26650 EDC or other manufactures of the Ultrafire F13?

[manithree]

For those who pointed to the Kaidomain K5s, it doesn’t appear to be an F13 clone. It looks very similar, but has an integrated shelf, so no brass pill.

[beam0]

@manithree

For those who pointed to the Kaidomain K5s, it doesn’t appear to be an F13 clone. It looks very similar, but has an integrated shelf, so no brass pill.

Thanks for the info on the K5s shelf/pill.

I don’t think anyone said it was an F13 clone though?

[eas]

I’m not unhappy with the F13, but I’m still looking for another, better, inexpensive 26650 host.

As to appearance, I like mine a lot more now that I’ve filed down the flats with the XML… and Ultrafire logos and polished them to a shine. It seems less cheap-looking now.

[beam0]

@eas

I’m not unhappy with the F13, but I’m still looking for another, better, inexpensive 26650 host.

As to appearance, I like mine a lot more now that I’ve filed down the flats with the XML… and Ultrafire logos and polished them to a shine. It seems less cheap-looking now.

Any photo of that?

Also, is that the one you put an SST-40 in?

Luminus SST-40, a N4 BA bin tested

I ordered two from there. I couldn’t make out any flaws in the domes of the ones I received. I put one in a direct-drive light. I haven’t done any rigorous tests, but I can say that it puts out a lot of light and runs relatively cool. I built a similar light in an F13 host, with a 26650 battery, but I used an SST-40 emitter on a DTP copper MCPCB I bought from Kai domain. I’d estimate they have similar performance, but the one from KaiDomain is slightly warmer, as expected.

[eas]

No photo. I’ve been meaning to take a few to post.

It is running and SST-40.

[manithree]

@beam0

I don’t think anyone said it was an F13 clone though?

In one of the linked threads, it’s kind of implied.

[eas]

Gearbest seems to have discontinued the F13 a couple months ago, so I ordered one from Fasttech.

I ordered a third from this eBay listing, and plan to order another soon.

With the free shipping, it arrived just nine days after ordering. It’s pretty much exactly the same as the others, but with the added bonus of not having anything engraved into it on it. No “Ultrafire” No “XM-L2” or “XML-T6,” nothing.

Also, I promised a photo of my selectively stripped F13 a while ago. I’m still not doing it, but here is a mediocre photo of my second selectively stripped F13: