Yeah, comes with an Ultrafire holster. Quite nice...somewhat hard cover for the flap. Don't think KD gives you one.
Also note that Ric usually stands by his pdts. He will not answer funny questions like if the lens is AR coated, if the coating is HA, what's the runtime, if this TK35 comes with a holster and stuff like that. Even if i ask him that he will not answer (you think that i get Super VIP preferential treatment, nope...think again).
But if your bezel is nicked, driver is faulty, lens is cracked, battery carrier is chipped, bezel is scratched replacement is instantly sent, no questions asked. (And these are true stories). Try getting a replacement driver, spare black silicone cap, replacement bezel coz it was scratched from other vendors.
Even for Manafont i had quite a bit of difficulty! It's not their fault though, i understand. (but it's also not mine man!)
BTW, the hidden SOS/Strobe modes, you need to double click on the mode button. And the Strobe is also Fenix style, ie alternating 10Hz and 20Hz. Same as my TK70.
My wife's with me in SG, but her hometown is on Pulau Tebbingtingi in Riau (3hrs speedboat from Pekanbaru and 4hrs from Batam or 2.5hrs from Tg Balai Karimun). I also try to visit Batam whenever possible. Yeah i guess coz SG is surrounded by sea and also quite a fair bit of greenery here giving cover. But from what i see on weather underground we are about the same in temp. We are close enough to be affected by the same weather system, these few days rain like crazy/heavily right?
My U80 is about 65 lux. I guess C8 is approx the same. Seriously i don't see no diff between the TK35 clone and UF-980L unless you side-by-side compare at a 20m distant object. In the room, your pupils close up if you stare at the hotspot, that 20% is not appreciable. You can register a bit of difference when tailstanding, coz the levels are lower. You the something like the DRY/TK70 or something that is > 2X in lux (eg FF STL-V2) to bulldoze through and make your brain register holy !@#%!@# yep that's bright alright.
BTW, the Shadow TC6 4C neutral white (I have the 2.5A version) gets me 57 lux reflected.
yeah.. it rains everyday here in Padang. My city is about 7 hours driving from pekanbaru, it is a coastal city.
54-55lux..540lumens.. hmm.. seriously, i dont know what to decide.. should i just get this clone clown or not.. my interest on this clone is because the design similarity with fenix. what hesitate me is only it's output.. arrrgghhhh...
My Lumintop TD15x+extender for 2*18650 and sunwayman v20c will arrive tomorrow, i might give a short review soon.
Powerwholesale is actually Bestinone and is also sz-eyoung on alibaba - some of their prices are pretty good. I got quoted about 11.7 bucks for HK Post, it might not be registered as i remember paying 2 bucks for that in BIO when i purchased the Generic IMRs. But all in all, 40.70 shipped there. I am not sure if USA would be higher.
The holster from CNQG probably goes for what...$6 shipped.
It is not underdriven, btw. The output from the front-end is just like 20% from a UF-980L, and the UF-980L/U80 and most probably C8 from KD etc would just be 10% higher after 2-3 minutes. It is also brighter than the Ultrafire P60 XM-L drop-in after 30 seconds from turn on.
It's not gunned to the max, that's for sure though.... A lot of lights like the Ultrafire P60 XM-L are gunned to the max, but simply do not have either and or (1) good thermal path from LED emitter/MCPCB to the pill (2) to the host (3) too small a host surface area - just do not well after 30secs / 1 min.
Even a DRY in Turbo mode fares better.... hard to believe but true. (DRY turbo drops 7% after 3 mins). Do you know that an unwrapped P60 XM-L in direct drive and probably below average emitter to pill interface can drop as much as nearly 50% in output? Solarforce hosts are very sexy though. I have the Ultrafire P60 XM-L wrapped in foil, and the Dereelight P60 XM-L (no outer spring - pretty good contact to the host w/o foil wrapping) and CL1H V4 absolutely trounces it in output and that's with the Dereelight in Neutral white 3C.... :D
