Those are the people with only Alcoholic friends and no flashaholic friends.
It’s actually a more efficient way to run a light. Also it really just depends on what kind of driver they have used and how it’s wired. Not that I am too interested in it but with the right driver and wiring it could be interesting. Run a single amp to each emitter and you are looking at about 4,500 lumens. (4,000OTF) It wouldn’t get very hot at only an amp per emitter and with four good 26650’s you would actually have decent run-time for a 4,000 lumen light. Or stick a FET driver in and drop one emitter, wire it 4P5S, 4 mode with a turbo stepdown.
Of course the $125 price tag is a joke but if they have them on sale for 50% off plus a $10 coupon I would pick one up just to play with it. But then again I love playing with these plunger lights. Half the fun is seeing just how messed up they have it right now.
And can we determine the worldwide alcoholic:flashaholic ratio?
Personally, I’m waiting for the release of the to-be-very-much-coveted 105 x xm-l T6 cannon that promises 168,000 lumens and uses 20 x 26650s. Included in the price will be a forklift to carry it around (hopefully).
LOL
Win.
False advertising is false advertising, this I don’t agree with.
That said, in anybody’s book, 3000+ lumens is still a lot of light. So ok, this might not be the most compact way to achieve it. But it does probably offer good runtime (and likely regulation) and manageable heat vs the price.
OP Updated with KinFire 21X LED
In the photo in the op, I thought I was looking at a jackfruit!
They are better at centering 21 emitters than me at only 6!!!
Haha
Richie you beat me to it. I just saw this Kinfire 21 XM-L in DX and I thought I wanted to share it here lol.
Anyway this is exactly what I predicted in last year when the 18 XM-L one first came out. I knew it will come out!
So at the same time I am also going to make another prediction here - 24 XM-L to be next!! J)
This would be great if you add a big fan and push the current to 2A per emmiter!
Hey Bibihang, great minds think alike.
But if they push it even further, I’d hate to have to hold a 24x XM-L with 6x 26650’s. I think it would resemble more a baseball bat than a flashlight…LOL.
This and lights like them would be just so much more appealing to me if they took 18650’s in a 3P3S configuration. Most XM-L lights usually have approximately 1 cell per LED. This one has almost 6 LED’s per cell. No future practical potential other than as it is, modest output and short runtime.
BOOM
Bigger is better
More (LEDs) is better!! :bigsmile:
LOL this is getting crazy. Guess what while they keep increasing the length and the numbers of emitter they are still using tail switch. |(
IMO a tail switch on these monsters is ridiculous. Try to hold it one handed and operate a tail switch with the thumb of the hand holding it. I note though that the actual sellers info on the lights list 3800 Lumens for the AliExpress listed one and 5200 for the other (DX Kinfire one) which is close to honest advertising by typical Chinese seller standards. BTW does the name Kinfire mean that it burns up all of your kinfolks?
Note that the AliExpress one states that the price is negotiable for large orders. Start negotiating! The Kinfire is listed as 30.26 ounces. Light weight as my new TrustFire TR-S700 with only 7 LEDs weighs in at about 54 ounces with three 26650 batteries.
Hi all,
I have the 18x xml version (first real light after the 3x xml) and i dont like it that much… its very underdriven since to my eye it is just as bright as my new fenix tk75 xml2. It can be used as a besball bat though. If someone wants it to make a crazy mod just pm me
Greetz
Sure they do, it’s one of the four cow stomachs. I bet that they have about 1000 ways to cook it.