Found this in another thread about the i3, very interesting light…
I’d love to know what emitter and battery it’s using.
Thanks, I see its tube diameter is listed as 25mm, do you know if an 18350 will fit in there?
Liking this little UltraFire more now, just found out it has a magnetic tail (magnet ring around the switch)
Will measure it later
And oh yeah about recent zoomies
Got a Jaxman Z1 XML2 NW when it seemed the groupbuy for hosts would fall apart
Love it!
Love it so much I do not want to take it apart so ordered a host with extension tube for another led.
I’m really tempted to buy this UltraFire UF-10…anyone tried it?
If you can swap in the Cometa driver into your B158 you’ll be very happy (if the B158’s emitter sits on a DTP MCPCB).
I get 830 meters from my B158 and 737 meters from my modded Cometa (20 guage leads, spring bypasss).
Fenix FD40 added to the list, seems like a nice option as well:
I’m going to take a chance on it, around the same price as a Big Mac meal! http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_423439.html?wid=21
_
Looks kinda like a Nitecore EA11!
I got a cheapy little Coast hp1 for my dad. It’s the only cheapy zoomie I’ve seen that isn’t terrible to look at. When its zoomed out its got a decent beam pattern with no extra rings of light. It only zooms so far so you never see the shape of the led.
I wish more were like this, using a regular zoomie fully zoomed I always end up backing out just a bit to eliminate the die pattern, just to where the hot spot becomes rounded, this seems to provide better vision as the die pattern disrupts it.
I’ve thought about finding a way to do a mod to resolve this so they don’t quite zoom in all the way.
Are there any that dont show that square pattern of the led?
I love BIG MACS!!
Lights that use a lens will show the square image of the die when focused, though as mentioned if defocused slightly the square turns into more of a circle. Lights that use a TIR type optic will look more like a reflector beam.
LED Lensers don’t project the LED as they have a more sophisticated optical system. I’ll try and post a review of the P7.2 in the next few days.
“#3 zoomie”
and
DealMetic ZeusRay
search here will find them
Doesnt led lenser= coast?
This is one of the mini AA I’m going to get next. But I’m going to try this version, I like it has a knurling pattern on the head instead of just grooves:
http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_360839.html?wid=21
_
Here’s a review: REVIEW: UKing ZQ – X900 600Lm Zooming Flashlight (#3 type Zoomie) picture heavy!
Yep, and if you saw or file off the bit described in the comments, it will allow you to get a fully wide flood.
Not for many years. The optics are slightly different, with at full zoom the Coasts having a bullseye hotspot (hotspot and spill) and LED Lensers having a hotspot with no spill.
I like mine, feels very solid and high quality. I’m planning on getting an empty pill and fitting a fet driver and dedomed spg2 with springs bypassed just for the hell of it and seeing how far it’ll throw.
Heard that set up is a bit of a monster, albeit with a narrow beam.
I will have an Ultrafire U-F10 here next week 
Ordered the first day it arrived on Gearbest !