I don't care what anyone says, but for $21.85, this SRK Clone with XM-L2 leds in it, could be modded and make a nice light. Even if the shelf has to be modified, or even with having to use one of the BLF - SRK replaecment drivers, this is still a good deal for a basic and well liked style of host. Just FYI
the 3 LED sit on a 1mm (max) Aluminium PCB which is screwed to the reflector (touching via plastic centering rings)
the “MPCB” does NOT touch any part of the lights body - so there is no thermal transmission
For those without a lathe to do a press fit LED plate the above linked to Securitying might be a better buy even though it is XM-L only and $32. Last I knew it had a decent LED mounting plate and is the light that RMM is using for his SRK hop up lights. I bought one back in late May and sent it to RMM for modification.
The problem here is that no one can really be sure of what they will actually get. One could get a light with no shelf no matter what price they pay. That’s why it is important to be able to know how to deal with it if there isn’t one and the reason I am following this thread.
Per RMM’s posted experience SO FAR the Securitying marked 3 LED SRK type lights have been consistent and if you get something not marked with that name then you should be able to return it for an Amazon refund as not being what you ordered. If anyone gets a Securitying marked light w/o a decent LED plate we would all like to hear about it.
If you want very good consistency then get the SupFire M6. Some do not like the added weight, mostly towards the front, and refer to it as nose heavy or just too heavy.
the last few securitylngs i got from ebay chinavalley were fulfilled by amazon and still have the thread in plate.
but with the price so close to the supfire m6 why bother?
i got more just because i had orders for gold ones.3 of my friends wanted them because black lights are so common even though the m6 is a huge step up in build quality.
I will do it as I have done before. If the led plate is not screw in, or if the plate is only the mcpcb, I will use copper discs that are fit into the head, to mount copper mcpcbs on and I will use the BLF 7135 Oshpark board to put 3-4 amps to each led and sell them for a little over cost of the light+components. They are already XM-L2, so I can reflow the leds on copper mcpcbs. I'm not going to go crazy on them, but just make them so they are bright as heck and still not too costly.
Oh, one of them I just bought to use the body for another extended SP03 modded to 6V, for XHP70 leds, but that's another story.