The dropin's look pretty dissimilar to me except for maybe in size. The TF has the "threads" whereas the SR only has those big "fins". Clearly not the same folks, but who knows what's inside.
Lets hope it's good when i receive it. There are quite some people who got the Fandyfire with good working drop-ins, and some SR drop-in which are working. Could be the person doing it, and the QC. I asked Manafont to test mine before sending it out as i mentioned there are quite some SR mentioned in the forum which aren't working.
Posted by vingyune54, the Dry 3 x T6 probably has the same LED front-end and head as the Sky Ray, but obviously not the same electronics >> Just got my Dry 3*XML ... Damn this thing is bright Ceiling bounce my Skyray 3800 read 260 but the DRY read 370! Freakishly bright! I highly doubt the Big Bruiser can be this bright.....Beam shots tonight
wth is a "Dry".
My SkyRay drop in version is still going strong. Ive had it a couple weeks now. I do like the looks of the Trustfire version with 3x18650's. Ive been waiting for a review to pop up.
2100 I saw your post over at LPF on the TK70. I hadnt really seen a post of yours over there until today.
Answered my own question: http://www.cnqualitygoods.com/goods.php?id=1177
Damn, they have a load of multi-cell xmls at http://www.cnqualitygoods.com/goods.php?id=1177.
If the Dry is DD as I suspect, then the TF might match it.
Looks pretty sick, it is supposed to push 2.5 amps x 3 18650s.
Well, in the cpf marketplace thread that CQG created to promote the light, someone reported 4A. So, yeah.... DD as suspected.
4A*3.7V*3 ~= 44w. uhh....
If that is true with strong batteries it should dedome the LEDs if left unattended on high.
Haha...i don't really post there often, i do lurk there.
Agenthex, yeah i read the CPFmarketplace thread. Shucks man, it's DD. UGH.... DD has its place actually for a well heatsinked light (and as I have demonstrated as well), but issue is i am not living in temperate countries.... I have seen what it can do to a UF-980L. Ric said the WM version is a bit lower in current consumption.
And a regulated light is really more practical in real-life long term usage, though this light is never gonna be anywhere long-term in high mode. The low mode is going to operate nearly as the extreme runtime 1x XM-L version and with 3 x XM-L sharing the load (ie ~ 273 lm per emitter or well over 100 lumens per watt even over here in the tropics), its gonna run for really long. But I hope the PWM is not too bad, i'd be happy with anything over 200Hz.
Sigh...lets see what the Trustfire can do.
I am sure someone would do that, and then blame the lights....
Anyway TK70 is gunning at 40W.....minimum 35W. But the heatsinking should crazy if Fenix really made an effort to take care of that (and avoid returns). The heat levels on SR3800 at 3.3-3.5A DD is no joke, though the output impressed me even as a HID user. I really wish we have cold temperatures here, though at my Sky Garden it gets somewhat windy (6-9kph...well not really that windy) and last night from my testing, a nearly 3A running XM-L dropped only 1.4% in output even after 15 mins with the Fandyfire STL-V6 thrower. The FF V6 has 7 fins, same as the TF 3T6.
The glass lens already cut 5.6%! So you can imagine....
I saw on one of the ebay seller’s sites that it was something like 100%, 70% and 50%.
Here are some actual current readings - 2.6A, 1.2A and 220mA
How can the brightness of a light as the sky ray be compared to the light in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkkU0UO3sek&feature=related ?
Watch the end for some beamshots.
Suppose SR and TF triple xml are almost identical the way they work, what design would you guys prefer?
I ordered the Trustfire over the Sky Ray just based on the way the heat sinking is done. The TR's module has more threads making for better heat transfer to the host. Plus the host has more exterior fins for better heat dissipation. At least in theory it should be better.
The thing holding me back the most for buying the TR are the 5 modes. Although i could run quick through the blinky modes it's still a lil annoying I think...
Jim from Manafont says he doesn't know about plans for a 3 mode, but he said the same with the sky ray and 3 days later Manafont already sold 3 modes
I'm not that crazy about the 5 mode myself, but I'll take it over the 3 mode Sky Ray if it turns out to be more reliable.. I'm not saying it is, it just looks like it might be
trustfire seems to be less little bright
It does. Could be a bad sample or Trustfire's a little more conservative in driving the LED's. I'm hoping my sample is noticeably brighter than my Fenix TK35.
I guess I'm going for the Sky Ray then if the TF doesn't have other major advantages, if i see the beamshot pictures the difference really is noticeable. But I'll wait for a review on this forum :)
When I get my get my Trustfire I'm going to take it apart, check and clean all the contact areas. Resolder any connection that looks funky, reassemble and measure the current draw.
Dam i just saw some pictures of the DRY 3xXM-L and now i just don't now it anymore :). More lumen in a smaller package but high med with still a whoping 800 lumen and strobe mode are not directly a wow factor.
I was wondering: its stated it uses unprotected batteries, that means it won't work with protected onces? its DD that's sounds unsafe to me is it?
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