The above should clear up the speculations.
Please stay on topic from this point onward in this thread. Thanks in advance!
Thanks for the insight SB!
Now, back on topic. I can’t seem to find a complete list of the first 10 people who got in on the host deal.
This is all I could find:
List first 10
1 Yourrid
2 Dale
3 Tom E
4 ?
5 Ouchyfoot
6 ?
7 leroycp
8 leroycp
9 Killforfood
10 teacher
Is there anyone else that isn’t on the list? I’d like to get some build info from any of the first 10 on what they made and any kind of measurements/beamshots they might have… so I can update the first few posts with their info.
Good luck with that, I think you will need it. But I honestly do hope you can convince jaxman to change his mind, since he pulled the plug on the GB; and go ahead with one.
If you are successful, ( and I hope you are ) I think it would be a great idea for us all to read these two posts in particular and comprehend what they say. THIS ONE and THIS ONE
Otherwise this will just be an exercise in futility and jaxman would have no reason to even consider renegotiating a “Group Buy for BLF’ers”.
No reason at all…………
Yes thanks those are true posts and I said I’d wait 24 hours, so bow have some time to gather info and think about a strategy here.
As a nice BLFer wrote in PM: “Jaxman are exactly the type of manufacturers we should be building a relationship with in my opinion” and I am in total agreement here.
I was on the first 10 list. My light is complete however the driver is glitching for some reason so I’m waiting for some parts to arrive for it. I can still try and get some beamshots on high as that mode works fine.
Its just an XP-L HI V2 3B with a 22mm FET driver.
So you are pretty close to what we thought the Cometa would be?
Nice, love that tint!
(I think it will be the first thing I do BTW just to see how it is.)
I assume so, to be honest I didn’t pay much attention to the cometa so I’m not sure what it’s specs were supposed to be. But I already have an MT-G2 Z1 so wanted to go with something more traditional if you will. The tint is nice and the beam is really good. Everything went together perfectly. I filled the pill with thermal cubes and bypassed the tail spring.
I was also in the first 10. My initial build post is here, but its just another MT-G2 that others have already done. I didn’t get around to taking any real beamshots or measurements yet because I took mine back apart and fully potted the driver cavity due to heat from the LD2 I chose. I’m out of town for another week but the potting should be well cured by the time I get back home, so I’ll follow up sometime early next week.
A couple of photos I took during my build, sorry for the quality they were all taken on my phone. Nothing exciting or new here, but still shows how the light comes for those who are thinking about getting one if the GB starts again…
The last beam shot is a little deceptive. It does fully focus the die.
The top of the pill on that one looks pretty dang clean 
That’s the way the pill was on my Z1 as well, perfectly adequate, no work required except maybe cleaning up a slight bit of burr from the holes for the lead wires.
Of course, that one is now set aside with my own Cu version installed. 
That is how both of mine were also. I just put a little radius on the wire holes to round off the edges and called it good. The MCPCB ‘pocket’ was flat as a squashed roadkilled jackrabbit in West Texas.
OK guys, busy day today and tomorrow so plan on writing Jaxman tomorrow evening to see what is possible for a groupbuy.
Yourrid was so kind to offer to help if we get things moving again.
Great input on the builds
I am off to check shipping status of my Jax(man?) Can’t wait to check it IRL!
Is the tailcap threading of both versions identical? Can the tailcap be exchanged in both directions?
Thx
Okay folks. I finally received my Z1 today. Everything looks as fine a quality as has been already attested.
I need a bit of help here. I have no experience with XHP emitters, but I am starting to lean towards using an XPH35 HI in this light.
I need a little input on the optimum driver and current for this emitter.
Hey, did I miss this or is it news?
Jaxman sells a Nichia B: http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/High-CRI-outdoor-lights-lamp-Nichia-219B-series-LED-flashlights-upgrade-order/1812094_32601022783.html
Not on a Noctigon, obviously, but interesting to see it offered alongside their flashlights.
I wonder if it’s available already installed if people ask for that ….
You must have missed it! I received four 4000K 219B’s from them and they’re top notch! They come mounted on copper.
I put the MCPCB in dry to check if there was any rocking/movement and it sat in there flat and didn’t move at all. So I just ran with it as is.
Yes this was talked about before, I have a total of 6 of these
3 in use and doubting where the others should go.
I think we can all agree that the pills are not all 100% perfect yet the softer brass can be sanded to achieve a more then satisfying result. Jaxman focusses on key specs as focus of the LEDs and does the same sanding people getting the hosts should be willing and capable of doing right?
Point here is that I must be able to show them people can make a nice light our of the hosts before there is any chance of a groupbuy happening. Some reactions to the pills have made Jaxman think selling the hosts in a groupbuy could damage the Jaxman image and thus be counterproductive for them.
I will explain this is BLF and that critical posts as part of the game and that in case of something like this lots can and probably chime in for their two lumens but that Jaxman is seen as a quality manufacturer and the pill issue is seen as Jaxman sees it, something that can need work and is acceptable.
VERY keen on a full light GB actually made by Jaxman themselves. Will there be options to have TK’s firmware in it? What emitter options? XPL HI?