I’m looking for a 5 mode Ultrafire WF-502b or C12 with the new(ish) XM-L2 U2 emitter, not a hard request.
I appreciate that top tier manufacturers such as Eagle Tac or Fenix will clearly indicate when a flashlight has an XM-L2 U2 emitter, but Ebay has strange listings with numbers I don’t recognize such as “XML-U2”, “XM-L2 U3”, or just plain “XM-L2”. I don’t have a problem waiting 2 weeks to receive a light from a Hong Kong vendor, I just don’t want to get stuck with something I didn’t expect.
I’m thinking (just a guess) that many of the sellers don’t know the difference. If it was important to me, I’d send them a message and ask specifically. They still may not be able to answer specifically, but at least you’d find out whether they actually know what they’re selling (or not).
I’ve mostly been buy lights on Ebay for use as hosts, so things like dimensions, what the pill looks like, etc. are more important to me.
The numbers aren’t that odd. The “-” is left out or moved to the wrong place in some. The emitter is XM-L2, U2 or U3 is its brightness bin. “XML-U2” would be the older XM-L in U2 bin. flashlightwiki Cree XM-L2
I wouldn’t have any real confidence that the bin is true unless it came from a known trustworthy seller. If they can’t even get the “-” in the right place IMO its even more likely they are lying about the bin. If that possible.
You can’t easily check the bin so there isn’t any reason for 99% of sellers to not use a lower bin & just lie.