Looks like this light has been out for a year, curious to see the breakdown. Subscribed! 
Pretty cool with the side switch. I’m going to start putting them in myself on plunger lights I know most people think it’s rather ridiculous to have a tailcap switch on a light this long.
One question, Is that a momentary switch or does the current actually run through the switch like a regular tail cap switch? If the current runs thought the switch it will be easy to mod using a FET driver. If not well then at least you have a hole already drilled out to put a regular switch in.
Hi 18sixfifty,
I just completed some interior photos that I’ll be posted shortly. From the looks of the 46.7mm diameter driver, I’d say it is a FET driver. But whether the full current runs through the switch, I’m not sure.
At this point, performing a rudimentary ceiling bouce test comparing the light to my modified Trustfire AK-47 9x Cree with the 57 watt KD driver in it, the Uniquefire blows its doors off with regard to superior heat dissipation. The modded AK started out at about 1,800 lux, and quickly dropped off to 1,200 lux within 1 minutes time.
However, the Uniquefire started at about 1,500 lux and output dropped very much slower and holding at 1,400 lux. I’m sure none of these lux readings are accurate within themselves only using a cheap LX1010B, but the readings are still very telling.
That’s really good. Coming close to the beast driver and then beating it after a while is excellent. That is very impressive for a stock light and even better that it’s got the side switch. Nice light and something people should be checking out when looking for a good high output flooder.
Post #2 Updated with Interior photos.
Thanks for the pics of the driver. With those readings there isn’t much reason to mod it anyway. It’s an interesting driver. Must be wired 3S3P so it’s not likely to be a boost driver. The driver itself reminds me of the one in an SP03. I would assume the current is not running through the switch.
I can’t tell you how pissed I was while performing this rudimentary lux reading. Since the AK-47 and Uniquefire have identical reflectors, the beam profile is also exact, except the AK is much brighter at startup. What I really didn’t expect was to see with my own eyes how fast that light dims when compared to this new light. While switching the lights around, I quickly noticed they were the same brightness at one point, I really couldn’t believe it, then the light meter showed the AK was actually dimmer running for the same amount of time.
Now I see why the more experienced members here keep driving the point home, it doesn’t matter how powerful the driver is, if the light can’t dissipate heat quickly enough, the results will be what I discovered here.
Is your modded AK-47 using the stock LED's and alum stars, or single piece star? The top priority is the first junction: LED - star, then of course thru the star, then the star to pill/LED shelf. That's why a lot of guys do the PITA and expensive process of replacing the LED's with XM-L2's on DTP copper on these monster flooders.
But also, could be the driver components heating up, causing loss's too. Those KD beast drivers are prone to that, and the resulting failures. I got a couple of lights with the KD beast drivers, but afraid to run them over one minute.
Hey Tom,
Thanks for the great information. If I mod any of them, I think it should be this new one. I have no problem modding the standard type of this light, but the side switch with all the wires is what concerns me. That aside, I’ll look into purchasing the components you suggest, starting with the XML-2’s and stars.
Hi folks,
I just tested the Uniquefire with my slightly older (July 2012) Trustfire 26650 5000 mAh cells. Naturally these are the real ones not fakes. When I checked the tail cap reading, I got 5.30 amps on HIGH. Does this mean the voltage in the cells is sagging to much, which may make the amps go way up? As previously mentioned, the EnerPower cells tail reading was 3.80 amps and the MNKE cells read 3.88 amps.
They are only 2 years old, but were fully charged to 4.20 volts prior to installing them. I was simply testing them in this light to see if the protection would tripp, which it didn’t.
Tried my second set of 3 Trustfire 26650 5000mAh cells in this light that were fully charged. Tail cap readings were 5.25 amps. So I guess depending on the cells used, tail cap readings on this light can be anywhere from 3.80 amps to 5.30 amps on High mode.
MNKE are not low resistance all that much nowadays. I've had good #'s from the ol reliable TF 26650's in the past as well. Not familiar with EnerPower's, but you got interesting results. Could be the driver is drawing more amps form the TF's because of the lower voltage it's getting from them, compared to the MNKE's. MNKE's are disappointing IMR's for today's standards - even KK's are so much better. Would be interesting to compare acutal output - ceiling bounce or throw just to tell if any difference.
I know I've gotten lower amps from good cells on some lights but light output didn't vary much, mayne even better.
Hey Tom,
I appreciate the input from you. I compared both lights against the the lux meter as you suggested. The modded AK-47 (5.85 amps) on Enerpower cells was 202 lux on the 10x meter setting, and the Uniquefire on TF Flames 26650’s (5.25 amps) was 165 lux on the 10x meter setting.
After this test, the tail cap spring melted on the AK-47…LOL.
Just got a few KeepPower protected 26650 5200mAh cells from Calvin over at Illumination Supply. Not a great fit length-wise, but I can get a few threads enough to close the tail cap. Fully charged, they show 3.92 amps at the tail. Testing them at a somewhat discharged state of a static 3.75 volts, tail cap current rose to 5.88 amps.
Unfortunately the KeepPower cells are much to long to work in the Trustfire AK-47, so that light will continue to use the EnerPower 4500mAh cells.
Those are probably the low performing 5200 cells in the KP's. Richard sells them under the EVVA label - protected and button top. Weird - guess low resistance cells do perform better in this light, but the driver raises amps (power) as the cell depletes and produces lower voltage.
Beam shots have been added to post #1 showing the UniqueFire facing off with the Trustfire AK-47 and the SuperNight 12x Cree (LightCastle) POST 1
BLF-SRKDD driver is 46mm, already set up for a momentary switch, and can easily be modded to work with the 12.6v input voltage.
Thanks Comfy, just added it to the list for sure.
SRK-DD (should we take a vote to decide what exactly to call these things?) thread here: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/27342
What can be the easiest mod, on this driver HX-1322A2 ??