This one…. LOCTITE® - Henkel Adhesives … 
Thank you.
My pleasure………
Has anybody received a Cometa from the 2nd batch yet? I have been trying to keep up with the discussion here, but there is a lot of fluff mixed in.
I lucked out with the random courier type chosen by Banggood, I got direct post. My 2nd batch Cometa was shipped on the 28th of April and the tracking indicates that I should receive it Monday or Tuesday this week.
I hope all these issues with the 1st batch get sorted out by Banggood. They never should’ve shipped those flashlights until they were 100% working. I would prefer waiting an extra week or 2 to have a working flashlight out of the box than have to apply fixes myself, even if they are small and easy fixes.
Hopefully the 2nd batch has the issues ironed out.
Sorry to post this but needed to inform
Remember the stutter?
I decided to have a close inspection.
Findings:
The black disc covering the led is showing blank metal, the wires seem to have worn through
The black disc covering the led is showing bare metal inside the ring surrounding the LED, a corner of the led seems to have worn away the ano there, it shows as artifacts when not fully zoomed in
There is too much thermal paste used (no biggie but still worth mentioning)
The driver components are touching the brass pill, I saw a little piece of silver colored metal on the brass
Needless to say I do not use it now.
Awaiting my order for kepton/kapton tape from Amazon.
Still idk how to address the artifact because of the worn ano directly next to the LED there is no space for tape there.
Pm this to SC as well.
Why not, because it will make them spend more for shipping cost? Recipient of 1st batch not deserve to get same component with later batch?
It will help them preventing many claim because of shorting. This flashlight have flaw (other than not according to specification) that they also stated. We can’t assume all buyers of 1st batch read here and troubleshoot themselves after buy it.
The host should be belong to Jaxman (Jax Z1 host), not sure who doing manufacture/assemble it.
I think in the end it boils down to the question: Who manufactured the Cometa parts?
I though this flashlight should have been manufactured solely by Jax with the chance of less Manker QC drama.
Maybe I’m wrong, but the unasked last minute changes seem to indicate, that someone (Banggood?) tried in a hurry to incorporate the Kronos/Manker 17mm X6/X5 driver to save some money.
Generally it’s not bad to try not to reinvent the wheel, but these changes should have been done by somebody with more flashlight engineering experience (the risk of a short is a disaster) and approved by the Cometa team.
As far as I am understanding things correctly Cyberscudo ASKED for certain components.
But no sample with them installed was actually received (the now used 24 AWG wires were replaced by Cyberscudo for thicker ones.)
So when the OK came for production I think the manufaturer thought the sample provided with 24 AWG wires was good enough.
Also I missed the review of a BLFer who was supposed to recive a final sample to show us what it was like.
For us Q-team very educational and lesson to remain calm and strong till the real correct samples are in!
Please reread post #1499. Cyberescudo tells us exactly what he specified. Those specs were ignored.
That’s it Sharpie! That explains everything,………… Every one of mine was making contact with the slanted part that led up to the channel where the solder joints would have been had it been a 20mm MPCB. And I totally missed that the 16mm MPCB was also a deviation from specs.
Good job try, bad data…….
NEVER MIND, turns out this was a typo by Cyberescudo. 
[I’ll try to post a pic of the anodized cover underside in a minute so it can be seen.]
The white Kronos BLF led MCPCB used in the Cometa is 19.53mm wide.
Mine measure’s 19.80mm?? I put a real 20mm Noctigon in it!
Definitely not 16mm mcpcb. I don’t recall a picture of the installed noctigon, but the bare pic in OP is also 20mm.
Where did someone measure a 16mm board in the Cometa?
That was a sample.
I believe that’s correct, unless there’s more that cyber didn’t detail.
But, there’s always difference(s) between the final sample and actual production version in these flashlight group buys.
Sorry for the mistake. Make an error when I write 16mm star, in reality is 20mm
3° stage received: 17mm X6v2 driver,XP-L HI on 20mm copper star, 24 AWG wires in a redesigned brass pill
Ok, here are the pictures & the pertinent parts of the post # 1124 by ‘goshdogit’ back on 4-30-2016
His pictures below show exactly what I saw on all 4 of my lights, although two of mine were touching the positive joint as well. But, due to his post I disassembled all of my lights before powering them up. Thank you ‘goshdogit’!!
I used a Butterfly Spacer / Insulator to raise the anodized cover .8mm the thickness of the Butterfly and also taped each solder joint. This procedure has worked fine for me… so far anyway.
Post #1124
^^EDITED to add: While I am saying that the “fix” I described above has indeed worked for me. I am in no way saying this “fix” excuses the absolute lack of attention to detail by the maker/seller that made this “fix” necessary in the first place.
If anyone has sense they will hold off buying until it’s proved all of these design and/or production faults and spec changes are resolved in the next batch.
Can anyone verify if this is what our drivers should look like as far as the “chips” and their placement. I realize this is a 22mm and we received a 17mm, but should it look the same… just smaller?
I am going to check all mine and see if they are what they are supposed to be.
The picture came from the OP.
Thank you in advance.
