The King is dead? Long live the Warrior!!

LED Flashlights – General Info 18650 Flashlights
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Here is the UI breakdown for the larger L3 on which this is based. Now remember that the L3 doesn’t have a medium mode, just high, ramping, strobe & SOS. According to the review I got it from it only takes 1 second to turn on or off, not 3. I hope the 3 sec is wrong.

Two E-Switch
Power switch / Mode switch = Big one = B
Ramping switch = Small one = S
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Turn on/off = press and hold switch B for 1 second
When you Turn on = always start with your ramping preset mode
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Flashlight Turn On
Press switch B = Ramping preset mode > Hi mode > SOS mode
Ramping preset = Press and hold switch S
Strobe = double press switch S
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Flashlight Turn Off
Hi mode momentary on = Press or press and hold switch S
Strobe = double press switch S
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Strobe mode about 4-5 Hz

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Nice Find! Very tempting as I like the 3x18650 slimmer body over 4x18650 SRK.

The only reason to pick on it is to protect paypal, nothing personal. The switch plate now looks too big for the smaller light, where it looked more natural on the original 7 xml/6x18650 version.

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I'll wait till Johnny's review before I pull the trigger. The only thing I don't like appearance wise, are the tacky blue buttons. Anyone else?

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I like the tacky blue buttons. Half of my lights have been swapped to blue boots

They could have made them less protruding though

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I'm liking this, but I'm confused about the power though - 3A tailcap, but 2.5A output current, 3 parallel cells, 3 LED's. So, a 3A tailcap is 1A per LED? Or is the 2.5A # real, and each LED gets 2.5A?

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I see your point. They do stick out a bit too much. I still would have preferred black..

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That’s why I’d wait until I can put in the ol’ IS to see what the OTF is from it. Once I publish it’s true real world output you can decide to pull the trigger or not. :wink:

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must…….not…….pull………trigger. …….

I’m liking it, but its definitely going to be down on the lumen grenade, I’d be better splashing the cash at cutter for a 3up xm-l2 board.

Cant wait for the review though, hurry the f* up postal service.

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The thing about th blue buttons I definitely understand.

They feel very spongy. if it were a different style switch I would be all over it it.

Sstill interested though, I still want a shorty, after selling my SRK.

I miss him, except for the beam profile.

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aaww man when i promise myself to not buy any 3x emitter light and this light appear?
|(

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yeah. Current draw is not impressive given the parallel cells. If the heatsinking is good though, it’ll make a sweet host!!

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thats exactly what i was thinking!
lets hope it does not get hot like the rest of the multi emitter coke can style lights.

they need to make a clone of the shadow sl3 though!!

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Well, it says 10w in the specs. I hope it isn’t 10w in total.

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Can’t stand them either. They might be the next best thing since sliced bread but they look tacky.

I still would buy one if I didn’t already have a bunch of multi-emitters. I think this would make a great first buy and I have had really good luck with Fandyfire products. It’s still tempting because of the infinitely variable part. If only it was infinitely more bright. 8)

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I will wait until you recieve yours before i pull the trigger and buy one of these. :slight_smile: looks interesting though !

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I’m already trying to decide how to mod mine.

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I see myself longing for 4 XM-L’s, and the addition of a handle. I always liked the look of them, much to the dismay of others :wink:

The buttons also look a little odd. I would like to see some GITD controls.

Very cool light though, with a great price to boot!

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I sure hope the price doesn’t suddenly go up. :bigsmile:

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I’m torn on this one…

Really like the color scheme, but I agree the buttons look too tall and probably spongy. Would prefer the low profile electronic switch on my King/UV-S5.

Also agree that the control panel is a little large and looks more proportional to its big brother.

3x18650 size is probably better in hand than my 4x18650 UV-S5. Don’t have a Darth, but I have wanted one.

Mode order sounds like a potential flaw. Not sure about draw/power either. Very curious to see the reviews on this one.

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I'm almost afraid to admit to not owning a 3*XML light in this company/forum but at that price things might have to change.

Waiting on another no doubt fine review here from JohnnyMac before making any decision.

It's only an impression based on a photograph, but I personally think the control panel buttons look tall, "plasticy" and toyish.

Does anyone else think the threads appear to be anodised so there may be a twist to lockout? I'd think that would be essential with those bloody great buttons sitting up there.

Agree that it's a shame to see the Strobe in the main cycle rather than hidden. Not the best use of a two-button UI (IMO) but at under $40 it's hard to imagine any of the "get-em-out-there-fast" fast manufacturers being too concerned about niceties like that.

Joining the queue to read about it all in a fortnight or so!