Already contacted manufacturer, initial quote is still on the higher side. Please express your interest over at >>http://budgetlightforum.com/node/42364 Hopefully we could reduce cost through volume.
Mod experts please fall in! We are looking for a candidate who has relevant skill set to maximize the potential of this beast.
Prerequisite:
have experiences in advanced-expert level of flashlight mod. High AMP, HIGH output, multi-emitter conversion... those kind of crazy stuffs.
able to custom hardwares (e.g copper pill or driver design) if required.
has a stockpile of flashlight components ready to deploy.
ability to take decent sharp photos or even a short video.
So someone with a fancy camera, good lighting, parts on hand, a lathe, and a lot of time on their hands? Hmm….
FWIW, if BOSS requires any custom pills or heatsinks to be made to handle heat transfer, then it will be hard to find a lot of buyers I think. It needs to be solidly built from the factory to be popular. Even among the people like me that “mod” everything in some way, few have the ability to make significant structural changes to the lights.
Does anyone know if this manufacturer is sold at the usual BLF stores, banggood, gearbest, fasttech, DX?
Can’t we just ask them to stock it, if we are lucky more than one are already buying from this manufacturer and then we can expect some competition, like on the Olight’s
Just send a sample to Dale i can’t imagine he wouldn’t like it and would not enjoy pushing the BOSS to it’s limit, and he is the resident mod wizard around these parts
Interested in the Boss… I wonder how they manage to align the battery with the contact? Won’t the batteries get “stuck” between the raised tops when screwing the body?
His name is the first to appear in our minds, but I thought of giving others a chance to work with it too.
cajampa wrote:
Just send a sample to Dale i can't imagine he wouldn't like it and would not enjoy pushing the BOSS to it's limit, and he is the resident mod wizard around these parts ;)
Flashlight alone. Please take note that "full" retail price is RMB899 (~USD140). It may cost around $50 incl. international shipping.
akoposilester wrote:
holy crap! thats heavy. 1.2kg is that w/ or w/o 4 26650? im interested since it can run on 1 26650 but i only want flashlight. i dont need charger as of the moment.
Approx 90mm dia (based on the pic) x 178mm . We will have more details in a day.
blueb8llz wrote:
Boss is one crazy looking light! Is that the diameter of a 2 liter?! Move over soda can style lights, here comes the 2 liter styles!
There is room for improvement definitely. All their flagship models will get update every year. Based on their customer feedback, I think they are considering BOSS1 in 4xcree config too.
Sirius9 wrote:
I like the Boss1 light (would consider buying) but can't believe they goofed the handle like that :O
Precise threads or maybe some marking to assist the alignment?
will34 wrote:
Interested in the Boss... I wonder how they manage to align the battery with the contact? Won't the batteries get "stuck" between the raised tops when screwing the body?
The “full” retail price may be RMB899, but they do sell them for less than a third of that on TMALL including charger & cells. So we know 140$ is not the true cost or there lowest offering FAR from it
Interested in the Boss… I wonder how they manage to align the battery with the contact? Won’t the batteries get “stuck” between the raised tops when screwing the body?
The diameter of the + contacts and the diameter of the flat top 26650’s probably make it impossible NOT to make contact? So if you end up in the middle each battery is making contact on 2 edges of each+ contact? Maybe? I want one so Im very interested in this BOSS light too!
Already contacted manufacturer, initial quote is still on the higher side. Please express your interest over at >>http://budgetlightforum.com/node/42364 Hopefully we could reduce cost through volume.
Mod experts please fall in! We are looking for a candidate who has relevant skill set to maximize the potential of this beast.
Prerequisite:
have experiences in advanced-expert level of flashlight mod. High AMP, HIGH output, multi-emitter conversion... those kind of crazy stuffs.
able to custom hardwares (e.g copper pill or driver design) if required.
has a stockpile of flashlight components ready to deploy.
ability to take decent sharp photos or even a short video.
Has this happened? Anyone chosen for this yet? I'd be interested.
My vote (if i have one ) is on you Tom E :), you are the most experienced who have stepped up at least publicly and surprisingly the only one who seemed interested of our mod aces here at BLF :bigsmile:
I hope you get one, i can’t wait to hear what the BOSS can do.
Shoot - yea, I missed that request earlier. Dunno if I'd be the best one for it, but with a reflector like this size, should be able to get good #'s out of it.
Definitely see a hard-driven MT-G2 and a billion amps in this if it has good heat sinking for the star. If it had a OP reflector then maybe a XHP70 with a billion amps.
