Well, I just got my Efest 10440’s yesterday and it looks like it makes the light about twice as bright. It makes the already nice beam even better because the extra brightness brings out more fullness in the beam as well as a smoother spot to spill transition. As Gj pointed out, the light does get hot fairly quickly. If I were to wish for a couple of things I would like the light to have it would be this. Multiple modes so you could still have the brightness of lithium on tap, but still have the lower modes for cooler extended runtimes. Thicker tailcap threads, it’s too thin, you could easily cross thread the cap if your not careful. A pill that is connected to the body to sink the heat better. A stronger clip would be nice too. I know you can’t ask for the world for a $6.00 light, but it would be nice.
Really sorry for the shipping issue here disturbed everyone, we have progressed our shippment manner as you know and in this groupbuy, most of the shipping use HKPost, it is fast to ship to most of the countries but this is not absolute, to some countries it may be a little slow or sometimes it also comes slow in the fast countries. We will ensure to ship the orders (sometime we have no stocking we’ll email you to notice it) but after the ship it is the bussiness of logistics. And the tracking information on our website updated by couriers and it usually not update everytime for your tracking information, we recommend you to check your tracking information on other site (such as 17tracks) if you have your tracking number.
As our website has noticed it and I must notice here again, all estimated/typical delivery time are derived from real world data collected from past orders. They are approximate times for reference only. Shipping time will be affected during pulic hollidays, manufacturers and couriers will limit their operations at these times. This is outside our controll. Normal service resumes immediately after each hollidays.
For the issue of our refundment it was said ussually the pack will arrive in about 30 days but sometimes, unfortunately it may be late for longer time, so we estimate a limit as about 45 days to accept the refund if you still haven’t received the pack.
I’m really sorry for those who still have not recieved the light here, if you would like to PM me your order number, I can check it for you and do something for you maybe, and we’ll try our best to progress the shippment with your feedbacks here, thanks all the supporting here.
Received mine today and about half an hour later my AAA eneloops arrived, perfect timing . I’m surprised by how flawless the finish is on these, great quality for such a low price. The NW is VERY warm, lucky I got a CW as well.
Same here. I placed my order for one of each. I decided about 30 minutes later to order another one. I received the second order a week or so ago but the first order still shows origin post preparing shipment.
I will have PIC based linear (Li-ion only) direct replacement drivers available for them soon, flashable and current selectable (up to 4A) via resistor swapping.
OSHPark drivers with a 6-pin 10F322 (there is also the possibility of an attiny10 being a direct swap for AVR folks).
Because of the issues Werner mentions (tail spring and tiny pill) and the thin SS body I highly recommend not exceeding 1A, the drivers I build for them will be set to 225-500mA (but again can do up to 4A, current is based on a 1206 Sense resistor).
GearBest I wish you would consider making the price less than $7 shipped. I would get a few more but at $7.27 I will just buy the original S1 from CNQG.
I’m only running alkalines in it at the moment. I got the CW and I can say it is more of a pure white than “cool white.” I don’t know much about tints, but it is about as pure of a white light as I can imagine. (Like the color of a white sheet of paper)
I really like the little light. Looks pretty good in my work shirt’s pen holder pocket… and the finish is really nice as well.
Got mine today . Definitely warm with a fairly pronounced hotspot . Beautiful fit and finish and the clip is on there tight . ( Tight enough to trust .) Clicky is firm and easy to use .
Unlike picture in OP, no seams to be found on body until 1/16th inch “bezel.” I hope I have to crank the bezel to open; don’t want to be using pliers on the on/off button!
BTW, terrific finish and no logo of any kind on the body.