Jacob A60 OUT OF STOCK

Ordered one, very good price! I'm curious how it compares to the Trustfire X9 that I had before, I found the X9 too bulky and the reflector was mediocre.

(edit: thanks Mitko for the XP-E2's, and the present, I reckon it is a 9V CXA1304 in 9V 3000K? I'm thinking hard about a purpose for that :-) )

Yeah i think thats it good enough for the price, but lets see it moded ythose days

For you Djozz and the others who will buy it, i spoke with the seller and he promiced that for the BLF members he will ship items with HK post, just leave him a message, otherwise he uses CN post( RK tracking) and its hella slowly, i had to wait for this flashlight for 1.5 months

Djozz, for the COB, yes it 1304, real starts are 2850k, the lowest chroma shift possible, measured CRI 97, measured R9 is 82( the highest that i have seen in real)
The emitters bin
Purpose? Hehe, here an idea for you:

I use alot of those in my home( cause they are realy gosu), and this particular led idea is working 24/7 and the wifey likes it alot, as for the el. bill it consumes only 50 eurocents monthly :wink:

Lol you guys are fighting over flashlight reflector dimensions. … why don’t u juz take a few pics with a vernier?

wow, that COB is the 97CRI version, nice! Still thinking about a floody flashlight to use it in, or a lantern .

For the flashlight, I'm alright with CN post as long as it eventually arrives. :-)

No rush on the modding Mitko we are not going anywhere :wink: :smiley:

I like that it has an dual cell extension tube to bad the stock driver is so severely underdriven, it would make an good combo with Richards high amp buck driver, to bad we can’t run that driver with a single cell with lower performance…….or at least i don’t think it works like that.

I noticed they claimed they used a copper spring :slight_smile: nice, but why on a 1.6A driver…… :~
I am not sure they understand the point of a low resistance spring.

Got it from Geekbuying, came packed well.
Non mobile link;
http://www.geekbuying.com/item/KX-C20-Cree-XRE-Q5-310LM-3-Mode-LED-Flashlight—-Balck—1-x-18650—332817.html
With an LG HE2 I was able to coax 2.12 amps at tailcap.
It has that screwy mechanical side switch with fixed brass looking buttons on both sides of the switch, pill is pressed in, have not pulled it nor have I jumped the driver spring yet. Maybe tomorrow.

The bad news is the reflector is different, the floor of the LED area is smaller. So it ends up with an even smaller hot spot than the Jacob A60. It is plastic same as A60.
They will not interchange in stock form either.
Glass is much clearer on this one so that is good. Tint is whiter than the average A60 but not horrible.
Fit and finish are acceptable, not bad not great.

I tested it on the deck against an average A60 and the Jacob has more output at 800ft.

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For $9.50 not the end of the world but was hoping like everyone that it was the A60 in different clothing.
I may end up putting an old T6 in it to fatten up the beam and use it for general backyard use.
HTH
Later,
Keith

Neither of us will accept either of our pics as the other will claim trickery as in Photoshop or uncalibrated measurements. So Mr Wrathbinger could you please do us the honor of posting photos and while you are measuring the reflector. Be sure to measure the actual usable inside at where the radius ends on the inside which is the actual useable reflector interior surface. And please take a side profile photo to show the reflector lip as we both agree on the 50.4mm lip outside diameter as to show that is is impossible for this reflector to have a 48mm inside usable reflector diameter.

I got mine in and it is really nice. Nice deep reflector, good hotspot, best thing is that it is really lightweight but with very good cooling.

The worst thing is that the driver is pressed in behind a bended ridge of the pill, in a manufacturing point very well done (good electric contact) but not so good for replacing it (will get it done though )

The switch is branded Omten and the construction is not bad, but I would replace it with a standard switch-with-board with spring bypass, the aluminium piece will have to be be sanded down for that.

The led centering thing forms an annoyingly high collar around the led, and removing the collar (I did that already on the 'exploded' picture above) does not even make the beam look worse, hotspot is still nice.

Yeah its good, i got nearly 160k cds out of mine with XML U3 and a fet driver, its exacly a budget M2X but ligher- the cooling is better than M2x though

Yeah that driver press-fit is an issue but not that big one

where did you get yours at?

Ali of course, i got actualy 3 of those, my third came with not that good reflector but i polished it( this weekend) and it came out even better…its a good flashlight btw,exacly what we missed, 50mm reflector, 1 or 2 battery option and a nice price, i hope they wont damage it ….i prefer it as a host but it wont happen anyway

Thank you.

I have 1 of these…

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Still need to mod it. Got it for around $20 in a shipment from Supfire. I’ll try to give more feedback on the light soon, photos, measurements etc. As far as I can remember, the quality is good…

Edit: I dislike the red tail switch boot! Supfire claims they can supply the boots in black :slight_smile:

Always looking to learn something. As a last resort have cleaned reflectors with dish soap, alchol and compressed air but never polished any. What is your trick?

Herewith some pictures of the Supfire X60. I now just need a 26mm MTN-MAXlp HP PCB

Edit: Quality is good. Unfortunately the light does not turn on, seems like the LED is dead. My preference is definitely a MTN-MAXlp HP, but I’ll mod the light with a FET driver in the meantime, probably only early next year. The Convoy C8 LED centering ring fits very close to perfectly in the reflector. I like clean beam profiles - if its the case here, it should be a great light for modding. Curious to see what figures it will produce. I should measure the height of the reflector. Its more wide than what its deep.

I’ve modded the Supfire X6 with a 26mm FET driver, 20 gauge wire, braided springs, dedomed XM-L2 U4. Measured 4.9 amps at the tail with my Fluke 374 True-RMS AC/DC Clamp Meter using a LG HG2. Got an estimated 1360 lumens and 243kcd (measured at 6.2m).

Heat management extremely good. LED focus perfect with the standard LED spacer. Big hotspot, very little corona, very very slight single ring in the beam. I hate ringy beam patterns, this one passes my standards. Almost cannot see the ring. Edit: Measured 40 degrees celsius after 3 minutes.

The light has a really thick/big hotspot, which I like. I’ve fiddled with thinner LED spacers, not worth it, the standard one works excellent. Makes this a very ‘practical’ thrower (if I can put it like that) with 980m on tap.

Richard agreed to a 26mm PCB on the MTN-MAXlp HP. Looking forward to getting that in this light. The light is quite a bit “heftier” than an A60.

Sorry but your images dosen’t work.

Thanks for pointing that out. Apologies… Should work now.

:open_mouth:

Prove me wrong :open_mouth: Jacob A60 REDUX Project

Just received two today
1 stock and man oh man how that throws
The other one needs a led still contemplating about what to use.
I feel honored to be able to play with them O (edit under score capital O under score does not give a smiley I expect do.read that instead of the O please /edit)