I’m out of state on a installation and yesterday evening my (2) SS/Cu w numbered box’s came in. I lost one of my SS/Cu w Box set to my wife! She owns a few Sinner, Over Ready,Vinh 54, PFlexPro, Surefire, and a few of my special Custom and Modded lights and upon her inspection exclaimed, “These are some bad azz light’s!!” I’ll have #50 thanks hun! Need I say more? I guess I get SS/Cu w Box set #139? Both set’s by her critical inspection are perfect! Zero Flaws! She is charging up the 14500’s I got from RMM as we speak! And here I am 2-3 weeks before I go home for a weekend off? :_( Thanks “Team KRONOS” outstanding job!!!
These holsters fit the lights really snugly.
It doesn’t protect them that well, since they’re left a bit exposed, but they function just fine to carry the lights around. They’re thick and feel very durable. There’s a belt loop, and a separate loop that attaches with velcro.
You probably need to calibrate or disable the thermal regulation, because it’s stepping down at room temperature. It’s config mode item 7. Either leave it on until you think it’s too hot, or… since it’s the X5 it probably doesn’t need thermal regulation at all. You can disable that feature by turning it off during the first second of the calibration mode.
I got the thermal regulation calibrated very carefully… then tried it on a different driver, and it stepped down at room temperature. So, basically, the variation between individual units (attiny25V chips) is large enough that any factory calibration is likely to be wrong. People will need to calibrate it themselves.
My Al set just showed up yesterday. These are really nice, and the size and finish is perfect. I’m very happy I decided to do this GB :bigsmile:. Just the X5 alone has me now considering buying a 2nd set of the Al.
The clip on my X5 is the same as others, too narrow of an opening beneath the bend to go all the way down in a jean pocket. No big deal to me since I’ve never used a clip so far, but I’ll still be watching in case someone has a decent fix for this sometime. I hadn’t really realized how small these lights were, especially the X5. Definitely a tiny monster. Now if only my batteries would arrive so I can fire them up. Not so patiently waiting……
Fortunately, it’s easy to tell the difference. If it steps down and then stabilizes at a low level, it thinks it’s too hot (and can be easily re-calibrated or disabled via config mode).
If it steps down and turns off, it thinks the voltage is too low.
Also, the LVP step-down uses bigger steps than the thermal step-down. But that can be hard to see.
No. The A6 step-down actually simulates a button press and bumps it back to the previous mode… The X6v2 / bistro UI steps down (and up) in much smaller levels which are totally independent of the levels configured in the mode group, so it doesn’t try to update the mode index while this is happening.
The reasons for this are:
If it changed the mode index, it would no longer be able to step back up after the temperature drops.
Making the mode index track the thermal regulation would require enough extra room that it would have to drop some other feature(s).
So, if you want to make it go back up to maximum (or just stay at maximum), you’ll need to either do a med-press+short-press to go down and back up, or … disable thermal regulation. You can always regulate it manually.
I fully expect that a lot of people will disable thermal regulation. It’s mostly there as a safety margin for folks who don’t know enough to regulate the temperature themselves (or if you really want to run it unattended on turbo). Unlike the A6, these lights are very unlikely to cook themselves. The heat sink is too big for that to happen easily.
I am enjoying reading everyone’s posts. The excitement of it all is really fun to witness. I remember when my set came in, and all the other samples! This is such a fun hobby, and I am glad you guys ‘get it’
A lot of people have been thanking me, and I appreciate it…I really do! But you need to know something. The heavy lifting was done by the rest of team Kronos. There is just no way I could have done anything remotely this cool without TK, Dale, Jmac, Bugsy36, Neal, BangGood and Manker!
These GBs take a lot to pull off. The behind the scene challenges and stresses would have done me in a long time ago were it not for these awesome, passionate people. I’m so blessed and have all kinds of fun putting the pieces together and watching such a fantastic project come to fruition. Thanks also goes out to Pdog, wight, ReManG, Sully and countless other BLF members and buyers that helped us make something truly special.
Dale got me going down that "what to do" path last night (this morning) and disabling the thermal regulation seemed to cure it. Your explanation now helps me to understand the "why it happens".
Just to clarify, are the only thermal options in config mode 7 "off" or "calibrate" rather than toggling between "off" and "on"? I think I'm understanding it correctly?
In any case, I can't overheat it or bother with setting a calibration point ATM until I get some better cells. As you say, it probably can't overheat anyway due to the thermal mass, copper construction and relatively low capacity of 14500s. I'm not planning on leaving it unattended on Turbo - I have lights better suited to that role.
Thanks once again to everyone for the work on this GB set but a special kudos to TK/Wight for the driver and UI in this and the A6. A great example of what can be done by talented and passionate people.
I think the truth is really somewhere between your two viewpoints. Yes there will be another project just around the corner and the excitement of these lights will wane. But they’re clearly built to last, at least the hosts are, and finding solid stainless/solid copper hosts in larger sizes isn’t easy. So I can see these at least maintaining their value for a long time, even used-but-not-abused lights.
But to compare them to an investment in gold or stocks…. honestly that’s just silly. I hope you’ve got a better retirement plan than this.
Krono, Your pleasure & enjoyment probably does not come anywhere near the pleasure, excitement & enjoyment you are providing to us. Thank you very Very VERY Much.
And thank you very VERY Much to the entire Kronos team, namely Krono, TK, Dale, Jmac, Bugsy36, Neal, Pilotdog, Wight, ReManG, Sb/Sully (for BLF) , BangGood, and Manker.
I guess I get SS/Cu w Box set #139? Both set’s by her critical inspection are perfect! Zero Flaws! She is charging up the 14500’s I got from RMM as we speak! And here I am 2-3 weeks before I go home for a weekend off? :_( Thanks “Team KRONOS” outstanding job!!! 
