Thank you for arranging this group buy and hope it was worth your efforts. Package arrived (both lights and the two extra drivers). The only issue I have is that the six batteries I ordered were not included. I first thought they may have been placed in the light to save space but that was not the case. To confirm that I did not receive the battery, could you inventory your supply to see if you're six more than expected. I posted here to let everyone know the lights came in today. I'm sure the battery oversight was just a function of the high volume and demand; just really sad that I have to wait a little longer to shine the light canon. I'll follow up with a PM.
I do have old batteries that are of different vintage and manufacturers. I don't feel safe using them (though I may break down to "test" them) but since my wife will be using it I wanted fresh matching set.
Edit...A big thank you to JamesEarlJones for helping a fellow BLF-er. This is a great group of people when we're not talking politics
The item left Hong Kong for its destination on 20-Jan-2012
Wow! They only had to sit on it for two weeks before shipping! This is my reward for organizing the group buy
Regardless, it's kind of lame that they've sent some out for customers to already enjoy before they could even manage to ship the others. Am I right, Glenn?
I think Ric just got a little overwhelmed and some of the orders got lost in the shuffle for a little while. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. At least we can track our packages now, right?
Oh I'm not criticizing Ric on this one, especially since I was probably one of the initial buyers. I was putting the blame on the Post ;)
I have a feeling we might have lost on the customs lottery or some other technicality. I'm all for waiting patiently, but life is short and every week counts!
Got my Dry, arrived in good condition. All is well and the wow factor I was looking for (and did not find) with the Sky Ray is present and accounted for with this Dry. Those of you jaded by a large collection of powerful lights may laugh but this is only my second triple and the brightness is . . . . well, let me put a few numbers out there for you . . .
amps (3 x unprotected Panasonic 2350)
turbo - 3.65 step down to 2.05
high - 2.10
medium - .85
low - .17
Foyometer
with lamp in Foy's dimly lit office - 33
L2P/3-mode UF XM-L/T6 - 150 sag to 130
F15 ala E1320 - 167 sag to 161
Sky Ray 818 - 214 sag to 211
Dry - 427 sag to 410 (turbo, 410 is last reading before step down)
263 sag to 260 (high)
130 (medium)
52 (low)
Folks; this is what's known as, a bright flashlight. This thing is as bright on medium as an UF XM-L is on high. Even after it steps down it stomps a mud hole in the Sky Ray's buttocks.
But also try to read through the rest of Pok's original post. He went through a lot of effort to post all of that information and it really is quite valuable.
EDIT: As _the_ pointed out that's comparing the DRY to the TR-J12. That's what I thought I read in your post. I think you'll easily be able to find good comparison photo's of the DRY vs TR-3T6 using the forum search.