I was/am looking at this torch too. Anybody got one? Also, I think the seller has been accused of selling fake torches too. Don't know if it is true or not, but I did a custom search in BLF, and came up with some threads about the seller of this light.
I am thinking about offering about $35 for this light. I would like to read something from somebody who has this light.
However, I am quite sure this is JUNK, but has anybody purchased one and found that out?
Also, in my search, the seller is kind of shaky too.. Dam, that $42 is drawing me in like a worm does a fish.. :) But, I am going to keep digging until I find somebody that has one...
Flashlight is good quality outside, GITD,nice coating and colour. I almost don;t have any black flashlights due to recent trends now Dropin poor quality, it doesn't have enough good contact to the rest of the body, driver is 20mm step up, 5 modes (low mode is not really low), 2.4A on fully charged cell, 1.35A on 3.2v, so it is not very bright at the moment. I have to switch leds to parallel and give some 5.5A AMC7135 driver and we will se what this baby can. Anyway it has big spill, so it will be a flooder.
Has anybody dared to bite the bullet and buy this flashlight????
The vender/seller has really went off. His first ad was for $42.99 with free shipping for this light. Now, in some instances, he has it listed for $82.99. I think he is hoping that for the higher price, buyers would not be so leary in getting this light. He also has ads listed for the same light at $44.99 with free shipping. He has done away with the $42.99..
I thought this flashlight and another brand that I can't recall are the same thing and proved to have bad thermal dissipation. The drop-in makes almost no contact with the body. Can someone confirm this?
I have not seen one iteration of this 3-XML light with a good thermal path from the pill to the body. They are all just drop in floating on a spring design. Passing on this one, unless theres a version out there that actually does sink the heat away from the LEDs.