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That Canadian flashlight guy & Lantern Guru -Den / DBSARlight
What i really want to see is some numbers on the throw kings in there sizes, the dedomed XP-G2 S4 and/or XM-L2 U4.
If any of those makes some budget disruptive for the max thrower light market, killer numbers i will be really happy :). Because every other option for a ready made light with a reflector this big has always costed WAAAAAY over a $100 and the BOSS is about half that
And if they really haven’t screwed up heatsinking on it for a XP-G2/XM-L2 class emitter running flat out, there is no way a 1.2kg massive hunk of alu will not be able to eat that heat like nothing. Of course high amp XPH70 builds can overheat anything not aircooled but, i hope at least we get a nice shelf for the mcpcb.
Already contacted manufacturer, initial quote is still on the higher side. Please express your interest over at >>http://budgetlightforum.com/node/42364 Hopefully we could reduce cost through volume.
Mod experts please fall in! We are looking for a candidate who has relevant skill set to maximize the potential of this beast.
Prerequisite:
have experiences in advanced-expert level of flashlight mod. High AMP, HIGH output, multi-emitter conversion... those kind of crazy stuffs.
able to custom hardwares (e.g copper pill or driver design) if required.
has a stockpile of flashlight components ready to deploy.
ability to take decent sharp photos or even a short video.
Has this happened? Anyone chosen for this yet? I'd be interested.
I remember seeing this thread when it was first posted, but had not kept up with it.
I'd also be interested in assessing & modding the "Boss"
Yes, I finally found this hoss of a light here in the forum. The name BOSS1 made me look. lol
Looks to me like the reflector is comparatively shallow for how wide it is, the head is pretty “square” so with some room for an emitter shelf and driver, the reflector might be on the shallow side. Not that that in itself is so horrible, but it would surely affect the ratio of hot spot to spill. The sample pictures from Palight seem to indicate it’s got a lot of spill, but the hot spot is still tight and concentrated. It’d be fun to exploit that…
1680 is easily doable out of an XM-L2, I’ve had one at 1980 before. Just saying. (and that was in an EE X6!) Remains to be seen if they really are pushing this one that hard. What’s that Tom, around 6A? 5.7? Will indeed need a good emitter shelf to tie it in to all that head mass…
I'm hoping we can get those hot FET's Mitko came across. We can't find any around, but he has a local source. All those high #'s of amps and throw Mitko's been getting from single cell lights were mostly achievable by that special FET he's been using, link here: http://www.a-power.com.tw/index.aspx?lang=eng&fn=product_list_pms&ID=104 -- click on datasheet, then Merge Documents.
freeme, ask the seller for the head size and reflector ID size.
Already contacted manufacturer, initial quote is still on the higher side.
Please express your interest over at >>http://budgetlightforum.com/node/42364 Hopefully we could reduce cost through volume.
Mod experts please fall in! We are looking for a candidate who has relevant skill set to maximize the potential of this beast.
Prerequisite:
@1theDeals
So someone with a fancy camera, good lighting, parts on hand, a lathe, and a lot of time on their hands? Hmm….
FWIW, if BOSS requires any custom pills or heatsinks to be made to handle heat transfer, then it will be hard to find a lot of buyers I think. It needs to be solidly built from the factory to be popular. Even among the people like me that “mod” everything in some way, few have the ability to make significant structural changes to the lights.
My Favorite Modded Lights: X6R, S8 , X2R , M6, SP03
Major Projects: Illuminated Tailcap, TripleDown/TripleStack Driver
Does anyone know if this manufacturer is sold at the usual BLF stores, banggood, gearbest, fasttech, DX?
Can’t we just ask them to stock it, if we are lucky more than one are already buying from this manufacturer and then we can expect some competition, like on the Olight’s
Just send a sample to Dale i can’t imagine he wouldn’t like it and would not enjoy pushing the BOSS to it’s limit, and he is the resident mod wizard around these parts
I saw that gearbest stock Palight lights, so i asked them to stock it i hope they do.
holy crap! thats heavy. 1.2kg is that w/ or w/o 4 26650?
im interested since it can run on 1 26650 but i only want flashlight. i dont need charger as of the moment.
FL Newbie
Boss is one crazy looking light! Is that the diameter of a 2 liter?!
Move over soda can style lights, here comes the 2 liter styles!
