Thanks GG, no issue with the way the light works. It’s not DOA or anything it just didn’t match the description they were using at the time. I got one with the contacts pre-soldered to limit it to low and high. I would have gone ahead and eliminated the flashy mode too but would have kept the mid. I was initially under the impression that it was used/returned but then they did some checking and told me that the 2 mode was all they had in stock. They made me a nice deal so it turned out to be an even better deal than the $11 they’re doing right now.
Just received mine and it is the same as jf-smm reported. The light is pre-soldered to have only have low-high function. Bummer but I was pre warned and thought maybe his was an exception but it is not, so beware if you order one!
The solder comes off fairly easily. I just did mine about 30 min ago. Nice hot soldering iron, pulled the bead away from the gap and bingo my first “mod” (lame but it was pretty challenging because I can barely see something that small anymore.)
Good to know! Thanks! How many modes did this give you? Any blinkies, or are those still gone? Are there multiple solder blobs to potentially remove, or just one? TIA!
I was just looking at this $11 XTAR yesterday, but haven’t ordered yet.
So there are 4 places to bridge with solder, connecting them disables a given function, if I read the chart right the only one that can’t be disabled is the high.
The chart is in the manual, this was supposed to be a DIY mode selection by the end user from day one. That’s what got my attention when I first read about this light. I guess not everyone dug the idea hence this batch of presoldered lights.
BTW - I didn’t try to unsolder my blinky modes but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work as well(?)
If it’s like the winners I got not that long ago, it’ll be a featherweight Al pill that’s like half the height and a quarter the weight of the C8 pill that FT sells. Same thread.
Standard 20mm star, 17mm driver on mine.
And yeah, an XP-E LB clone that was throwing about 80-100lm of Angry Blue light.
New pill+emitter+driver, and it came out kinda nice. 4300K XP-E2, 1A driver, throws nicely. Didn’t want to stress out the XP-E2 or the cheapo switch it no doubt came with.
A kinda nice ’501 clone from way back (before the race-to-the-bottom was in full-swing) started getting wonky on me as far as the switch. Bright, dim, flicker, bright, bright, flicker, dim, dim, bright, etc., and I’m barely touching the tailcap. Ooookay.
Nah, I’m all but sworn off these “deals” from now on. Think I’m just gonna get real hosts (eg, Convoy) from FT and the like, load ’em up from there. By the time you replace all the garbage from these “deals”, you already spend as much as the nekkid (real) host, and have less agg to contend with.
I just found some of the “S5”-style cheap flashlights that Antenne warned us about, but this time they sell for 1 USD and at that price I wont complain as long as they turn on. Bought 3 myself.
Not sure for how long they’ll last though, only 5 left as of writing this.
