That was pretty nice of them.  I hope you get a brighter one and not just another new one like you already have.

if not, i bet his two weaker keygos are brighter than one lol

thats pretty good cs

I received it about a week ago and it pulls 2a.  Expected more after how much ILF had touted it but It it will do

At 2a it's still a great thrower but what concerns me is that the emitter is held in place by the white grease- no fasteners whatsoever.  I can actually move it very easy

Have you checked the amperage of the bright one on medium?  I would be curious to know?  On medium mine will pull right at 1a on a fully charged Xtar

That's strange.... 

Yep,  your first one was what I was expecting.  Still a nice light though

@ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS:

Good to hear, that it ends for you so good

So I guess it's the luck of the draw on which one we'll get when we order one. That's a shame I got one on order now, I hope it's as good as everyone says. I just got the Keygos KE-2 and it seems bright.

Here's my Keygos KE-5 , it was a bit drizzly and foggy. This is the 2A version. Hope you liked the laser show. LOL

Just got mine today - ordered from redlog on 11/1/2011. Part of the SS Bezel is not polished (they missed a spot about a half inch long). And of course it has the green circuit board so its underdriven - measured around 2.2A at the tailcap with a freshly charged protected trustfire flame from DX @ 4.19v. About the same as my Ultrafire X2 with a tighter hotspot and not quite as bright at a distance. Seems to weigh slightly less. Still a nice light - I like it.

Edit: The clip for the TA21 fits.

Yeah, its a shame they nerfed it with that driver - the Trustfire C8 would be a better deal. I look at this way - when/if the driver unglues itself I'll probably try to replace it with the 2.8A driver or maybe someone knows where we could get a 3.5A+ driver for it?

gorann wrote:

I think you dont need mor than 3.0Amps because that is maximum for XML

ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS wrote:

I couldn't tell you for it won't cycle through the modes.  It stays on high.  I even tried putting the tailcap back on and went to medium mode and then turned if off since the light has memory.  But once I do that and retest at tailcap it apparently goes back to the high mode and around 3.80 amps.

If it does cycle by half-presses on the clickie, it should also cycle by momentary disconnects of one of the ammeter probes. Some drivers need two disconnects for the first mode change if the light has been on for more than a few seconds.

gorann wrote:

Well she can send me 4 Keygos KE5 because all four I bought were underdriven

Why they dont make them all as they should be, like Trustfire C8 regarding brightness, at least 2,5A. Minimum od the minimum... 

NEvertheless, I make this lights irect drive Great lights. Really pocket light, lie C8, but it has just slightly elongated reflector, so they throw further. Very nice lights. COngrats on that, but gus, dont let them be so underdriven or sell 2 versions of these lights, so that buyer know what light he buys... 

And they dont look so classical as C8.  

PS: I hope someone fro Keygos reads this, if not, ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS maybe you can point them here? 

Yes Keygos are now reading our threads here.

I have already expressed concerns over different parts and substandard performance. I told Keygos that customers need to know and expect what they are buying, and Keygos should keep to one constant build and be consistent, even if it means a slightly higher price. Customers need to be sure that they are buying a good light and not lottery light. But saying that and reading a lot of posts, it seems ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS was the better exception.

I think Keygos could do better publishing correct information, and give some stats, then we know what to expect. But still from looking at the videos they look good lights even if powered at 2amp.

gorann wrote:

I think you dont need mor than 3.0Amps because that is maximum for XML

Now don't quote me on this. But I seem to remember reading (I think here in this forum) that one member tested this with Cree XML-T6 and went way above 3.0Amps. But above 3.5Amp there was no real additional output. There was a big flat until much higher Amps and then there was an increase. It seemed that 3.0 to 3.5Amps was the most efficient with a 0.50Amp loss.

Like I said just what I seem to remember so don't shoot me if it is not fact.

ILIKEFLASHLIGHTS wrote:

I couldn't tell you for it won't cycle through the modes.  It stays on high.  I even tried putting the tailcap back on and went to medium mode and then turned if off since the light has memory.  But once I do that and retest at tailcap it apparently goes back to the high mode and around 3.80 amps.

This seems like the driver is malfunctioning - is it possible that yours is broken at 3.8A and all of ours are working correctly at ~2A? Maybe the battery is pressing too hard on the driver and shorting something? Does anyone else have one running at 3.8(and is it the black driver)? Like Chris01942 said, we need the specs from Keygos to see what the drive current is supposed to be before we make any conclusions.

Edit: If it turns out yours is broken, tell us how so we can break ours the same way 

Here is the link for the measurements mentioned  above.  Match did a really great job of testing this.

http://budgetlightforum.com/node/2603

Wade

how crazy is this wrote:

Here is the link for the measurements mentioned  above.  Match did a really great job of testing this.

http://budgetlightforum.com/node/2603

That's the one! XML powered at different and higher Amps. I thought I had read it here. See I am learning.