Hollow pillow: solid pill is now ready with XML2 light for 7.99 FREE Ship

Got mine today, around 10 days to the UK from when I placed order :slight_smile:

Might have to order another 1.

Oh boy. Both mine came out with just using a needle-nose, but it took some force to get it moving from the "stuck" position. Think I used my HomeDepot rubber gloves to get a good grip though - finding these invaluable. Here you can see the holes are fine after removing the pill:

Finished the mod to the first one. Put in a Nanjg 2.8A with adding 3 350mA 7135's, so total is 3.85A, custom programmed with modes: moonlight-6%-32%-100%, XM-L2 U2 1A on a 16mm SinkPAD, 22 AWG wires. The SinkPAD is sanded down to about 1.2mm (from 1.55mm) so it's closer to the stock 1.0mm thick aluminum star, for focus, and then it's screwed down. The stacked 7135's are on the battery/spring side because of lack of space in the pill, so I left the stock Nanjg spring to protect the 7135's. It's doing about 900 lumens @30 secs now in full flood, tailcap measured at 3.7A at best. I copper wired the tailcap spring which helps, but still can not obtain max output for the switch.

Couple of noteworthy things with this mod:

  • Not able to achieve ~3.90A out of it (doing just a test of the bare pill), just 3.7A or so. I think I got an emitter problem - maybe the reflow, maybe damaged from the reflow
  • in full zoom-in (for max throw), there's a weird shaped bright spot in the corner of the beam pattern near one of the 2 wires on the phosphor. I proved it's not reflection or property of the lens, so again, seems like something wrong with the LED.
  • Even with the copper wired tail spring, the tailcap assembly loses output. I can swap in my Sipik SK73 tailcap and get higher output #'s, about 950 lumens.

I'm getting convinced the new XM-L2 U2 1A has some damage. I know I rushed the reflow by using a torch from underneath the SinkPAD. I should swap it out - thinking this is causing lower amps from having a higher Vf than normal, and the somewhat higher resistance in the tailcap effects it.

I tried a replacement cheap switch from FastTech (clicky-switch) that made no difference. I even dis-assembled the switch, adding some solder thinking it will increase the flow path, but also made no difference. Wish I could measure resistance under load...

Still for what this light is doing, 900 lumens in full flood, and the nice set of modes, I'm pretty happy with it. I'm using it with the SK73 switch and it's doing pretty good.

I wish I could fit this switch: omten-15a-250v, but it would require some work, and may still not fit. This proved to be a better quality switch when I used one in the SupFire F3-L2 zoomie (https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/28084).

Mine came yesterday must be a record 9 days to the UK , Lightscastle took 84 days to deliver the torch I got from them

Nice little torch the flood is better than my Sk98 but the zoomed in is about the same size (quite a bit brighter though) I was hoping for a smaller zoomed square

Just trying it indoors (10ft) the square is about 50% bigger than the hotspot from my Tangsfire C8

Nice small form factor for carrying

OK, I’m giving up on removing this pill. It’s going to be a stock light for now.
I ordered another of these lights just now, hoping the next one yields to mod.

mmph. And I’m going to try to keep my comments in the newer thread from here on:

Mine arrived this morning, didn’t really want a zoomy, as my last experience with one was not great
Anyway I thought I’d give it a try and buy one, partily because the vendor listened to far more experienced members than me and made the torch better because of it, plus it’s nice a vendor actually listened, so thought I’d show my appreciation, as others have and buy one

Not a bad torch at all and ten times better than the 4 x the price nightsearcher one I bought before I found BLF and saw the light so to speak

I think it should be good back up light for caving, where a lot of the time you need a floody light, but sometimes u need a spot to look down a long passage or shaft

Now I just need to make it a bit brighter :smiley:

Try putting it in the freezer overnight.
Being that different metals expand/contract at different rates it may come loose as it thaws.
Worth a try.

This driver was a direct drive? I just pulled my 10 380 mah chipped, 7135 driver after reading it was a dd,

Good Day,

Their webpage <http://www.dealmetic.com/product.asp?ID=FL05518> says it has a CREE XM-L L2 LED...

..& Not a XM-L2...


So which CREE LED do they come with?


Thank You Very Much,

George


Just ordered one myself after reading through the comments here it seems like a good torch for the price, £4.96 with free delivery.

Are they actually shipping this light from their LA warehouse or are they coming from China? Looks like an interesting light but to me it would be nice if they also offered this pill in a fixed focus version of the light. Based on the number of Zoom lights I see on the Chinese web sites this must be a far more popular configuration overseas than here.

“XM-L L2” and “pillow”

Those are typographical errors/ mistakes translating back and forth.

There’s no such LED and no actual pillow in any flashlight.

It's an XM-L2 LED, probably T6 and ~1A tint.

LJ - Yes, definitely Direct Drive, high powered, very much like an East-092 driver. Does pretty good stock but the springs, LED wires, switch will hold it back. I don't undersantd - you don't have one?

Well… it’s kind of like a pillow. There’s often a recessed area in the pill…ow that the star sinks into. The star rests upon it for both support and heatsinking. :stuck_out_tongue:

> freezer overnight.
Well, it’s aluminum in aluminum, but heck, I’ll try freezing it.

Did they put glue on the pill threads, anyone know?
I’m assuming it was just cranked in with a machine and is jammed but can come out somehow.
I guess penetrating oil is the other possibility.

Or redrill the little holes bigger and deeper and use a bigger set of pliers to twist it.

All of the above? Smile

I've done the over-drilling and it worked for me in the past. I haven't found any evidence of glue on my two.

This thing is BRIGHT :slight_smile:

A good SK98 looks like a 3w “Police” light against this thing.
Tint is a little blue when zoomed, don’t know if that is the LED tint or artifacts from the lens assembly though.
Looks good out wide, regardless, this thing is great as is.
Unbelievable heat sinking for a zoomie, it just doesn’t drop off much at all.

More than happy, should have ordered more than 2.

Someone asked if they ship from the ” California Warehouse”, ehhhhhhhhh, No, straight from Hong Kong.
Thanks,
Keith

It is really amazing for the price - best deal around. Mine is doin bout 1,100 lumens now in full flood on a good 2500 mAh LG HE2 cell, modded out, but still pretty incredible for a cheap zoomie. I was able to fit a better quality Omten switch to replace the stock switch - much better. The stock switch itself seems to have loss's at higher amps.

Yes I had the original t6 version which I gave away and as soon as the xml2 resin was available I ordered two on one I mounted a 10 chipped 105 Nanjing 380 Mah not knowing g it was a direct drive so I switched it back to the oem one and to be honest i couldn’t tell the difference.

Good Day Dealmetic.com,

You have PM...

Thank You very Much,

George

It could be paired up with a good quality battery and single bay charger and sold as a complete package? I have 2 of these and everybody I show it to wants one, they really like the flood the most, and I have to say I like it too, but there not Savvy about batteries and chargers, but in a complete kit, people just getting into this would buy it? It’s that impressive!