I got some for gifts and kept one for myself. Nice light, especially for the price! Got me interested again in the penlight size format, which has some nice pluses: useful floody beam, slim and thus pocketable. Lovely!
I am so enthusiast that I would like to mod it to make it a perfect edc and I have some ideas: 2 levels w/o memory, nichia 219 led, ground tailcap so the boot protrudes better (it actually doesn’t allow for tailstanding but still gets in the way as those that do), forward clickie switch instead of the rear clickie it actually sports.
Would some of the folks here enlighten me on which driver to get and where? Ideally it should work in the 0.9-3.0v range to allow for use with 1xAAA battery only. Also, I don’t know where to find a forward clickie to replace. Thank you!
I have not tried the 2 AAA, but I bought six of the 1 AAA from a seller on eBay. It is single mode, and I have given 4 away. I like it, and carry it with an alkaline battery so I can give it away if I find someone who needs one, such as an elderly lady from church.
Is the single AAA brightness comparable to the 2 AAA version? I’m glad to hear that the brightness seems somewhat legit on the 2 AAA version. I got a Streamlight Protac 2 AAA for christmas and I love it but I’d like a backup just in case and I don’t want to spend $30 on a new one right now.
Yes, the clip is lower profile without the bump, tail cap rubber is really shiny, reflector is smooth and the reflector and glass can be removed on the fakes. Best getting them from a proven vender like E-bays Tomtop because even if the pictures are of the real XP-1 they can still send you fakes. I’ve got two fakes from a vendor on Aliexpress and one real one from Tomtop. Should be getting two more from Tomtop any day now.
One other thing, the fakes only kick out about 30-40 ice cold lumens.
I received a fake XP-2 off of E-Bay. Shiny tail cap and no bump on the clip. It was rated to be 1600 lumens… Way too good to be true. But it is still a nice light, and bright for its size, over 100 lumens I’d say. Seems fairly well made from what I can tell.
I was wondering for those who own a genuine xp-2. Do the batteries fit snugly in the housing?
In my fake, the batteries have some play to move side to side which is annoying. I was thinking about buying a genuine one but I don’t know if I should bother if the batteries are going to be knocking around.
Are you asking if the batteries can bounce around when the light is put together (with the tailcap etc)? If so, on mine, no it doesn’t, at least with some AA alkalines I have in there.
