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

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?

The clips from the Dqg /S-1 are so much better .

Bought about 5 when I bought the s-1.

think they were about a buck extra

http://www.cnqualitygoods.com/goods.php?id=1891

wish the code was still good, i would order a couple more of these.

Isn't it? I asked GB to extend the buying period and they agreed to do so.

Edit: Tested and works. :)

i must have typed it wrong, thank you

No prb. Happy to enable. :)

Guys with non-working lights- in a few weeks when my GAW lights get here I’ll have 9 stock drivers, if you guys need I can supply you replacements then. (I’ll also have a couple spare tiniest10’s left I could sell you if you want modes/adjustable output / 10440 only)

Received my 2 x CW and 2 x NW a few days ago. Took about 15 days to the UK.
very impressed at the obscenely low price. The perfect finish. The tail cap join is impossible to see unless you know exactly where to look.

Head to head with a 9 led cheapie also on alkalines it’s slightly brighter on ceiling bounce and blows the 9 led cheapie away on throw and has nicer tint. Should have bought all CW’s, something like these little lights you just want as bright as possible.

Finally got my lights today. :slight_smile:

4 more ordered

Rcv'd my two CW pieces today. Stock amps was about 0.98A on a charged TrustFire 10440 @4.10v, lumens was 153 @start and 126 @30 secs, dropped pretty good -- there was no grease or epoxy whatsoever under the MCPCB. Couldn't wait too long - here's my start:

These 10 mm SinkPAD's are great to work with - easy to sand/file down. I did a similar mod to my Tank007 E09. I trimmed the outer edge with a dremel sanding drum. Used 150 sand paper to take down the height from 1.55 mm to ~1.15 mm - sand paper on the bench, rubbing the SinkPAD over it by hand, and used a small round file to make the wire indents deeper. The stock MCPCB is about 1.0 mm thick. Since the pill is brass, I'll just trim out the wire holes to get rid of the edge bumps, sand it down lightly, them I'll probably reflow the SinkPAD to the pill. I'd like to keep the SinkPAD a little thicker than the stock one to help on the heat. Have a few more things to do - little more sanding of the edge to fit easy in, angle file the edges along the wire pads to ensure no grounding, ensure I got enough space for the wire (maybe 24 AWG I'll try), then the biggest problem:

  • decide on an emitter, choices: Nichia, XP-G2 warm/neutral, XP-G2 1A, or the new XP-G2 S2 2B

Richard's XP-G2 Q2 7C4 at 90+ CRI looks pretty awesome, available bare.

On 10440's, these little guys get hot really fast, even on 0.80A, and maybe a not-so-great pill mount. Think I'll just leave the stock driver for now, and use thermal/electrical conductive grease around the pill.

Ohhh - be careful with the tailcap off - the edges on the body tube are super sharp. I cut up my hand pretty good when trying to open up the bezel end (stupid me...). I put the tailcap back on, then broke out the $4 rubber coated gloves - then it came off real easy...

Since I got 10 mm XML SinkPAD's, for the 2nd one I think I'll file out the hole in the reflector - it has a flat surface at the bottom, so I think an XM-L2 or XP-L would work pretty good.

received mine two days ago.
nice build but the emitter is way off centre.
will come back with photos.