GB Clone Offically "SOLD OUT" 10/21/18 XPL HI 1300LM Focusing AKA Cometa 2016

Lawried · 2018-10-19T16:14:50.000Z

RX8637XXXXXCN

Thanks Lightbringer

Boaz · 2018-10-19T17:17:27.000Z

United States

Arrived at USPS Regional Facility

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Oct 07, 2018 15:38
Acceptance

Oct 06, 2018 17:20

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China

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Lightbringer · 2018-10-19T17:31:33.000Z

Lawried:

RX8637XXXXXCN

Thanks Lightbringer

Hmm, that’s a stumper. Try track.trackingmore.com, or track24.ru . Might be ChinaPost, but ain’t sure.

If you pop it into one of those, they’ll often have clues as to the actual carrier (the canaio, postnl, etc., website).

Lightbringer · 2018-10-19T17:46:02.000Z

Wellp, I finally got my first order, played with it, seems nice. No spacers/insulators at either the driver or tailswitch.

No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There’s always a boom tomorrow…

Still, it’s pretty bright, dunno if it’s 1300lm based on ceiling-bounce, but it could be the cell I used for testing (kinda old, ain’t sweating it).

I hate the Bat Signal, though. Always did, not a fault of the light itself, just the nature of the beast.

Wish I could put a stop for just a turn or two away from fully-zoomed to prevent that, leave a kind of ugly blurry rounded-square instead of a speckled image of a lit chip.

All in all, it’d makes a decent host, but even leaving it as-is (got the 3B, nice tint), it’s a nice light. For the price, it’s a steal.

Hmm, maybe I should get a dozen, sell them to unsuspecting widows and orphans. :smiling_imp:

Nachtfeuerzeug · 2018-10-19T17:57:50.000Z

Lightbringer:

Wish I could put a stop for just a turn or two away from fully-zoomed to prevent that, leave a kind of ugly blurry rounded-square instead of a speckled image of a lit chip.:smiling_imp:

I put an o ring (30mm ?) on the batt. tube right at/below the zooming threads. ...Just the results you want.

SKV89 · 2018-10-19T18:16:08.000Z

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Added new OSRAM LEDs which replace BLACK FLAT - 1mm2, similar or slightly higher lumens, but with much lower Vf and electrically neutral thermal pad (normal DTP pcbs can be used). Also emitting area is pure square,without annoying wire shadows etc. Preliminary tests show peak output of ~980lm@5.75A, 960lm@5A, I recommend 5Amps in flashlights because cooling is not as good as with bench tests. https://led4power.com/product-category/leds1/osram/

The_Flashaholic · 2018-10-19T19:25:35.000Z

Tom Tom:

Flashaholics:

The ten I purchased …

Good grief, are you trying to compete with the Blackpool Illuminations in Wakefield ?

By the way, technically you have not purchased them yet. Under English law an offer has to be made, then accepted, before there is a binding contract. I think you will find that you have not passed the second step. Yet.

Edit: unless you met a BG person and shook hands on it (a handshake is still enough for a binding contract here, and my preferred method. Or a PM). It’s still a matter of honour, a bit like gambling debts, which are un-enforceable here, but word will get out if you renege. Old fashioned I know, but it keeps the world turning around, for now, despite a few idiots who have reached very senior office, but have shown that they are utterly clue-less and have no class.

Or do you have a cunning plan to get rich quick, maybe talk to Sir Alan Sugar and see what he thinks.

I suppose they might eventually turn up, via a circuitous route. Keep us posted (so to speak).

Cas Vegas.

Jerommel · 2018-10-19T20:59:22.000Z

Took mine with me to rural France, where i am now.
Just reassembled it as is.
Al works well, and the black parts inside the head make for a clean beam without rings, unlike my Brinyte B158B…
More lumens and considerably more heat than the Brinyte which runs a neutral warmish old stock XP-G2 on 3 Amperes.
The Brinyte outthrows the Cometa of course (no surprise).
Despite the switch boot hugging the switch button, no problems whatsoever with the Cometa.

I ordered some brand spanking new Osram #####.TG LEDs from Led4power, i’ll try one in the Cometa with a FET CC driver at 4 - 4.5 Amperes.
Should be fun! :sunglasses:

Tom_Tom · 2018-10-19T21:06:36.000Z

Flashaholics:

Cas Vegas.

Perfectly understood

Good luck.

T18 · 2018-10-20T05:53:44.000Z

SKV89:

The best emitter to swap in to this light is available now
Led4power.com : LD-4 CC linear drivers, ILC-0/1 illuminated tailcaps, optics, MOSX, copper DTP MCPCBs... - #708 by led4power

That is quit interesting, thanks for posting this SKV89

Nachtfeuerzeug · 2018-10-20T07:31:18.000Z

Just took a few shots during disassembly. I guess the driver is a little small for the pocket but with the driver ring, it stays in place well enough. I have some Utorch s2+ clones coming and I really like this driver.

This pill is great! The thin o ring is used as Lightbringers’ anti-batman signal bumper and the thicker o ring acts as a grip I put on the tailcap. The pringled insulator is back there but I put on some kapton tape for additional insulation.

