Hey guys. I recently got a sipik sk68 clone and…wowie! I love it! I always thought zoomies were dumb, but its like all flashlights in one! Even flood beam for light and then insane throw for when you wanna just light up one area. I love it. Does it have a big brother with no sos or strobe modes? I know about the SK98? Is that what it is called. But seems to me there is no none flashing modes available. The only things I will consider are 1 mode, 2 mode, or 3 mode as in lo med hi. If it had an XML2 to add some serious lumens that would be nice. The SK68 is still amazing for the little emitter it has in it, but I want the bigger version!! Does it exist?
I dont know about no blinkies, but this is my favorite zoomie, brighter than sipik clones, doesnt get excessively hot on continuous high (has a reasonable amount of mass) and it can use 3xAAA/18650/26650 so its my ultimate backup light (no matter what primary light I take, if I take extra batteries, my backup can use them too): http://www.banggood.com/Ultrafire-CREE-XML-T6-1800LM-5-Mode-Zoomable-LED-Flashlight-p-75196.html
It may be too early for you to try this, but you could swap in a different driver. I'm planning to do this both to fix my unreliable zoomie and to actually give it nice modes...and I might crank up the output while I'm at it.
Yeah I was thinking of building my own, but I have never done that before. I am still understanding the flashlight world, the building flashlights world seems more complex haha