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Small Sun-ZY-C10-S
By: JohnnyMac Date: April 12, 2013, 1:13 pm
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[html]<p><a
href="
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/>target="_blank"><img
src="
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/>width="50%" style="display: block; margin-left: auto;
margin-right: auto;"></a></p><p><strong>Manufacturer
specs</strong> (my comments in red)</p><ul><li
style="text-align: left;">Model: SMALL SUN ZY-C10-S</li><li
style="text-align: left;">LED: Cree Q5 <span style="color:
#ff0000;">*dubious...looks like a counterfeit
CREE</span></li><li style="text-align: left;">Lumen:
260</li><li style="text-align: left;">Color BIN: White</li><li
style="text-align: left;">Total Emitters: 1</li><li
style="text-align: left;">Battery Configurations: 1 x 18650
rechargeable battery (not included)</li><li style="text-align:
left;">Voltage: 3.6-4.5V</li><li style="text-align:
left;">Switch Type: Clicky/Clickie</li><li style="text-align:
left;">Switch Location: Tail-cap</li><li style="text-align:
left;">Modes: 3 <span style="color: #ff0000;">(sort
of)</span></li><li style="text-align: left;">Mode Arrangement:
Hi <span style="color: #ff0000;">(814mA)</span> > Lo <span
style="color: #ff0000;">(170mA)</span> > Strobe</li><li
style="text-align: left;">Zooms from throw to flood beam
(variable beam intensity)</li><li style="text-align:
left;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Zoom style:
Push/Pull</span></li><li style="text-align: left;">Carrying
Strap Included</li></ul><p><strong>My additional
specs:</strong></p><ul><li>Price: <a
href="
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/>target="_blank">$14.90 USD from Manafont</a></li><li>Lens:
Plastic</li><ul><li>Thickness: 10mm</li><li>Outer Diameter:
38.22mm</li><li>Inner Diameter: 33mm</li><li>Focal Length in
Flood: 19.5mm</li><li>Focal Length in Throw:
32mm</li></ul><li>Head Diameter: 44.5mm</li><li>Body Diameter:
25.3mm</li><li>Tail Diameter: 29.1mm</li><li>Total Length in
Flood mode: 157mm</li><li>Total Length in Throw mode:
170mm</li><li>Current Draw (Panasonic 18650 at
3.76V):</li><ul><li>High mode: 814mA</li><li>Low mode:
170mA</li><li>Strobe mode: unknown (to
me)</li></ul></ul><p><strong>Initial impressions of the Small
Sun
zoomer:</strong></p><p><strong>NEGATIVES:</strong></p><ul><li>Qu
ality
is definitely cheap</li><li>Counterfeit CREE
emitter</li><li>Plastic lens</li><li>No lens gasket</li><li>No
thread lube</li><li>driver press fit into pill</li><li>Memory
works as far as it remembers the last mode you were in and
starts on the next in line.</li><li>Lens almost comes out far
enough to get a perfect die image</li><li>Lens came
pre-scratched to save me the frustration of doing it
myself.</li><li>Threads are too
few</li></ul><p><strong>POSITIVES:</strong></p><ul><li>Body has
not one minute ding or blemish on it</li><li>Anodizing is pretty
decent, smooth & consistent</li><li>Huge lens makes a tiny and
extremely bright hotspot in throw mode - nearly half the size of
the SK68 and much brighter.</li><ul><li>Can't wait to beef up
the pill and put an XM-L or XR-E R2 in it with a better
driver.</li></ul><li>Switch feels decent enough</li><li>Orange
tailcap boot that's not paper thin or cheap
feeling.</li><li>Tail stands</li><li>Came with
lanyard.</li><li>Packaged well in lots of bubble
wrap.<!--break--></li></ul><p><strong>CONSTRUCTION:</strong></p>
<p
style="padding-left: 30px;"><strong>BODY:</strong><br>Typical
Chinese budget construction on this one. Threads could be a
little more plentiful but are average, I suppose. They came
unlubed and dry. Plenty of aluminum used with very thick head
and tail cap. O-rings at either end of body and on the head for
the bezel are thick and would definitely help make it water
resistant if not for the slide tube lacking any o-ring (metal
ring provides friction between body and sliding head) and also a
lack of o-ring between the bezel and head.</p><p
style="padding-left: 30px;">The head is very beefy and has some
fins but since the pill threads into the battery tube it does
nothing to help with heat sinking ability. The body did come
with no scratches or dings and the anodizing is even and
consistently smooth.</p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">The tail
cap is very heavy and has a decent feeling switch. The spring is
soldered to the switch PCB and has a nice solid end soldered to
it instead of the usual hollow brass cap that usually sits on
the spring tip. The switch is held in place by a massively
thick, threaded retaining ring. Extremely solid assembly. The
switch boot is orange silicon and is just the right thickness
with proper feel without the usual thin flimsy feeling most
lights in this price range have.</p><p style="padding-left:
30px;"><strong>OPTICS:</strong><br>The lens is plastic, not
glass as advertised. It is, however, possibly the largest
diameter aspheric lens on any budget light and boy does it work
(more on that later)! </p><p style="padding-left: 30px;">The
emitter is supposed to be a Cree XR-E Q5 but I believe it is a
counterfeit/clone. The emitter is off center inside its lens
ring and dome. The die image cast is not like any other genuine
XR-E emitter I have. That being said...it still works
well.</p><p style="padding-left:
30px;"><strong>ELECTRICAL:</strong><br>Driver appears to be a
generic POS without memory. Turn it off and when you turn it
back on it will be in the next mode in the sequence (H/L/S) and
is very annoying. It is also press fit into the aluminum pill
and not soldered. The pill itself is long but very light and
thin. I haven't removed the driver or emitter yet but I am
positive it is the usual hollow budget
pill.</p><p>PERFORMANCE:</p><p>In spite of the poor quality of
the individual components, as a whole sum it totally rocks!!
Comparing it to the main budget F2T standard (Sipik SK68 with
14500 cell) it smokes it in every aspect except flood diameter.
In throw mode the die image is 1/4 the size of the Sipik's and
WAY brighter!! Flood mode is smaller but is very smooth and
even. I believe I forgot to mention that the flood is also WAY
brighter than that of the Sipik. I can't wait until it gets dark
out so I can do some outdoor testing. I am looking forward to
modifying this baby but haven't decided what emitter to use when
I do. I was first thinking an XM-L was called for but I worry
that in spite of the large lens it might do better with
something like an XP-G R5 driven at 2A. I am open for
suggestions.</p><p>FINAL THOUGHTS:</p><p>This is not a high end
torch by any means and it does embody almost every negative
characteristic a budget light can promise until...</p><p>...you
insert a battery and turn it on! If you like Flood-to-Throw
torches this one is an absolute MUST! Even if you are mildly
curious about it, for the low price of $14 shipped I can
honestly recommend you not pass this one by. Here are some
pictures to demonstrate and remove any doubts...</p><p><img
src="
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/>width="600" height="359"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="600" height="359"></p><p>Here are some more pics of the
light together and broken down to parts.</p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p>And one last reminder of how t
he
ZY-C10-S (left) blows away the SK68 (right) and this pic doesn't
begin to do justice to the difference in brightness...<br><img
src="
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/>width="800" height="479"></p><p>Hope you enjoyed the show, I'l
l
be here all week! Don't forget to tip the
servers.</p><p>Johnny</p>[/html]
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