This inexpensive Small Sun, 1/2*26650 flashlight really caught my attention, so I placed an order for one. I’ll post my impressions of it to the forum when it arrives in a few weeks.
I was really hoping you had it already!
Looking forward to it.
It looks it will be a great light, hopefully it is well heat-sinked, anyway there is plenty room to improve it, and it can be a grear thrower for a few bucks.
Manafont shipped it out really quick, so hopefully I’ll have it soon. I’m hopeful it’ll be a good one.
You will probably get the best $ per meter of thrown light, I hope you get it asap to see how it performs.
Argggg, I finally pulled the trigger too.
I have been refunded for an HID that was never shipped even with tracking from verosale ( AVOID ).
I plan to mod too 
It is about $12 cheaper than the HD2010, and can run on 2*26650.
Let’s see how good it is built, the reflector diameter looks like will be the same or very close.
It is about 10mm longer with 1*26650, I am unsure if they are on the head only, but I still believe they share the same reflector, we will have to wait to see it…
I have just seen the head is the same ( or copy) of the UltraFire UF-T60 .
Glad to see Yavi and POK are both on board with the light. I’ve been shying away from 18650 lights the last couple of months and going for what I think may be a good value in 26650 types. Can’t wait to get my hands on this one too.
Hi gang,
I received my SMALL SUN ZY-T16 from Manafont today in a heavily bubble wrapped package. The light arrive in mint condtion and in great working order. I first tried it with 2x26650 Trustfire 5000mAh cells and got .85a at the tail and with 1x26650, it read 1.85a. The hotspot focus was as sharp as a well adjusted Ultrafire HD-2010. Funny thing is using the supplied extension tube for 2x26650’s, you get a tail cap lockout feature due to fully anodized threads. Using it on 1x26650, it’s non-anodized.
Light feels great and nice weight, doesn’t feel cheap at all and the reflector looks excellent. After I get some photos posted in another thread for the Trustfire Diving light, I’ll get a couple of beam shots posted for this Small Sun.
Thanks Richie!!
do you have any tear-down pics? I am curious to see how this light conducts heat away from the LED.
thanks
I’ll make sure I include some tonight when I post the photos.
Good to know you like yours while I wait for mine.
Only con it is underdriven, but that can be fixed in the future.
Here’s the parts breakdown and a couple of beam shots. I figured the best light to compare it to is the Ultrafire/Fandyfire HD-2010.
After disassembling it, I find it to be an excellent candidate for modding and it should be very simple to say the least. I see no problem with heat dissipation with this light and should easily handle much higher current, at least as much as an Ultrafire/Fandyfire HD-2010.
This is the first Small Sun light I’ve purchased. I’m so impressed with the build quality, I intend to take a second look at their offerings and see what else of their lineup I may like.
SIDE NOTE The lens is 57.40mm diameter and 3.04 thick. Driver diameter is 22.04mm
I’d consider the anodizing to be flawless and a semi-gloss finish that I really like. It also has a great feel in the hand.
However, on my example, the SmallSun logo is slightly tilted, but otherwise perfect.
Smallsun on left. Trustfire J12, Skyray KING, and Fandyfire HD-2010.
Hand hold as 2x26650
Hand hold as 1x26650
This flashlight easily unscrews to its individual parts.
Very nice pill and driver as measured, 22.05mm. I guess any 22mm high power driver should work great.
+B spring allows flat top or button top batteries.
Emitter with a well made and self aligning wire protector.
Rear of head and ample cooling fins.
It won’t be a problem for this head to relieve itself of heat modding with a higher power driver.
Reflector has a wonderful mirror finish and appears flawless.
Small Sun ZY-T16 in 2x26650 configuration beam shot using Trustfire 5000mAh batteries.
Fandyfire HD-2010. The Fandyfire beats the Small Sun, but not by much. I estimate about 100+ lumens brighter.
that is a pretty impressive beam. is it a lot better on a 26650 than a 18650?
i forgot to say thank you for the info and great beamshot.
Hey CabFrank, the light doesn’t come with sleeves to use with 18650’s, although I do have them from other lights, I never thought to try it. If it’s important, I can toss them in and let you know, but I doubt it would be a problem with the driver it has.
but no, not really important at all. i don’t even have a 26650 battery yet. i was just wondering because i am thinking about getting one for the hd2010, and i figured i could cross-compare. i’m sure eventually i will get a 26650, i’m just dragging my feet because, well because financially i should.
Hi Frank,
I tossed in my Trustfire TR-J12, 26650 to 2x18650 converter sleeve and it worked perfectly using Redilast 3100’s and got .92a on HIGH. I also tried it with the single sleeve and one 18650 Redilast 3100 and tailcap reading was 1.58a. So if you have the sleeves leftover from another light, it works like a charm.