I went and got one on my way home from work tonight. Excellent little light, low is a bit too high and it seems to have next-mode memory but for $13 its a great buy, especially with the machining quality.
I wish I had known that. I just went and bought two. Now I got to return them and buy them again to get my 10% off!
Of course, these will be modded.
I also like the LuxPro LP1200C because it has a reflector that is half OP and half SMO, so it would be good for an MT-G2. It uses 6xAA, so 6 Eneloops and an MT-G2 at 3 amps Zener mod, would be great for that light.
When I revisited my store this morning, I finally located the original display of these lights. Remember up until now they came thru with an XP-G. This new deal has the XP-G2. Here is a pic of both versions and the bar codes on each package is identical. That means both will ring up at 12.97, but what we all want is the newer XP-G2. Just make sure the one you grab is the right one.
The one I bought had a driver potted with a small amount of a Fujik-like material.
^ That pill looks different than dchomak's. Does your light have an XP-G or XP-G2?
XP-G
Hey guys, I picked this up earlier today not knowing there were two versions; xp-g vs xp-g2. Luckily, mine ended up saying XP-G2.
However, my led looks like this:
What did I get? Should it say XP-G2? [Edit: Its no different than the OP. My apologies.] Either way, this thing is pretty sweet. I like it more than I thought I would. Mine does not have next mode memory. It always starts back on high as long as you turn it off for more than 2-3 sec. A quick half press will get you to the next mode. Much better than next mode memory…this way you never have to go into strobe mode…
Also, not to go off topic…when you guys go to Lowes, seriously look into the Utilitech 320 Lumen 4 AAA light. I picked it up too, for $10. It’s also a Black Friday deal. The label looks like this:
I can show a beam comparison if anyone cares. It has a larger hotspot than the Lux Pro, it pretty impressive for its size!
This looks good if you want to run alkaline.
The star says XPG but the emitter is the XP-G2
The XP-G has a green base, the XP-G2 has a silver colored base
TyBreaker wrote:
. . . Also, not to go off topic…when you guys go to Lowes, seriously look into the Utilitech 320 Lumen 4 AAA light. I picked it up too, for $10. It’s also a Black Friday deal. The label looks like this:
Congrats on the new lights. Is the 4AAA you mention this one?
Thanks for the verification, dchomak. Also, the Utilitech I was speaking of looks like this:
It appears to be a slightly updated version of the one reviewed by Old Lumens here
I was even able to fit an 18650 in it and turn it on; though without modification, the head was loose. Anyhow, just wanted to quickly let people know, as they’re probably going to Lowe’s anyhow.
Yeah. That's a sweet light. One of my favorites. They sold like hot cakes down here last year at $20.
Thanks for the link and ideas on what can be done with it! I like how both this and the Lux Pro are so easily disassembled…easier than that de.Power. Speaking of which, I picked up some pin pliers today as well, so I can finally start stripping some of these lights down. Now I just have to pick up some supplies from Mountain Electronics :bigsmile:
Not that big a deal. If it really bothers you, Lowes will gladly exchange for you.
Everybody wants you to be happy.
^ Good point. Just tell them the lights in the display have XP-G2's, but your light didn't. They should have no issue exchanging.
Does anyone have a measurement for the driver recess? Just curious if either of the buck drivers from MTN would fit?
6.36mm from the underside of the shelf to the ledge that the contact board would rest on. There’s not enough room for one, thought one could in theory use a short ring of copper pipe as a spacer and solder that to the contact board.
Thanks dchomak, got my LuxPro today from my local Long Island Lowes. Had to go through the stock because the ones in the front of the bin where the regular XP-G’s and the ones in the back where the newer XP-G2’s. Very happy with it.
Grabbed one this morning. The entire display was full (restocked maybe?). Everyone I looked at was an XP-G2. Seems really nice on the outside, great feel. It's not until you open it up that it looks like a Chinese budget light. I wonder how much resistance is in that stock switch/contacts. Seems it wouldn't be so good with an MT-G2 with (2) 26650's!
-Garry