Maybe, but I think brass is much easier to work with in general. I would still choose a brass pill even if it is a tiny bit worse than aluminum thermally.
Yeah i saw that too. Maybe Nitro or someone with a 1405 can chime in on that.
no, it is just perfectly convenient and elegant. No hassle with thermal paste, and you can leave out the ledboard retaining ring that causes an artifact halo in the beam.
Has someone actually tested the benefits of this? Soldered mcpcb vs standard screw and thermal paste approach?
Iâd be interested in that kind of test if itâs been done.
I agree - for soldering in the driver, aluminum is not the material you want to have - but everything else is nearly the same or worse with brass.
Itâs heavier, more expensive, corrosive and has worse thermal conductivity.
If we could get this light with an aluminum pill + press fitted brass ring for the driver into itâŚ
Anyway⌠I donât really care, I have a lathe and what I donât like about the pill will be changed 
yep, it appears as the driver is soldered to a retaining ring, which is press fit into the aluminum pill, which is screw fit into the flashlight. I find that acceptable.
but of course, there is no guarantee that the actual 1504 driver-pill setup will be identical, itâs probable, but not certain.
I have just asked them the above questions directly on there website. I'll post back here if I get a response.
How much better is the XM-L2 for this 1504 v. the XM-L for the 1405 that I already have two of? Is it worth buying the 1504 just to get the XM-L2? Will I be happier?
$9.98 for US shipping kills the deal.
Deals Machine has UF-1504 host for $18.22 with free shipping!!!
Are they the same company as Gearbest?
Confirming â- Iâm still in for one host. Thanks!
Wow, great price, but the same questions from above do apply. What is included in their version of a âhostâ?
I hope we get confirmation whats included before this deal runs out.
The say product weight 0.485 kg, could those who have the host weight theirs, it should weigh less than 0.485kg because they donât have a brass pill, and if theirs weight more then 0.485kg we know that the lens & pill could be missing.
The alibaba page says the complete light weight 472g with the IR led, including mcpcb, led, glass lens, aluminium pill & driver + wires.
To me that sound like this host could be everything includedâŚâŚ.any thoughts on my reasoning?
Good reasoning, if we can trust their posted weights
According to GB, the host weighs more than the full light. Something is fishy. I am going to wait for the dust to settle on this one.
Is this the same host as the GB ? (of-course copper mean brass)
Bottom of the page says â1. The contents of the flashlight are not included.
2. We only sell the UniqueFire 1504 body tube casting.â
@Chipotle, the host with the brass pill should weigh more than the flashlight with only an aluminum pill, because brass is heavier than aluminum.
Thats what sounds promising, if the host weighted much less it would indicate that some of the heavier parts like lens & pill could have been excluded.
But we still need confirmation.
no free shipping for me, after paypal I must choose a shipping method, being the cheaper $8.xx
I just placed an order with Deals Machine for the host. If the Gearbest GB price turns out to be lower, I âll probably get another one.