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I’ve been following your thread ubehebe, I do need to get a ke-5, don’t do the m10 down too much though, I agree its regulated and underdriven stock, but the kit is a real good way of getting into 26650 lights in one hit and the m10 is well built and capable of taking much more than the standard driver has to offer, I’ve got a 4a ramping driver just waiting for me to pull my finger out and fit, I have high hopes of this set up, my m10 has also been one of my work lights for a while it takes a knock and shrugs it off and is slender enough to pocket rather than put down between tasks.

To me, its a bit of an unsung hero tbh.

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>>>>To me, its a bit of an unsung hero tbh.

I agree. That’s why I said it’s a “great light,” although somewhat of a mystery. It would make more sense to put the ke-5 emitter/driver in the m10 and vice versa. The ke-5 innards would have put the m10’s formidable heat-sinking fins to better use than the stock combo.

>>>>>I’ve got a 4a ramping driver just waiting for me to pull my finger out and fit, I have high hopes of this set up, my m10 has also been

Hey ditto here. I LOVE the beam pattern. One of the cleanest, without artifacts I have seen. I have drivers and U2/U3 emitters on the way. I got the Nanjg AK-47C20 driver.

What did you get for the 4a driver? I didn’t see any specifically that listed the amps, but then I didn’t try every site in the universe. I got the nanjig on recommendation because my driver expertise ain’t that great.

Of course, I ordered all this BEFORE I tried to get the m10 pill out, which ain’t gonna happen. It’s in there until the dinosaurs roam again, but I think I can still get a new driver and emitter in by soldering down inside the flashlight tube. Since it’s a 26650, it looks like there may be just enough room.

However, slightly under-driven lights to me are not all bad, and I NEVER meamt to imply that. In fact, they may be the best for newbies who don’t want to worry about burning their hand with the overdriven hot rods. There is NOTHING more annoying to me than lights that get too hot to hold in minutes. Pretty much usless for anything but bragging rights. I have almost burned down my house several times by leaving lights tailstanding unattended that reach atomic-meltdown levels. Not the M10. A light like the m10 is extremely valuable for when I need usable bounce light and don’t want to check the light every minute, going “is it too hot yet? Is it too hot yet?”

In fact, one of my fave lights (also a Keygos) is a solid underperformer brightness-wise, but NEVER ever overheats and has a HUGE spill. Just GREAT for walking at night without burning your eyes up. And superb for rock-solid no-overheating tailstanding. Plenty of light, just maybe not enough to spotlight a hummingbrid 200 yards away. I speak of the venerable Keygos C11 zoomer. I like it so much that I have two. I will hotrod one when this batch of goodies arrives, but leave one as is for no-fuss bounce lighting chores.

PLEASE post pics of the m10 mod when you do it. I think there are a lot of m10 fans out there.

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And Gords, do yourself a favor and get a ke-5 before they change the driver or otherwise muck it up. It is just about the only light that elicits a “wow” from me every time I click it on. It’s a barn burner. I know that gets said a lot around here, but it’s really not an overexaggeration. And at 7 ounces, it’s like carrying a battery without the light. If you like the m10, the ke-5 will blow you away.

Get it from keygos.com though. That’s the site I have been ordering from for the recent 6. I think much of the summer’s problems came from ordering it from other sites and trying to use cheepie *fire batts in it. It sucks a lot of juice and needs an unprotected or a keepower or a high-output battery. 18650 TFFs are hit and miss for it (same prob with the HD2010).

And I have nothing to do with keygos. I’m not a shill. :wink:

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Here you go ubehebe, I bought the last of the stock though :frowning:

http://www.intl-outdoor.com/4a-3mode-2745v-circuit-board-p-546.html

There’s a post on this knocking about…

I think we need to badger them to get more stock in, because I want more of them….

I agree, keygos knocks out some awesome lights, and good kits too.

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Keygos KE-5 sure looks nice. And the reflector looks deeper than the most that gives nice tapered look. XinTD was sort of falling out from the list, but now it’s back in. Also feel like I learned something from the above exchanges. Thanks for the inputs.

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No worries, glad we could help next time your wallet needs emptying next time want an opinion, don’t hesitate to ask, that’s why we’re all here. :bigsmile:

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No bugging needed. I spoke Hank and he said more are arriving next week. :wink:

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Next time? This forum doesn’t give time to build up pockets. There’s no shortage of “Try it, you’ll like it.” This forum needs to change the name from Budget… to BudgetBusting… LightForum.

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>>>>>XinTD was sort of falling out from the list, but now it’s back in.

I want my xin to arrive to put it up agianst the ke-5, hd-10, uniquefire c10, etc. to see what it does. Have to see what all the fuss is about!

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Looking forward to your review.

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Well, try CPF, when you ask for a recommendation about a budget thrower you end up with suggestions to get a Surefire UB3T.

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Don’t misinterpret me. I am not complaining. That’s showing my appreciation for many, good inputs I received.

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Frikken awesome! 8) I will get one mounted this week. Can’t wait. How do you think the uf-v3 would get on with one? J)

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Single XM-L, single cell lights are gonna drop out of regulation pretty quickly with a 4A driver. I guess it’s good for when you want to push an XM-L really hard for a little while, without being totally ridiculous about it.

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It’s a ramping driver, or 3 mode. I would just consider full output a burst mode, its questionable weather it would drop out of regulation before it melted too…