Apparently that worked okay? There sure is a difference in the beam shots.
Edit: The gasoline didn’t wreck anything except the dome?
Great review and even greater pictures, now i get why you said more lumens after the dedome.
I bet you have just made a lot of Zeusray owners here dedome theirs 
Look in the very first pic. There is a brown plastic cover that hides the star and led leads. This is to make the projection on full zoom cleaner. The petrol seems to have eaten this plastic partly. But it hasn’t caused any harm overall and I can’t see any real issues with the beam.
If you have the time, de-solder the star and just soak the led. But I don’t think it’s caused any real harm chucking the whole pill in. Just make sure it still seats well on the pill.
You can take out the brown reflector before you dedome the led if you want, it is a little bit tricky but with some pliers its possible to remove intact and reassemble afterwards.
EDIT
Here is a picture from Tom E that helped me take it out safely.
Thanks!
It really looks better de-domed in your beam shots. Thanks for the great review as well.
Beam shot comparisons to other zoomies that alone is worth a 1000 words and you did a superb job.
Thank you for the review and the great pics!
Damn. I know it isn’t expensive, but at this time of year it all adds up. Anyway, now I’m pretty sure I have to get one, soon. Dealmetic it is, right?
That’s right, I forgot about the consolidation thread. Thanks.
Nice review…Zeusray really is one of the top contender zoomies (stock it holds its own against one of my modded SK98 clones)
But Daheq you did to that car…is that a Camaro with donut rims…yikes!
Great review CD, you’ve pushed me over the edge and I ordered a Zeusray from dealmetic. Totally against my will.
WOW
superb pictures and review!
oh shit! now I must buy one for me!
Have have resist for so long… :bigsmile:
nice work, thank you very much.
Dealmetic have sold 10 of these lights since this review was published and now only have 4 left.
They do seem to re-stock fairly quickly though. I think they are going to need a lot more stock, quick!
Definitely a contender for this years BLOTY* award. (If there was such a thing)
*Budget Light Of The Year
Thank you for the review. Such good pictures that really show what is what here. TY :-)
For those feeling that advanced modding itch I'll post some results of other modding endeavors to undertake on this host for us addle minded light nuts over the holidays.
Suddenly noticed that there’s a yellowish circle band at the outer edge in all zoom modes. Is this normal?
Only one left now…
> yellowish circle band
Let me try a handwaving answer; someone I hope can point to a source with a proper picture of the structure and light path that will be clearer.
All “white” LEDs use a blue-white emitter underneath a layer of phosphor that glows yellow-white.
The light path going through all that plus the lens is giving you an image of the original source.
If you were to look very closely at the emitter (don’t do this without a filter, it’s too bright) you’d see that variation due to the difference in thickness of the phosphor (and maybe of the dome as well) and the variation of brightness of the emitter underneath. If you look closely at the tightly zoomed image of the emitter it’s slightly brighter on the side where the wires connect, and slightly bluer.
If you look at the widest zoom you’re seeing almost none of the central, slightly bluer, direct light, and more of the edges that are lit mostly with the phosphor color.
You also get bands of bright/dark/bright along the edges of the circle, there’s a name for that effect that I’ve forgotten.