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Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: Spasmod
Date: June 21, 2013, 4:03 pm
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> mine is putting out more than my nw srk (which does around
2000 roughly)
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> strange i dont have any issue tailstanding mine
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Yeah it's kinda strange how you got such different lights. do
you guys have a picture each of them tailstanding ?
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Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: JohnnyMac
Date: June 21, 2013, 6:21 pm
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--- Quote from: jmpaul320 link ---
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> mine is putting out more than my nw srk (which does around
2000 roughly)
>
> strange i dont have any issue tailstanding mine
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So when you tail stand yours the handle does not hit the table
first and make the light wobbly? Your handle is as short or
shorter than the end of the SP03 body? Strange indeed.
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Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: Spasmod
Date: June 21, 2013, 7:32 pm
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Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: jmpaul320
Date: June 21, 2013, 9:38 pm
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for some reason i thought JM was talking about a solarforce
s2200... thats the light i was talking about
posting while drinking! yay!
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Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: JohnnyMac
Date: June 21, 2013, 10:24 pm
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--- Quote from: jmpaul320 link ---
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> for some reason i thought JM was talking about a solarforce
s2200... thats the light i was talking about
>
> posting while drinking! yay!
>
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LOL!
#Post#: 1696--------------------------------------------------
July 8, 2013
DIR By: relic38
Date: July 8, 2013, 11:34 pm
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I got a few new lights today, and one on Friday before taking
off for the weekend.
ArmyTek Viking X V2 (received Friday)
Solarforce L2M
Solarforce L2R (actually an L2 with an extender)
UltraFire New-10B
HTML http://s20.postimg.org/cwf1l8a8d/July_8_2013.jpg
The Viking X is quite nice, a real tank. A few minor issues
that bug me (slightly uneven hotspot, bezel eats a lot of spill,
needs to be disassembled to make tailstand, minor dirt on inside
of lens), but overall a nice buy for $50.
The Solarforce hosts surprised me in their quality. These are
well built and compared to a generic WF-501B, they handle heat
MUCH better. The heat gets into the body and head more evenly,
meaning it has more surface area to dissipate. My 501B lights
mostly heat up at the head only. I did up a drop-in with an
XM-L2 T5 5C1 (80CRI min) at 2.6A and it rocks! Heats up fast,
but that's a good thing.
The L2M is a no-brainer at $10.99. This is a great host, and
running in stubby mode makes it quite flexible.
The L2 is nice as well. The ano of the head the body/tailcap,
and the extension do not match. I've heard this is fairly
par-for-the-course for these Solarforce 'lego' lights. The head
ano is a lot like the ArmyTek ano; a matte texture that seems
quite durable. The body and tailcap ano is a more typical HA-II
like quality, still very nice. The extension tube matches the
L2M which is more like a Convoy ano; still quite decent.
The UF New-10B is nothing special overall. The coating is thin
(I doubt it is ano), the beam is super ringy, Driver has PWM on
medium, and the switch boot needed adjusting which was a pain to
do. On the plus side, the pill is very nice and solid, and the
light itself is tiny. And it tailstands. I'll mod it when I
have time to grind down a star to 12mm. Oh, and I just noticed
the XR-E in here has a non-centered emitter die. I could not
figure out why the beam was slightly skewed since the reflector
sits right around the emitter ring. First time I've seen that
problem on a Cree LED.
#Post#: 1701--------------------------------------------------
Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: Spasmod
Date: July 9, 2013, 4:57 am
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Very nice indeed Relic, thanks for the info on them too, that's
very handy especially about the better heatsinking on the
Solarforce hosts :)
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Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: relic38
Date: July 9, 2013, 7:14 am
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You're welcome Spas. :)
Oh, and recall I said the L2 head ano is like the Armytek ano?
Well, I tested that by making contact between the two... now
there's a permanent smooth ano spot on the L2 and after wiping
the dust spot off the Armytek, I can no longer tell where
contact was made on it.
Armytek 1, Solarforce 0 ;D
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Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: JohnnyMac
Date: July 9, 2013, 8:46 am
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--- Quote from: relic38 link ---
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> You're welcome Spas. :)
> Oh, and recall I said the L2 head ano is like the Armytek ano?
Well, I tested that by making contact between the two... now
there's a permanent smooth ano spot on the L2 and after wiping
the dust spot off the Armytek, I can no longer tell where
contact was made on it.
> Armytek 1, Solarforce 0 ;D
>
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LOL! Yeah, there is no way in hell that Solarforce ano is as
good as Armytek. I don't know about you, but I don't think they
even look near the same except that the SF ano on the newer
models is somewhat flat like that of the Armytek but other than
that there is no comparison.
Calvin and Craig from IS posted a pic of their "junk" drawer in
which is a pile of loose lights just rolling around together.
Looking at the pick you can see all the lights in it screaming
as they scrape against one another and take some scarring and
damage but also in the pic are a couple of Armytek lights. I'd
swear I can hear them laughing their asses off and mocking all
the other lights in that drawer! ;D I will see if I can find
the pic...
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Re: What did you get today ?
DIR By: JohnnyMac
Date: July 9, 2013, 8:57 am
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Found it!
HTML http://i.imgur.com/2mxQZ7E.jpg
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