What you got today

Werner · December 28, 2012, 11:13pm

Is your c60 direct drive 1mode too?
Was described as 5 mode…
Not very happy with this thing because of the modes, but its amazing bright and out throws the mini01.

FMcamaroZ28 · December 29, 2012, 3:25am

Yep!

Single Mode. Direct drive. Puts out way more light that I expected.

djozz · December 29, 2012, 11:29pm

This one went fast over the mail, have to check them out soon . Thanks Rey!

Still haven't received the BLF-mini flashlight itself that I ordered much earlier, tracking says it is delivered early november, I was hoping that it is still somewhere at dutch customs but I am now afraid it is lost or stolen somewhere underway

fyesilova · December 30, 2012, 12:08am

I have received my Black Friday order from Tmart,
Order includes HD2010 arrived without any damage, and green sipik68.
This time very slow China Post.

I have also received an order from an ebay seller about 50 days from order day,
I have received 7 pcs colorful keychain flashlights.

That_Ninja_Guy · December 30, 2012, 12:29am

Got my black SRK today. I was under the impression that there was no ano on the threads. I was pleasantly surprised that there was in fact!

ChimpOnABike · December 30, 2012, 12:58am

35 days of waiting finally paid off and I’ve now got a second MagicShine clone mounted up on the chimpcycle. For £17 including delivery I’ve got a 4 mode (H-M-L-Hidden Strobe) XM-L T6 with battery pack and charger. It seems a hell of a lot brighter than the allegedly same spec light I already have and I’m starting to wonder if my other one is actually what it claims to be; the body on the new light gets noticeably warmer in operation and it seems better made, despite costing almost half the price.

Also got 4*18650 UF’s that I ordered over a month ago.

I’m starting to realise that Chinese budget != instant gratification.

djozz · December 30, 2012, 4:01pm

Checked out one of these drivers with a xm-l, 4.1V 14500 tailcapdraw at low 30mA, med 400mA, high 1.63A. It also works with a 1.2V NiMH , tailcap: could not measure low on the 10A setting (led=few lumens), med 300mA, high 1A. (It is a nice driver for a XPG2 or a Nichia219)

M3TAL_L0RD · December 31, 2012, 2:04pm

It's very brown orange. Nowhere near safety orange

Woody · December 31, 2012, 1:23pm

Thanks to the good work of Kreisler, I got a Eagtac D25A clicky Ti with XP-G2 (2013 edition). First impressions (for my first Ti light) are that it is lovely. Looking forward to it getting properly dark for a play.

This is a well travelled light - shipping (in no particular order) via Korea, HK, China, Germany, Eindhoven

Got it at a great price, so a big thank you to Kreisler for his efforts in tracking, and chasing down the shipping company, manufacturer and dealer.

Thanks Kreisler

MRsDNF · December 31, 2012, 1:51pm

djozz. Do you have a link to the driver?

Oldienea · December 31, 2012, 2:42pm

I have got my BTU cw from FF today. Can’t wait to try it this night. What I saw so far, it is a lot brighter than my TN30.

CheapThrills · December 31, 2012, 3:42pm

I´m a bit curious, how would You rate this one against that T10?
Finish, feel and changing of modes?

I liked the T10 pretty much, it only had some flaws on finish, pretty bad jump/flicker on modes when using 14500, LED not perfectly centered etc.
T10 was still nice, is this better?

M3TAL_L0RD · December 31, 2012, 6:10pm

My T10 has almost perfect fit and finish. Emitter centered, no flaws on anodizing and very good knurling. Only thing I don't like is getting head on threads can be little tricky sometimes and little play on head >> changing modes slowly might jump mode over and you need to "open" head more to prevent accidental on.

L10 Nichia 219 has nice vanilla tint with good color rendition. Beam is floodier. Machining is good, couldn't spot flaws (unless you count sharp finishing of cut in tail). Threading is similar to Ti and getting head on threads is easier. But LED is slightly off center and reflector has small imperfections at edges (both of those things doesn't seem to affect beam) . If you use supplied keyring it won't tailstand.

I'm gonna EDC L10 because I like tint so much better.

I don't use either of them with 14500, but when I tried with T10 it worked well, but got hot too quick for my comfort.

djozz · December 31, 2012, 7:00pm

I am not sure if there is a link at all. When I understood that Rey was separately selling the driver that is in the BLF-mini (from the group buy), I sent him the money for four drivers +shipping with Paypal, accompanied with a message that the money was for 4 BLF-mini drivers. I was pleasantly surprised that it all worked out in this informal way.

I can not find the driver in his ali-express shop. This is where he mentioned it: https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/12930 (post#17). Not sure if he still has some in stock.

A PM to Rey?

CheapThrills · December 31, 2012, 7:04pm

M3TAL_L0RD:

CheapThrills:

M3TAL_L0RD:

It’s very brown orange. Nowhere near safety orange

I´m a bit curious, how would You rate this one against that T10? Finish, feel and changing of modes? I liked the T10 pretty much, it only had some flaws on finish, pretty bad jump/flicker on modes when using 14500, LED not perfectly centered etc. T10 was still nice, is this better?

My T10 has almost perfect fit and finish. Emitter centered, no flaws on anodizing and very good knurling. Only thing I don’t like is getting head on threads can be little tricky sometimes and little play on head >> changing modes slowly might jump mode over and you need to “open” head more to prevent accidental on.

L10 Nichia 219 has nice vanilla tint with good color rendition. Beam is floodier. Machining is good, couldn’t spot flaws (unless you count sharp finishing of cut in tail). Threading is similar to Ti and getting head on threads is easier. But LED is slightly off center and reflector has small imperfections at edges (both of those things doesn’t seem to affect beam) . If you use supplied keyring it won’t tailstand.

I’m gonna EDC L10 because I like tint so much better.

I don’t use either of them with 14500, but when I tried with T10 it worked well, but got hot too quick for my comfort.

Hmm. Sounds actually very good, I prefer very floody beam in small EDC use.

janko.hrasko · January 2, 2013, 11:12am

small sun zy-t08 from mf -plastic reflector but I do love it already

M3TAL_L0RD · January 2, 2013, 11:57am

Protected Sanyo 2600mAh from BIC (All were 3.78V when came. Pretty long, barely fits to WP2 II, so pretty close to 70mm) & AR coated lenses from IOS.

ChimpOnABike · January 2, 2013, 12:13pm

Cree XR-E R2 5 mode P60 drop in
10* Strong disc magnets
Velcro cable organisers (for the bike light cables)

I now understand better what people say about the XR-E being a better thrower than the XML, it’s a tight beam.

gords1001 · January 2, 2013, 10:13pm

I got this

Which was a suprise, as it was listed as not shipped.

I’d intended to order an xp-g mil (smooth reflector) however…

I’d cocked up and ordered an op xm-l :*

However, this is the c8 upgrade,

So the smooth spare xm-l reflectors are the right size and fit. Still doesn’t solve the problem that I intended to fit an xp-g2 in here with 7*7135’s :~

Not to worry because these had also turned up

My favorite driver, now the pill in this upgrade c8 is deep you could stack 8*7135’s in there pretty much…….

Loads of room, so despite me saying this year I would be building some xp-g2 based lights, my first build has ended up a 3.7a ramping xm-l u3 1c c8……

Never mind, I’m just letting it all cool because I think I tripped the thermal protection soldering the pos spring, so its just working on low and doing three blinks every five seconds, then I cam decide if I want to use the op reflector or the smooth.

Then I need to order the same host in xp-g :~

Dale · January 2, 2013, 10:16pm