Pregulla find. $5 for one, $14 for 3. Been playing with it stock tonight. Really good deal. More info here.
My âGreen Dwarfâ just arrived from GearBest and the base is indeed magnetic! Pretty strong, too. The over-all build quality is good, better than the pictures suggest, and the light passed the mid-day âbathroom testâ just fine.
Just got my 2 in, the star is sitting on a solid shelf, no thermal compound
Little plastic reflector
I am sure next mode memory pencil lead trick will cure the next mode memory, it is a twisty after all
Modes are H>NOT SO LOW LOW>STROBE
No pillâŚthe shelf is part of the headâŚI will get pics and measurements asap
overall it feels pretty good, not too bad for the $5~ paid for em
Just bought two more of the same #3
This time, I got the hollow-pill version instead of the good ones with a solid back plane for the emitter to sit on.
Which screws up using the square 10mm boards Iâve been getting that fit the solid ones perfectly centered.
Anyone know a source for the #3s with solid pills?
Does your #2 also work with AAs? How is it compared to a zoomy?
Just spotted number two for cheap, but it says 14500 only:
http://de.tmart.com/512-CREE-3W-180LM-300m-White-Strong-Light-LED-Flashlight-Golden-1-14500_p263082.html
I have that light, ordered from wallbuys or banggood on a promotionâŚ.
Itâs a lantern light with a aspheric on top. It is a18650 light which came with a 3xAAA adapter.
There is no heatsinking just a small pill which sits on plastic and because of the design it has no connection to the body. Very dim in stock form, I modded it a bit but it is not much better now.
I have one similar, very good throw for so small
Donât like the UI, H>L>STROBE>OFF, must go thru epileptic seizure mode to turn it offâŚbut it IS a bright little booger!
huh, Pregullaâs link is to an AAA zoomie, if the picture showing it with an AAA battery, and part of the text, are to be believed.
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Ultrafire-cree-C-8-led-flashlight-7W-high-power-mini-zoomable-waterproof-glare-torch-14500-AAA/2027345779.html
Then again it claims it would also use a 14500, and that itâs waterproof.
$2.40
Six impossible things before breakfast?
If you've done six impossible things before breakfast, why not round it off with dinner at Milliway's, the restaurant at the end of the universe? 8)
I need to purchase a few SK-68 clones for some coworkers this year. I just need a good quality, single mode torch that runs well on AA batteries. Who selling the best clones these days? There are so many sellers on ebay that I donât know who is selling crap and who is selling quality torches. Thanks
> sellers on ebay ⌠donât know who is selling crap and who is selling quality torches.
Fixed that for ya. Welcome to the lottery.
I like the look of this UltraFire AT-007 AA/14500 zoomie from FastTech for $4.77.
Available in this ugly color combo as wellâŚ$4.77.
Looks like a nice AA prospect for gifting.
It occurred to me to buy one of each and swap bezels â blue/black for cool white stock, and red/gold for a neutral white or amber mod âŚ
if these by some wild chance come with a mod-friendly solid pill instead of the expected hollow pill ⌠but no, I canât be that optimistic.
Clone (of the SolarStorm), just hit the wire
Anybody know about this 1xAA Powerlight B21 side-switch light? I canât find it anywhere but WB. :~
$3.08-$3.25/ea. Depending on qty.
BoomâŚordered 4âŚkids Christmas stocking stuffers if they make it here fast enuff
I bought one of those a while back and got a solid pill that made it easy to modify. Best #3 Zoomie out of many tries.
I (stupid, stupid, stupid!) bought three more recently.
They came in the same nice color-printed Rustu cardboard box.
But theyâre crap now, same crap #3s you get for $2.99 on eBay that makes you feel burned when it arrives.
Burned, burned, burned.
Hollow pill, dirty dinged up pill, almost no ledge inside for heat transfer at all, BLUE-white emitter, oil inside on the threads which are pretty chewed up looking.
Oh, and the threads no longer even match the threads on the â3W Policeâ lights that used to work as extension tube donors.
Even cuter â although no review appears from me on the DX page, they wonât let me review it saying I reviewed it previously.
Okay, it was my turn on the big lottery spin, I had gotten decent products and decent treatment from DX for several years in a row.
They got me this time.
EDIT â and they did give me a refund â
BUT NOTE: I asked several times to change the old review on their site, when I praised the earlier version â and they never let that happen.