Is this T4 7C as bright as the Sky Ray 3xT6 ?
Bro, so how's your SR 3xT6 status with Manafont, fixed it?
Most definitely this is much brighter with much more current to the emitters. In fact if you are very sure that you are going to be operating in sub-zero temps, you would reap the full benefits of the 3A driver. There is a lot of meat left for XM-L at 3A, just that you need to actively pull the heat away and just having a big block of aluminum isn't enough. Anyway there is always medium power.
NW might be better if you want lumens.
Today I returned the SR 3xT6 to China, after mailing by Jim.
He asked me to ship with trackingnumber, but this is rediculous expensive. From Belgium to China = almost 55 euro!!!
So I took the risk to ship it on the cheapest way, without trackingnumber and this cost me 20Euro!
Don't know how the Chinese webstores can ship at such a low amount.
I had also to retain the receipt from my Post office.
Hope that they refund also the shipping fee.
I hope also that tomorrow my DRY wil arrive
I wouldn't have even bothered... I would have bought another and used the other for mods.
Anybody's got a broken one in the U.S., I'll take it for the emitters.
Rich
Hehe I'm from Belgium too, being tossed between the sky ray and now the DRY. Shipping form CN is how much? because 55$ 80+$ will be a huge difference so it has to be worth it.
Could this light been driven with trustfire flames?
Is it easy to hold (I have rather small hands :p)
How is throw/spill compare to sky ray
Difference except for color between cool and warm white?
greetings!
The CW is $76, not $80. MF uses unregistered Air Mail, and Air Mail from CNQ site I see here is $9. Go for EMS or DHL, $13 and $16. Register an account and you'll see it in Checkout.
I'd advise not driving with Trustfire Flames for these 2 and 3 cell lights which take in quite a high current at a certain point. Mine always stays somewhat balanced during discharge but not as close as I'd love to, as in not within 0.01V. Understand that these are not exactly your regular flashlights and a degree of discipline is needed for both runtime and cell handling (same goes for lasers). But it's good, that's why it's called a hobby.
PS. Both lights, this Dry and other Sky Ray/Trustfire/Fandyfire variants, they need to be fed good cells. For the SR/TF/FF, it is regulated in the sense that if your cells voltage sag it would pull more current. The higher current triggers the cell PCB protection. For this it takes 3A or 4A give or take. If your cell is unable to provide that juice, it also triggers the protection. A UF-980L triggers some of my cells PCB protection but not the Solarforce/Xtar/TF Flames. Anyway XTAR 18700 fits, very tight fit but it is ok and fits somewhat tightly in the tube which is good, absolutely no rattle.
In short, this is a product which is really a pocket rocket. It fits in the pocket, and basically the same thing as those customs. You need to know what are the operational characteristics. Eg 9A 1-cell LiMn https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/2853 In fact this DRY 3 XM-L packs more battery power (runtime etc)....and the CW is eating 4A.
But nothing else has WW/CW at this point.
Mmm more expensive lights, more expensive cells ... :)
Could you link me to a site where they sell cheap yet good batteries? CW can only use unprot batteries unless they are really good like AW there is stated, but 15$ a battery is way over my budget ...
Is using TF flames = suicide :p?
greetings!
Search the group buy for XTAR 18700 2600mAh. It is just usd13.50 shipped for a pair. Basically they are Sanyo 2600s. Not sure if it is still valid, the end date is 31st July.
You need to be very careful with the TF Flames, probably do a reading before discharging and another reading after discharging to see if they are balanced.
EDIT: store removed
You mean these batteries?
Yes that is correct, all details in the group buy thread.
Looking forward to a comparison between the sky ray and this bad boy :). Think it's worth the extra bucks.
That way i would have a C8: 200-400-900 lumen compact light and a 800-2000(?) lumen (still very compact) powerfull light
with your recommended xtar batteries and xtar wp2 loader I think i would have a nice easy to carry around combo :p
I would go for the cool white I think
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Wow, 800 lumens on LOW?
Can't carry that thing in your pocket, unless you want a lot of attention...
What kind of a brand-name is DRY? Just curious if that was a bad translation or what.
It's a brandname i never heard off before myself, but i'm still quite new to the flashlight scene :). Now they also have a 4 mode which features low med hi strobe.
3 mode draws 4A current on high, 4 mode 3A on high, don't know if this will make a lot of difference lumen wise.
Perhaps it stands for: Daytime Relative Yes or Dominating Radiant Yield....it's ultra-bright!!!
You have one? what version?
I'm going to buy cold or neutral version, but as i don't own neutral ones i don't know what to expect. Also going for 4 mode with 3A at high but don't know what i have to expect compared to 4A on 3 mode.
I have the Warm White version, and it is a very impressive torch. Build quality is top-notch, as is the anodizing. The battery carrier is a bit weaker than the rest of the light, but perfectly serviceable - and able to fit the longer 18700 XTAR protected batteries.
With some unprotected AW IMR 18650s the currents were:
High: 3.01 A
Med: 0.51 A
Strobe: 1.42 A
I am very happy with this one, and will likely purchase the Neutral version as well.
lol, great imagination, the explanation quite fit this torch....acturally DRY means popular in chinese.
Ric
seems not so many people like the SOS / beacon mode, does it?
Ric
I'm doubting between cold and neutral. Warm would definetely be to orangish for me, but I dont really know what i should expect from neutral since i never owned such a light.
You own the sky ray? if so how do they compare?
the xtar batteries are ok to use?