I like simple tube lights. I also like trawling through eBay now and then to see if I can pick up any bargains. I recently put in a bid for a torch that looked promising and won it for £3.50 ($5). I was expecting little more than ‘Ultrafire S5’ quality but was completely gobsmacked when it arrived and I opened it up. I definitely struck gold this time! If this had ‘Convoy S3’ written on the side nobody would bat an eyelid.
I cannot currently find it listed on eBay and the only other sources I have found are Aliexpress and Amazon.
I also can’t find any mention of this torch on BLF so I thought I’d bring it to the attention of the collective with a quick teardown.
Fit and finish are up to Convoy standards.
Tailcap assembly and switch are almost identical to my Convoy S2+.
Glass lens is an impressive 2mm thick.
Check out those threads! Chunky or what.
The aluminium reflector is a custom design that screws onto the brass pill like a P60 dropin. It is very deep at 25mm from front to back.
Again, check out those impressively chunky square cut threads.
Note the very tall plastic collar around the LED - which is XM-L2 U2-1A. Thermal paste under the star.
Reflector is well made and very deep - should be a good thrower! That tall collar must be blocking a lot of light though.
Driver is typical generic 17mm 5 mode with no memory. I will try for some tailcap measurements later but my initial impression is that the LED is somewhat under driven. The driver is the weak link in the specs when compared to a Convoy.
Protected Samsung 26F fits ok but quite tight lengthwise.
Tailcap measurements were High:1.45 / Med:0.7 / Low:0.32 so roughly 100% / 50% / 20%.
A lot of scope for improvement there then. 
Beamshot. I’ve decided that both me and my camera suck at beamshots but there seems to be an awful lot going on in that beam. Doesn’t look as bad to my naked eye but still a bit ringy and not a very clearly defined hotspot.