower mode

· if paused in a mode (more than 1.2 secs), a quick click will turn the light OFF

· in any mode (including OFF), a long hold (3/4 sec) will turn Strobe ON

· when in Strobe, a quick click will return to the original mode

So for example:

· the light is OFF - hold for 3/4 sec - strobe, click or hold turns the light OFF

· the light is in Hi mode - hold for 3/4 sec - strobe, click to go back to Hi

· the light is in moonlight mode - hold for 3/4 sec - strobe, click to go back to moonlight

For entering strobe, the long duration next mode will briefly engage (between the 1/3 to 3/4 sec times) but I don't find it much of a distraction, as long as it returns to the original mode you were in.

Tail Switch:

The tail switch is a simply power ON/OFF switch. This switch must be ON for the light to function from the side switch. If you have the flashlight with a loaded battery in a duffle bag, suit case, or knapsack, it would be a good idea to turn the power OFF via the tail switch so it can't accidentally go on from the side switch.

Warning:

This is a high powered custom light! Never leave it on high unattended, please.