Yes but looking at Mouser a qty of 250 can equal $7/ea. A qty of 1000 can equal $3.50 ....plus copper
So if he builds only 250 the price really jumps. I have seen others buy elsewhere for $1 less and that happens with Convoy products all the time. If he builds 1000...who is going to buy them?
Now....if a buy was setup with true commitments possibly even a small deposit to offset initial outlay then he would probably be able to do that. He really is a "little guy". We had in depth discussions when I was taking to him about designing/building/selling a headlamp. His margins are nowhere near as great as many think. Anything is possible. It just takes money ;)
I agree with most of the part you said bugsy36. That being said, why the original Convoy L2 has extension tube but when it comes to the new design it suddenly becomes so expensive to make an extension tube for it?
I had hoped so too originally but itās not, at least this time around. Simon had to stop producing the first L2 because there was just no profit. Way too much material cost. Thatās why this rendition does not have stainless. Iām still looking forward to it though. Should have serious throw and runtime.
If it's anything like a WF-1300L (sold at Kaidomain.com), it will be a beast of metal! I modded one, and it's one of the bulkiest, heaviest lights I even seen or worked on - great heat sinking, not so great on carrying:
Well, at one time I guess it was pretty amaz'n, think 4-5 years ago. Stock I measured 1054 lumens, after the mods of 7 XM-L2 U2's, wire and resistor mods, it does 3750 lumens.
Might as well chuck this in here. Iāve been playing around with the original L2 and a XHP-50 in direct drive. Reading 100K lux at 4A draw ( Panasonics at 4V each), the beam isnāt perfectly uniform but its pretty good. I havenāt tried anything more then that as Iām not sure how much the tailcap will take.
Iāve made a couple of 1300+ lumen 300K lux+ torches before but Iām very impressed with this setup, huge beam and anything out to 200m is like daylight. I will try stick some beam shots up sometime, no promise tho as my to-do and project list is the longest its ever been.
BTW: anyone able to suggest a good <20mm 8.4V 4A driver with nice simple modes?
I agree the buck drivers are too expensive, with good reason. One also has to take precaution around heat management. Wish adapters for parallel cells, back to back, was more popular, well, for that matter actually existed standardā¦ This will make things just so much more practical. I have the same issue with the UF-1405 which I want to run at 4.2V. Youād say just get the 1504, sure, but I want the twin cells for better run time and less voltage sag when direct driven.
Me too. Originally Simon was going to try to send one to me by the end of this month. I just got an email from him last night that itās not going to be ready in time. New goal is around the second week in October. They have a number of holidays over there that interfere with production time. This time itās Mid Autumn Festival and National Day. Wish we had that many holidays in the US. :~
I just wish we took our holidays as seriously. I donāt need to be able to buy junk on the actual holiday! Iād rather see people free on Christmas, Christmas Eve and every other significant holiday. Stores should be damn glad Iām not King. It would be mandatory 10x overtime pay for working on Christmas (non-essential jobs). Let the poor people go home.