I sincerely hope none of my reviews come across as shilling. Most of my reviews are positive because I refuse to review just any light and choose only those that I am interested in and I can spot a crappy light a mile away before I ever lay hands on it. I always strive to offer just the facts and take as many pics as i do so readers can see exactly what I see, warts and all, and judge for themselves. I do, of course, interject my opinions as well based on my experience with lights. Most are what I expected, a few are stinkers, and some blow me away with how they surpass my expectations. I do have a tendency to be very enthusiastic when I really like a light but if that is a fault then sue me. I value my credibility and reputation above all else and have rejected many offers because I just know when a light is a turd. For those who think of getting lights sent to them for review is a great way to get free lights they are dead wrong. Reviewing (properly reviewing) is extremely time consuming and rarely worth the time involved. I spend at least 10-15 hours when I review a light, sometimes more, and its a real PITA but is a labor of love. I see many reviews lately that appear to be slapped together in an hour or less and it really pisses me off as someone who takes it very seriously.
12 mintues 53 seconds here…
I bet it took me a similar amount of time on my review, by the time I’d done strip downs, taken measurements, taken crappy cell phone pics, run a temp monitoring test (carried out as I composed the review), made notes on thoughts and observations. It’s not a walk in the park that’s for sure, and I didn’t do the runtime/regulation graphs and the like that some reviewers do. I guess thats the point, its fairly obvious when someone puts the effort in to do the job properly.
not much feedback as yet, other than the obligatory ooh when first powered up, their tools and treated as such.
As for modding skills, meh, I just assemble, its not so hard, you’ll have to have a holiday up here when the gords cave is acquired, you’ll get an idea how little effort gets put in compared to doing a review 
Beer, Flashlights, Emitters, Drivers, Soldering irons, Stacking 7135's, More beer, More soldering, More beer.... I can't wait! it's going to be like Laurel & Hardy does flashlights :D
gords -
Would be a privilege to spend some time with one of your projects.
A couple of years ago, lancjl sent me his Yezl zoomie with a similar request. https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/2221 It was a horrible torch and I had great fun roasting it. It was rated IPX-8 so I dunked it the bathroom sink and it immediately flooded. I was near ready to have a new one sent to him but it dried out and he used it for another year or so before it finally took a dive for good. He swears I don't owe him a new light but Foy still wonders . . .
Another time, trooplewis sent me his brand spanking new Fenix TK41 with pre-paid return postage. https://budgetlightforum.com/t/-/2505 Loved that light so much I prolonged the resending as long as possible. Don't know why I still have not bought one.
dreadeddepthsinkFoy
foy, I might just ship out my convoy l2 return postage then, see what you make of it.
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its the one on the right in both photo’s :cowboy_hat_face:
That reflector has to be like, 90mm?
(gone looking for a caaahnnvoy)
thatsabigtenfourgoodbudyFoy
I think its 64mm (I’m on the way to a job, its 6.50am, sue me for guessing) its in need of a copper mounted xp-g2 to replace the alu mounted test board before review, its also nw so it “only” throws rather than really throws :bigsmile:
thankyou for that, its still damm big in diameter, and as I say, it seriously needs a copper pcb mounted xp-g2 and a resistor mod before its released for review.
To save foy sweating, I’ll pull the tin bath off the outhouse door and test the waterproofing although im more worried about putting my back out dragging it down the yard than I am worried about the l2 leaking, its a well built host.
When you do your resistor mod, tell me where and what values to replace the it with please. :)
Also tell me if you'd drive the light harder or not as hard given a second resistor mod.