Review: Small Sun ZY-T08 2 x 18650 (Parallel)

[sorotantaz]

@Tom E

Hhmm, never really noticed this tight fit - I got a stock T08 at home, will check measurements this evening.

much appreciate Tom

[Tom_E]

@sorotantaz

@Tom E

Hhmm, never really noticed this tight fit - I got a stock T08 at home, will check measurements this evening.

much appreciate Tom

To me, it looks like 26.0mm across, ground ring to ground ring. The + inner contact is 24.3mm in diameter. 25mm should just barely make it...

[sorotantaz]

@Tom E

To me, it looks like 26.0mm across, ground ring to ground ring. The + inner contact is 24.3mm in diameter. 25mm should just barely make it…

I guess the ground ring you referred to is the most outer gold ring…I’ll test mine first, should be arrived within day or two, already inbound in the post office. if doesn’t work well, might need a small magnet to elevate the + pole and create a smaller foot print…

[Foy]

Man; the Small Sun is completely different inside than the UltraFire version. (T60) Both the gold ring and center contact are spring loaded, against the corresponding brass center and aluminum end of the battery magazine.

Wonder how they did it with the Asgard . . .

Foy

[Blazar]

Looks like this one UltraFire UF-T60

Be nice if it was a bit cheaper, build quality looks good though.

[Tom_E]

Better internal design (and supposedly alum reflector instead of plastic) for more than triple the price, yikes, and it has that mode lock feature (annoying). If it was $35-$40 instead of $89, I'd buy one or 2, but $89 puts it in a whole nother realm, and it still has to be mod'ed to beat out a HD2010 in lumens and throw, accept of course the HD2010's you are buying today at some patheticly low amps...

[Foy]

Paid $87.99 and yes, had brief but significant buyer's remorse. Absolutely no regrets now. Few lights in my collection can match its quality, or its performance.

nicetorchFoy

[bibihang]

@Tom E

@Ubehebe

Anyone try a U3 or XM-l2 in this? I have some of both on the way and am thinking of trying one or the other. I know it has a giganto star, but if I center it right with a little Fujik, I’m thinking a 21 would work fine with that big plastic white retainer to center it and cover up hot wires.

XM-L2 U2 1C/SinkPAD mounted on copper disc, copper heat sink in pill, Nanjg 4.2A, UCL/p lens, copper braid added to tailcap springs:

1,200 lumens at 30 secs, 210 kcd measured at 4.31 meters. It’s a little beast!!

An amazing instrument for it’s size - don’t know of anything that compares for its size! An HD2010 should do the same, but on a single battery, it won’t hold up as well as this light does. Second one I built that produces these numbers, other one was measured by rdrfronty the same as my measurements, this one slightly better. I’ve noticed it just doesn’t drop off the longer the battery depletes like a single cell Nanjg based XM-L2 would.

Did I say it needs to be dedomed? :bigsmile:

[sorotantaz]

just received mine from FT
can confirm the reflector is 100% plastic, any button top batteries work fine even though overlaps on circle trace on the contact board, and with 1 battery (either panasonic 3100 - 4.17v and trustfire flame 2400 - 4.07v) gives the same current at high mode: 1.84 Amp (so, it’s safe to say it is current regulated? )
No hidden turbo found though…

compared to Trustfire X9, the ZYT08 hotspot is larger, eventhough only driven at 1.84A it is quite bright (can keep up with X9) when under 50 m distance. so for the king of thrower title, I might say ZYT08 still unable to take it from my X9.

[Tom_E]

Yes, the X9 is one of my favorite throwers, but it's more a dedicated thrower than the T08 or HD2010 for example -- these lights still put out a good amount of lumens as well.

[tivo532]

Any info on the MCU used as the controller?

I have searched the internet and didn’t find one.

[Maks4er (VladZavadskiy)]

Which holster can be used with Small Sun ZY-T08?
This one?

[Tom_E]

I like that holster for the T08, also works well with a HD 2010.