I'm sure an XP-L would have been best, but I didn't have one of those on hand.
Now I want to order a new light and an XP-L to mod out... see if it works out better than the XM-L...
For those that are on the fence about the Fasttech price. How about $3.74 ? I’ve ordered quite a few from buyincoins and they took about 12 days to reach the US.
Thanks, All,
I decided to order 3 and give and them a try. If they are OK I’ll order more for gifts. I have been gifting the Tank 009 TK701, but they have gone up to around $9-10.
Jerry
I received these lights yesterday, and for the price I like them. The threads are not so fine that they would strip easily, and the front easily screws on. I got 3 hours run time on high with Tenergy Premium batteries, and with Chinese Alkalines from Harbor Freight got 6 hours on low mode.
It is smaller than the Sipik 68 although it does not zoom. It has two modes and strobe, which I could do without. The beam is not ringy and has a nice center hotspot.
https://www.fasttech.com/products/1815003
I like them and believe they will be reasonably rugged so that I will gift them. I prefer AAA lights, but these are not bad.
Jerry
Does anyone know if the ones from buyincoins are also 3 modes?
I know in the description it says 1 mode, but wrong descriptions are a normal thing.
Thanks.
Answering to my question, in case someone was wondering the same.
The ones in BIC are 3 modes with next mode memory ( :Sp )
Pretty small, shorter than a MXDL 3w (AAA) that I have. (only the body, not counting with the keyring clip, obviously)
If it had a clip it would be a nearly perfect cheap EDC flashlight (size wise), but the keyring clip isn’t bad either, just a matter of personal preference.
edit
Bought two (actually bought three, but were on two different orders and the last one arrived first, go figure)
One of them is pretty decent, draws ~0.9A on high, ~0.25A on low (on a Ni-MH), just great for a small EDC light.
The other…draws ~0.9A on high and ~0.75A on low, no wonder I didn’t notice much difference between modes.
Dunno, might have been a one in a million problem, or might be a usual lack of quality control.
But hey, it’s a cheap AA twisty, you don’t find them very often.
Disassembled the one that draws 0.75A on low. (the other one works great so I don’t want to mess it up 
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No thermal paste under the star.
But has an o-ring between the lens and the reflector (shouldn’t it be between the lens and the head? ), an o-ring on the head (in the middle where it unscrews) and another between the body and the head. overall it’s well equipped with o-rings. :bigsmile:
The .9A and .25A seems like a much better spread of Hi to Lo, the .9A to .75A is the High and not so low modes, wish it was lower
They are good little lights
When I saw the title I thought it’s a 4.80 *A*mps light 
no it’s a $4.80 AA battery light
I know, disappointing 
I am going to buy two, and if not good will exercise the eBay money back guarantee. I have 4 of the lights from Fast Tech. Probably will take a couple of months to get the lights.
Jerry
Every thing came through OK. Glad I ordered them.
Jerry
I just ordered two from the same seller; My plans are to swap the driver and add an XP-L emitter to make a pocket flame-thrower.
Ordered yesterday afternoon, already updated as "shipped" with a tracking number...
I have to stop I cant keep from buying cheap lights lately………….
I have probably ordered 15+ different lights since sometime in December……… the wifey is not going to be happy hopefully I get to the mail a lot more than she does.
Just ordered one from fasttech. It’s cheap enough that loss isn’t a big concern and I have some lithium primary aa’s that I can use in it rather than risking my rechargeables. Not sure I like the modes or mode memory however so that might mean a driver change eventually.
John.
jerm03, did you order the $2.99 ones off of Ebay? How do they compare to your others? Same Q5 led? Just as bright? Finally, was there any customs issues? They sure harp on it on their Ebay sales page.
Yes I bought two. I could not tell any difference in the others. There were no customs problems that I am aware of.
Jerry
IIRC, this is the seller he used: Ebay
I ordered five of these and they were shipped on 1/31/15. It shipped next day as I ordered on the 30th. Looks like it took about a month for them to arrive for Jerry so I’ll anticipate about the same. He also has a thread on this light specifically, that’s how I found out about the $2.99 deal.
Edit: Jerry and I were posting at the same time
Thanks to both of you. Gonna order a few.