I have been close to pulling the trigger on a KE-5 from redlog as I LOVE my KE-1 and their service was excellent. However, I read your review and getting 3A instead of the 2A I get from the KE-1 made me want to go for the KE-5 just to see the difference.
I might just have to get the KD C8 because I think it is the same as the KE-1 only cheaper. Then, if I'm not getting more than 2A, I will have to do my first mod and put a new driver in one of them.
What do you think of your KE-1 compared to the KD C8? IIRC you have both.
Do you think if either of them were pulling close to 3A they would be in the ballpark of your first KE-5?
OTOH, perhaps I should just save up for an X9. Guess I could just do the mod on that if I got one of the 1.4 drivers as it sounds like I likely would. I am very happy with the KE-1 would just like a bit more through and to see what one of these would actually do with a 2.8 driver.
Wade, I took some pictures for you so you can see the difference what I mean. Now if you can find one like the first KE-5 I got I would tell you to buy it in a heartbeat. Let me upload these pictures and then I will tell you more what I think.
Here's the second Keygos KE-5 and you can see that it's nite and day difference between the two. I didn't touch the camera between these 2 shots. Again 85yds to that shed.
Here you can see the difference up close. My first Keygos KE-5 which is the bright one is on the left. The 2nd Keygos KE-5 is on the right. To me there is no comparison.
Yep. Both were on high and both had Trustfire flame 18650 that were both about fully charged. Now remember I have got some tail cap readings on the first bright Keygos KE-5 as high as 3.75 amps I believe with the Trustfire flame 18650.
Any chance of please showing the first GOOD KE-5 you got? I meant the good bits inside so we know what to look for? Then if it is not the same we can run away. Possibly to save you dismantling you can copy and paste from the photos in the review links I have posted above. Maybe from here: http://www.jayki.com/13146
ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS Is this your GOOD KE-5 brass pill you are talking about?:
I took a picture so you can see for yourself. The first Keygos(brighter version) is on the left. Also on the first one I have there is a teflon spacer added over the XM-L led. I like it a lot better for screwing and unscrewing the head.
Ok this is redlog's picture on ebay that he shows. Now remember I'm not telling you guys to buy this light from him because my second one sucks compared to the first one. But this picture is exactly what my first one looked like up top.
And actually what I called a teflon spacer is actually probably a spacer made out of delrin. On the 2nd version, that little cheap white plastic spacer just pops over the led.
So basically the shitty light has a coil spring in the pill and also has a grease stuck down black emitter board with a small white cover around the LED emitter.
The good light has a flat brass connector in the pill and a wider white cover around LED emitter. Correct?
The second one I got isn't really bad. It just gets blown away by the first one. I would opt for a good Ultrafire C8 XM-L before I bought another Keygos KE-5 like the last one I got.