i dont think its a bad thing honestly… now i have a moonlight mode!
i was planning on always “locking out” this light as there is some parasitic drain from the switch
for those asking it has much more throw than the king, output is more or less the same by eye
Nice review, thanks!
How do you subscribe to a thread? Can’t find button.
bottom of opening post.
great review btw!
Fasttech carries XM-L2 SL3 for $55,87.
Thinking of changing my "review" titles to, "Foy's Amateur Observations."
/expertFoy
Yeah, but not NW and of course nor bin or the tint or bin is known
mine has good tint - its cool white with no hint of purple or green
Thanks a lot for the review! Frontpage’d and Sticky’d.
Thank you for the awesome review. Great looking light in a compact form factor for a triple xml. I like how it looks like it's single emitter brother, the JM26.
The LEDs are mounted on al, right? Is there any other triple XML2 to consider over this?
Seems a little bit of a PITA to have the light cut to 50 percent after five minutes. I mean, I’d be buying it for the 1700 lumens, not half of that.
I have both the skyray king 3 xm-l2 and the newest sl3 BTW the anno is changed on the new version, much better and darker. the driver has been improved also. it now has a contact spring allowing all batteries to work. 
the srk seems to put out a few more lumens but it is really hard to tell. the sl3 is much cooler. very white light. my light is not even hot when it steps down so I just reset it. great light for the size. great dog walking light.
I bought an SL-3 when it first came out. Had a chance to show it off at our town’s firework show. I noticed this year more folks with LED flashlights. Someone across the small lake shone their fairly bright light across the lake to the side where I was on. I responded with my SL-3 on high and hit them with a wall of light. The guy sheepishly turned his off and hung his head. 
Anyone know where still has stock of these?
The links I just provided on another thread seem to still be in stock:
https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/34513#comment-784530
Be careful as some stores (eg.Fasttech) are still stocking the previous XM-L emitter version. I also believe it was updated with harder (darker?) anodising than when first released due to complains of 'flakiness'...
Thanks I’m sure there was a BLF discount for edc-light too!
No generic code afaik. EDC-Light is a fairly new site by Ric, who also runs CNQG. Sometimes their prices are a little different, so it's worth checking both. And CNQG has a slightly lower than 'market' price for 'members' (aka simply registered users).
There was a 20% discount code given to new sign-ups on EDC-Light a couple of months back when it first opened, but I think he has stopped doing that now.
Also, Ric is on these forums, although he is often painfully slow at responding. He is nonetheless very friendly, professional and helpful. It is worth dropping him a PM @ http://budgetlightforum.com/user/406 and/or email to ThomasRic <cnqualitygoods@hotmail.com>.
Perhaps kindly request a code for the light and I'm sure he will consider some offer or deal. This is after all quite an old item and most attention is now on the JM35 (although I still prefer this one for some reason!).
Good luck,
Hirsh
P.S. Please let us know any result here (or offer to share by PM), for anyone else in the same predicament. I did this with the EagleEye X6R from Banggood recently, where I negotiated a code, and 9 people have since PM'd me as they too were just looking for a good deal before pulling the purchase trigger.
This would be a really nice offering as XP-L HI.
plus one
and what about an extender tube ?
can the driver handle 2 batteries in series ?
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will this head Lego on to another tube ?
The driver is 7135 chip based 12 to be precise, so probably a no go on 2 cells. It is a very easy light to add amps too however.
Shadow JM26 Driver (Place for more AMC7135) Entry 95 has the best picture.