Is that lens coating durable enought to handle my OCD polishing and removal of dust particles?

DENGOH · 2018-10-20T13:13:58.000Z

T18:

SKV89:

The best emitter to swap in to this light is available now
Led4power.com : LD-4 CC linear drivers, ILC-0/1 illuminated tailcaps, optics, MOSX, copper DTP MCPCBs... - #708 by led4power

That is quit interesting, thanks for posting this SKV89

Nice. Thanks for sharing.
I wonder 26650 cell will fry this led?

The_Flashaholic · 2018-10-20T14:11:33.000Z

The KLD-PC2 diffuser works exceptionally well with the Italia Cometa, if they are you’re thing.

It’s like it’s OEM.

T18 · 2018-10-20T14:54:58.000Z

DENGOH:

T18:

SKV89:

The best emitter to swap in to this light is available now
Led4power.com : LD-4 CC linear drivers, ILC-0/1 illuminated tailcaps, optics, MOSX, copper DTP MCPCBs... - #708 by led4power

That is quit interesting, thanks for posting this SKV89

Nice. Thanks for sharing.
I wonder 26650 cell will fry this led?

Led4Power suggested a 5amp cell, so I suppose as long as it’s not over that you should be alright,
I don’t really understand his bench testing and the heat management reasoning, but with intelligent guys like him I just follow the advise.

nottawhackjob · 2018-10-20T14:55:02.000Z

“Nice. Thanks for sharing.
I wonder 26650 cell will fry this led?”

Runs fine on a full charge 26650. Starts to warm up after a couple of minutes on high but nothing startling.

Bargain of the year at minimum. :sunglasses:

Tom_Tom · 2018-10-20T17:04:10.000Z

Dream on.

Latest e-mail:

” Dear XYZ
Thank you for shopping with us.Your order number is 1234567.

We will now begin processing your order. We’ll send you a confirmation email when your item ships.(If your order status shows as “Pending” on our web page, it means you have not completed payment yet)”

These people know exactly what they are doing, and are skating a very fine line under contract law. Not completed payment yet ? I don’t think so (nor do PayPal, or my credit card provider).

If it ever turns up, if it even exists, I’ll probably try to flip it, as it seems several highly respected members are offering already. But first I’ll need to have it in my hands. I’m not so immoral as to try to sell things that I don’t actually have. Oh, but that would be the futures market (AKA house of cards).

My $14.95 experiment is going exactly the way I thought it would.

T18 · 2018-10-20T17:44:59.000Z

Tom Tom:

Dream on.

Latest e-mail:

” Dear XYZ
Thank you for shopping with us.Your order number is 1234567.

We will now begin processing your order. We’ll send you a confirmation email when your item ships.(If your order status shows as “Pending” on our web page, it means you have not completed payment yet)”

These people know exactly what they are doing, and are skating a very fine line under contract law. Not completed payment yet ? I don’t think so (nor do PayPal, or my credit card provider).

If it ever turns up, if it even exists, I’ll probably try to flip it, as it seems several highly respected members are offering already. But first I’ll need to have it in my hands. I’m not so immoral as to try to sell things that I don’t actually have. Oh, but that would be the futures market (AKA house of cards).

My $14.95 experiment is going exactly the way I thought it would.

Boy oh boy, that is one Sharp experiment, you intellectual grump… isn’t there some really smart things you can do for us all…??
You’re one of the smartest members we have had and you’re wasting your time like this, how about pickup where MEM left off, pal … ??
I guess I’m glad to see your abrasive seemingly toxic a, you’ve got a lot to offer, if only you could find better dumb downed words to explain it all…

T18 · 2018-10-20T17:50:52.000Z

Sorry MEM was not a good example, forgot

Tom_Tom · 2018-10-20T18:42:25.000Z

T18:

Sorry MEM was not a good example, forgot

He was a “Tosser” and burned off a few here with shabby dealings. More than a few.

So to speak.

Also I suspect not quite as clever as he liked to make out. And did very little of interest.

But, hells bells, I might be judged the same way in future.

Jerommel · 2018-10-20T19:04:09.000Z

T18:

DENGOH:

T18:

SKV89:

The best emitter to swap in to this light is available now
Led4power.com : LD-4 CC linear drivers, ILC-0/1 illuminated tailcaps, optics, MOSX, copper DTP MCPCBs... - #708 by led4power

That is quit interesting, thanks for posting this SKV89

Nice. Thanks for sharing.
I wonder 26650 cell will fry this led?

Led4Power suggested a 5amp cell, so I suppose as long as it’s not over that you should be alright,
I don’t really understand his bench testing and the heat management reasoning, but with intelligent guys like him I just follow the advise.

But that was not his advise.
The new little Osram is not to be driven with more than 5 Amperes.
Efficiency is already quite low at that high current. More current will not produce more light.
A fully charged cell rated 5 Amperes max. cont. current will still push more than 5 Amperes through the poor little LED, because it only needs 3.40 Volts for 5 Ampere current.
LEDs need current regulation, unless their Vf (forward voltage) is high enough to survive direct drive. Cree XP-L (HI) for example have high Vf.
Besides that, a 18650 which is rated only 5 Amperes max. cont. current must be pretty crappy…