Please PM instead of openly negative to each other.
There is too much really a miss here I urge everybody who feels like saying the same thing for a third time to refrain from it, no matter how just and good it feels to write it please don’t!
A new issue is brought up, Tom concludes it is not a Jax Z1 host.
Please refrain from stating how bad and/or how logical this is, and let Cyberscudo answer the question how the Cometa compared to the Jax Z1 he/she owns, well Cyberscudo?
And let others who DO own both lights address this issue, please!
Certainly the Cometa is not as good as quality as the Z1 I have from a while back. Suppose it's possible they downgraded the Z1 quality since then, but all these differences seem to point to another manufacturer with an attempt to duplicate it. Maybe JAXMAN did this to themselves, who knows for sure.
Weird. Can you discern a visible difference between the z1 and the Cometa threads? I was reading a few pages over at CPFItalia and a few people mentioned wonky threads and mismatched builds. Something about receiving a Jax Z1 labeled body or mislabeled head. It was kind of tough to read because Google translate doesn't do too great of a job.
Do you see a difference in the lenses/AR Coating?
My Cometa zoom threads were a fair bit loose. I cleaned the stock lube out and slathered on some Super Lube. Now they're a bit tighter than my Z1, which now my Z1 feels a little loose comparatively... I may have to do the same to it.
Interesting, I was trying to read a few thing over there yesterday also by Google Translate. It was tough, but I did read something [I think] about the 1st round of lights were the old style with different heads and the 2nd round should be new style other new heads.???
I’ll go back and try to find it again later tonight and try to be more clear.
I do not hope for redemption, I hope for a thread to be followed by all and it is us who make it a much too long and negative thread. Just wait there is no point in repeating things already said three tmes nor attack personally, it is your and others responsibility to think about greater good and let the organisers come with input and let new receivers catch up.
Feel free to start new thread for your mass claim idea, a fix thread, sure cool go ahead!
Since I have nothing more to add I will refrain from posting till I
A
find a solution not mentioned
B
find an issue not mentioned
C
receive word from organisers about a solution or denying a solution
And I urge all to do the same, if only from the point of civilisation, adulthood, good manners and good spirit so typical of BLF.
FIXUP NOTE: be careful if you put a “butterfly” spacer with square hole over the LED, there’s a known risk that it will rotate and rip the LED off the board especially when hot.
And the emitter does have a clear cover over the phosphor which can also be peeled off accidentally, if you happen to twist a spacer around that runs into it.
I don’t know of a butterfly spacer with the bigger round hole that could rotate without contacting the emitter.
ALTERNATIVE: the 19mm 3M stick-on insulators have a hole big enough to rotate around the LED if they come unstuck, and the outside diameter is big enough to cover the solder bumps. Those squish down comfortably when you tighten the black parabolic thing down, and stay stuck to the board so they don’t rotate easily.
LOL. Thank you Killforfood! I have had a fractured neck, fractured ribs, a hole punctured through my bottom lip, three concussions, a bleed on the brain and still have a steel plate and 6 screws in my forearm, but by the grace of God, the brain seems to be functioning at a relatively adequate level all things considered.
You are not alone in feeling this way. Mine is ready for collection at the post office and I’m feeling quite nervous about the required dissembly, mods, and turning it on.
Whilst it is good that the warning is more prominent in the first post of this huge thread, there is no mention in the first post about the raised solder shorting issue. This needs to be addressed.
Haha, great catch as well as a great response teacher! I had not noticed the “caveat emptor” part as I was too focused on his spelling of “sissies”…and then it occurred to me that Sharpie must be a Brit! How ironic that the guy who doesn’t like US laws has such strict weapon laws in his country that a flashlight might be his only option? Don’t forget the strobe there Sharpie! Lol.
I can't see any differences in the lens, so at least that's the same.
I ordered NW and my box has "V0 3B" on the label, so I assume it's a V0 bin. Probably right from my measurements.
Hhmm, this is really good news bout the Super Lube - gotta try some!
I can see differences in the threads, and I took pictures. I never had to touch the stock Z1's zoom threads though, still feels great.
Kept everything totally stock, and I measured 5.72A on the clamp meter, on a EFEST 26650 4200 @4.19v. With the NW V0 3B:
Lumens in flood: 1078 @start, 1044 @30 secs (think turbo timeout kicks in at ~30 secs though as shipped!!)
Throw: 140 kcd, taken at 5 m (748 meters)
I think the relatively low #'s for the high amps is probably the V0 3B, but it's also important to know when I take measurements, I'm not measuring with a true 5.72A because of loss's in the tail. I measured the loss's and it's about 6.6% in lumens, probably over 10% in kcd (not measured though). This is why it still pays off to bypass wire the tail spring. You will probably get the full 6.6% back.
+1 Brett H and thanks. Dang I missed that spelling.
I was just trying to decide why he would write something that would force him to “butt-out”??
Well, look at it this way, his flashlight will most likely be black therefore evil you know, like the evil black AR :person_facepalming: … so he can call it an Assault Flashlight.
Wait, stop the bus…. Sharpie living under the Crown, may actually call it a “torch”.
So ’Assault Torch’ would probably be the proper designation.
The bloke could show it off to the other chaps as they had Crumpets and Tea at the club.
Wonder if they have to show the Bobbies a CC Permit for an ’Assault Torch’??
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