I like the Boss1 light (would consider buying) but can’t believe they goofed the handle like that
Interested in the Boss… I wonder how they manage to align the battery with the contact? Won’t the batteries get “stuck” between the raised tops when screwing the body?
USB power meter/tester thread
His name is the first to appear in our minds, but I thought of giving others a chance to work with it too.
Flashlight alone. Please take note that "full" retail price is RMB899 (~USD140). It may cost around $50 incl. international shipping.
Approx 90mm dia (based on the pic) x 178mm . We will have more details in a day.
There is room for improvement definitely. All their flagship models will get update every year. Based on their customer feedback, I think they are considering BOSS1 in 4xcree config too.
Precise threads or maybe some marking to assist the alignment?
@1theDeals
The “full” retail price may be RMB899, but they do sell them for less than a third of that on TMALL including charger & cells. So we know 140$ is not the true cost or there lowest offering FAR from it
The diameter of the + contacts and the diameter of the flat top 26650’s probably make it impossible NOT to make contact? So if you end up in the middle each battery is making contact on 2 edges of each+ contact? Maybe? I want one so Im very interested in this BOSS light too!
KB1428 “Live Life WOT”
BOSS1 price is in >> http://budgetlightforum.com/node/42364
@1theDeals
Has this happened? Anyone chosen for this yet? I'd be interested.
My vote (if i have one
) is on you Tom E :), you are the most experienced who have stepped up at least publicly and surprisingly the only one who seemed interested of our mod aces here at BLF :bigsmile:
I hope you get one, i can’t wait to hear what the BOSS can do.
Shoot - yea, I missed that request earlier. Dunno if I'd be the best one for it, but with a reflector like this size, should be able to get good #'s out of it.
Definitely see a hard-driven MT-G2 and a billion amps in this if it has good heat sinking for the star. If it had a OP reflector then maybe a XHP70 with a billion amps.
That Canadian flashlight guy & Lantern Guru -Den / DBSARlight
I'm think'n throwus maximus prime
. This is in the TM36 range for throw, but helluva lot cheaper.
Monster reflector with an XP-L Hi. 4× 26650’s and it’ll run for years on turbo!!
Aspiring Fhashlightaholic!
What i really want to see is some numbers on the throw kings in there sizes, the dedomed XP-G2 S4 and/or XM-L2 U4.
If any of those makes some budget disruptive for the max thrower light market, killer numbers i will be really happy :). Because every other option for a ready made light with a reflector this big has always costed WAAAAAY over a $100 and the BOSS is about half that
And if they really haven’t screwed up heatsinking on it for a XP-G2/XM-L2 class emitter running flat out, there is no way a 1.2kg massive hunk of alu will not be able to eat that heat like nothing. Of course high amp XPH70 builds can overheat anything not aircooled but, i hope at least we get a nice shelf for the mcpcb.
I remember seeing this thread when it was first posted, but had not kept up with it.
I'd also be interested in assessing & modding the "Boss"
bring on a GB of the BOSS!
That Canadian flashlight guy & Lantern Guru -Den / DBSARlight
It is more or less confirmed. Do you wish to be included in our interest list?
@1theDeals
yes
That Canadian flashlight guy & Lantern Guru -Den / DBSARlight
Id be interested in a BOSS but with a tripple LED reflector setup… 4500 lumens with 200-250kcd.
I’m interested in a Boss1
Interested
Yes, I finally found this hoss of a light here in the forum. The name BOSS1 made me look. lol
Looks to me like the reflector is comparatively shallow for how wide it is, the head is pretty “square” so with some room for an emitter shelf and driver, the reflector might be on the shallow side. Not that that in itself is so horrible, but it would surely affect the ratio of hot spot to spill. The sample pictures from Palight seem to indicate it’s got a lot of spill, but the hot spot is still tight and concentrated. It’d be fun to exploit that…
1680 is easily doable out of an XM-L2, I’ve had one at 1980 before. Just saying. (and that was in an EE X6!) Remains to be seen if they really are pushing this one that hard. What’s that Tom, around 6A? 5.7? Will indeed need a good emitter shelf to tie it in to all that head mass…
Game on…
I'm hoping we can get those hot FET's Mitko came across. We can't find any around, but he has a local source. All those high #'s of amps and throw Mitko's been getting from single cell lights were mostly achievable by that special FET he's been using, link here: http://www.a-power.com.tw/index.aspx?lang=eng&fn=product_list_pms&ID=104 -- click on datasheet, then Merge Documents.
Sample ready to ship. Paging for TomE
!
@1theDeals
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