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

Aaaand mine isn’t arrived yet.

Really odd, my NW arrived in 7 days.

My CW still hasn’t arrived after almost a month now.

Ordered mere seconds apart, and shipped same day iirc.

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).

Damn GB over.

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.

Me too. If coupon expired…
I’ll wait until tomorrow.

Finally got mine. 11 business days.

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.

I have 2 so called CW , which are rather neutral, the NW seems to be WW.

They haven’t arrived yet though…

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 .

I am happy with this purchase .Cool

Dear all,

Sorry for the mistake and our coupon is now available :wink: You can just buy this cute light at $5.99 still!

How to open to insert battery?

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.

Tailcap and clip unscrew from body —a section about 3/8” long from switch unscrews

PM sent, haven’t received my order, email says it shipped a month ago.

If the finish is good it’s barely seen. Just hold as close to the tail as you can and try to open it.

The first post refers to the code — was supposed to be usable for more than a single item per order.
That worked then broke then worked again. And now doesn’t.

Apparently that’s flipping back and forth — the website has gone back to saying:

“Coupon code can only be used with one piece price, it can not be used with vip price, special offer, group deal at the same time.”

I tried to order 2, or more, and it won’t apply the group buy price to any more than one item.-

EDIT and after logging out and back in, it lets me order 2 with the code and use points. Nevermind.

Mine finally arrived! The machining is great, though I think the threads are nicer on my CQG AAA. The light is very warm and the clip feels sturdy. IT’s a bit stouter than the CQG and feels good in my hand. The clicky’s great though of course that makes tailstanding nearly impossible.

Over all, a great littl light!

My second order(July 21) arrived today, 4xNW. All working well, same warm tint as before, no logos this time.

(edit:fixed date typo)

Well, I could sit here is say ohhh, it’s China junk, it won’t work on AAA.

But maybe it would have had I not fired it up on a 10440 and it looked good but as expected, got hot quick.
Before a AAA was tried, an Efest at around 4.04 volts was inserted and nothing??

Well, the top looks real close in appearance to the bottom and when you are in hurry, you can figure out the rest.
Must not have reverse polarity protection or maybe it did and that is what burnt?

Head got hot just that quick, pulled the batt and the flashlight tube she smells real burnt.
Anyway, thanks to the for showing all the parts and directions on dis assembly I was able to discern that the spring got hot and compressed some. Pulled that back out a bit and reassembled.
It seems to pull just over 1 amp on the Efest 10440 which is now down to 3.94, but will not run on a AAA alkaline or lithium.
So, I fried or hampered something on the driver apparently.

I only planned on using the higher voltage cells anyway, so live and learn.
Very nice light however, took exactly 1 month to get here.
Thanks,
Keith

I had my order in the mail box when I got home last night, 2 cw and 2 ww. The ww’s had no branding on them while the cool whites did. For $6 each I am really impressed to tell you the truth. I really, really like the warm white ones alot, enough so that I think I will be placing another order for some stocking stuffers/gifting ideas. This is now my new at work pocket light. :smiley:

Did you insert the battery with the negative end pointing toward the led?