XM-L2 U2 Drop-in From Kaidomain Not Kickin' It

A friend had ordered one from me after I talked these up as being driven between 3 and 4 amps. I took it out of the package and played with it today when I was about to ship it to him.

Friends, as has been reported by others, it is nowhere near that range! I don’t recommend this unit without modding it. It is probably 2ish amps or so. It is noticeably less bright than my Inlt-outdoors U2 unit (still my best drop-in). In fact, it falls behind a number of the T6 units I have laying around. Really disappointed. Tint isn’t even great and their are artifacts in the beam.

Which one did you get the 1 mode or 5? I got a 5 mode one a few weeks ago and it’s really nice. I don’t know how many amps but it’s plenty bright for a 501b, lots of flood half way decent throw. Mine is a very cool white.

I got the 5-mode. And, well, there are certainly dimmer drop-ins. I was just expecting a lot more.

sounds like my XM-L2 from FT… meh… new driver coming in…