Manker Rambler or Eagle Eyes X6R for that range. Choose the best size.
EE does not have a website :(
Does Eagle Eye have an email adress?
Because I can still not find any info on if (and at what voltage) the X6R shuts off. Only that it goes into a low mode at 2.8 volts. Would like to know if it ever shuts completely off. (Yeah…, I know it kind of has to shut off when there’s absolutely no more power in the battery 
Would like to ask EE this myself, unless anyone else has this information?
If nobody knows, I would appreciate a PM with their e-mail -if at all possible.
Eagle Eye is just another re-branding distributor/vendor company - they don't make the lights they sell, so not surprising they have no online presence. Can't recall who it was named as the real X6 manufacturer (I know I posted it here on BLF in some thread...). Eagle Eye at first didn't even want their name on the BLF Special Edition - it was the BLF team that insisted on it. One BLF'er was negotiating with the real manufacturer to resell - don't think it ever happened, probably because of the success of the group buys.
EE is just one of the many brands that work with ODM companies, they usually release a couple products and then re-appear as a different brand. This is a very common way for chinese companies to evade taxes/legal matters.
Yes, seems like that's what's happening. Some brands do not want to be found, others, like Convoy, have a strong long term presence. But Simon w/Convoy, really tries to add value (drivers, LED options, etc.) and offer great support. His lights, or should say hosts, can be found around under different brands. Roche/Rocher for example, seems to overlap, and in the case of the F6, he took it over. Really surprised we haven't found the X6 or X6R under a different brand, at least I dunno of any.
Any idea if the stock driver would work with an Attiny13 with familiar firmware? An mcu swap would be even easier than a driver swap
It flashes two times once a minute, but does NOT shut off. I dont think it is of any point to go lower. The battery goes to recycling.
Stock MCU is a PIC - different pin outs, you can see it in the pics I posted in post #70. Could try air wiring up an Atmel, but I dunno enough about that circuit. It's been done before though by BLFers with other drivers. This light deserves a FET based driver though.
Tom, are you using an e-switch firmware and just leaving the tail switch on all the time? I want to use Star dual-switch on a driver swap, but I’m assuming that would mean the light would have to be “on” while charging.
The tailswitch in this case acts as a lockout. When I carry the light in a bag/pocket, I turn it off on the tailswitch to avoid accidental e-switch activiation. However, as soon as I get a chance, I'll be updating the firmware/MCU to a ATtiny25 with my new firmware that supports an e-switch and power switch functionality. You can fully operate it on the tail switch with NOINIT, memory, etc., but also the e-switch is fully working like my standard e-switch firmware - Best of Both. I think the LD-1/LD-2 drivers work this way as well.
This X6R is perfect for this ATtiny25 upgrade (see https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/34900). I needed more code space to get the combined e-switch and Star_NOINIT working - think it took 1070 bytes currently, where a 13A is limited to 1024 bytes. Also want to get the 25's temp sensor iimplemented, but didn't start on that yet. The ATtiny25's I have are a simple drop-in replacement for a 13A, but the 45's and 85's are a wider footprint, and require either to clip the pins or bend them to fit on a typical 13A driver board. Wight's 22mm FET+1 driver though can mount a 45 or 85 direct without bending pins.
but even with the larger Attiny, you would still need the “soft” ‘off’, otherwise the light will be shining during charging, right?
I wanted to give one of these to my grandfather. I wanted it to be very simple, without any long presses or double clicks: 2modes, on/off with the tail switch, low/high with the side switch, that’s it. But since the tail switch has to be ‘on’ to complete the circuit, the light would have to be shining during charging. that’s not optimal.
Hhmm. I see what you mean, but if I were you, I would add an e-switch OFF mode: OFF-low-hi, all with single clicks only - no long presses or dbl-clicks needed, as you would like, and solves the charging problem, and more flexible but still easy UI (you can also turn the light OFF on the side switch).
You could do an e-switch piggyback driver to get this functionality, or try to experiment with an MCU replacement - might not be easy or simple - different components than our standard ones (3 legged ones), so might need some serious reverse engineering - probably beyond my scope.
Cheap route would be a 105C or QLite driver with e-switch firmware programmed for the modes - rip off the stock piggyback, replace with this one.
I have a whole different plan with a more robust UI.
I might do press and hold 2-3sec for the soft off. I don’t want cycling through off to be a nuisance, and press and hold should be much easier than double click. Maybe there’s a way to have the MCU detect when the charger is connected? that’d probably take a lot more work with the code though.
I’ve decided not to mess with an MCU swap, i’ll just drop in a Nanjg
The way this light is designed is that the charging circuit is completely separate from the driver - no ability to check/monitor. That's good from the perspective of modding it with a driver replacement and keeping the charge circuit in tact. Only thing I'm not sure of is if the battery is dis-connected or not present, is the charger providing power to the driver/LED. That could be a bad thing if it did for a DD FET driver, not sure.
But, if you are charging and the MCU is alive and sleeping, then theoretically you could monitor the voltage via the LVP resistors and blink charge status or something, independent of the color LED indicators displayed at the switch. Hhmm - I'd have to explore this a little more.
Ohhh - I'm still think'n easier for a non-techy to click thru OFF-lo-hi, then to toggle lo-hi on one switch, then use another switch for ON/OFF. It's different if the switches are right there next to each other, but switching hand/hold positions to turn the light OFF for example, I found to be a pain, but that's me 
, others may find it easier.
Update: Just realized I got the light with me @work, and sure enough it will work using my FET+1 driver mod with no battery when the USB is connected! That's pretty cool. Looks like 4th and 5th mode (2 highest) are about the same output - the wall adapter I'm using is rated for 1A max output, and that's what it looks like I'm getting.
Any chance we’re going to get a board designed for this using the 3 vias? I’m hoping to design one, but having no idea about Eagle PCB it may be a while before I get to that stage.
For myself, not really interested - doesn't save much time, not much added value. I'd rather have my choice of drivers. If it was involved, tight on space, and required a driver switch mount for example, than maybe yes, like what was done for the Roche/Convoy F6 - that came out really, really nice.
Two of my favorite lights right now are this X6R and the F6: quality, functionality and modifi-ability ... Well you know what I mean .
Edit: Oh boy: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/35177, might be a good time to get in a discount order with BG for another X6R... Adega (Hengyu Electronics Co) may be the real manufacturer, but I only see BamgGood and AliExpress selling the X6R at a decent price, and BG's discount is definitely the best.
Discount code of 'bbbc2c' still working - $24 for either tint, just ordering another.
Oh you bad man. I’ve just ordered one now!
Ok Tom, what if we airwired a line from the raw 5v input to the MCU pin that measures for LVP, then set the firmware so that it turns the led off (sleep) when it senses the higher voltage. That way the light turns off when the charger is connected, and turns back on when you unplug? I feel that code shouldn’t take much room because we already have all the parts for measuring voltage.
I asked and have had it confirmed that the stock X6R does indeed not have a shut-off voltage. It will slowly draw current all the way until the battery is drained. Ok for emergency use, but not quite so ok in terms of safety.
Guess batteries with low voltage protection would be recommended for this light.
I don't know enough about electronics/circuit design, but I think you might need the voltage to come in to 2 resistors, like we do now with the battery monitoring. See: http://www.epemag.com/lib/free_projects/lab_equipment/0200%20-%20Voltage%20Monitor.pdf, as a reference project. I really dunno though.