What chess tournament you participated? Been really long long time away from chess competition, hows the result? Did the strobe works?

hehe, so sorry to hold you up till 1AM yesterday

dont know what to post.........

what the hack.. might as well continue the brain washing

Wow! It's ok, the more brainswashing better bwahaha.. He didn't what's the Max Lumens huh.

The SST-50 LED can actually take up to 5A, which should be 1k+ lumens, generally I've been reading they drive it lower, maybe cause of efficiency and heat-sinking.

I wonder if someone already made a big LED light with SST-50 and drive it at 5A. 2x 18650 in series and parallel another 2x 18650. (8.4v and 5200mAH)

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Added on November 30, 2009, 2:24 amMore big lights This is not poison, just knowledge

Microfire Challenger II (L2000R)
As an updated version of L500R, Challenger II L2000R is a giant in LED flashlights. Featured the unique reflex and focus technology, L2000R will put out the power of daylight which is 2000 lumens from 19 units of Cree Q5 LED lamps.

Youtube vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ymh_FOefrlU (this review from the same "doraemon" guy with 2 Polarions which I posted some time back). The video looks better than the pic



Specs:



This post has been edited by pseudoblue: Nov 30 2009, 02:24 AM

Oh the GACC international inter varsity championships at UM.
Still another 4 days to go...
I strobe and i'll be banned...

the cube will be ready hopefully by today and shipment most likely by tomorrow....using UPS this time. the 1st batch will be arriving today as the parcel is currently with the courier guy

oops, i saw that pic few months back d...but didn't realized this is the maelstrom...

quite pricey tho and look bulky to me....

1 thing u will notice he almost never post beam shot also


the pic make it look bulky onli,

just think of a 5-6 inch maglite

Tested Rookie's Quark Turbo 123 just now and it was AWESOME! Very bright!

Actual looks is smaller and compact than the pictures, very good for EDC. Thicker body, more solid feel and everything fits nicely. Body tail threads are anondized yes, and the tailcap is also more beefed up. Non-crenelated tailcap does feel better for a forward clicky operation. 2x CR123 and 1x 17670 compatible

Can't wait to see this Turbo perform in the dark

My Turbo Quark is fxxx
Dirty inside the lens and the circuit is loose
This one is going back to 4sevens
I hope this is not on going quality issue from the Quark series
But the beam is ok (still not satisfied) very bright on 2AA/1x14500/1x17670.

Wah!

no need E2DL,this one (Quark Turbo ) really pump out more than 200lumens OTF
The only direct competitor that can match the Quark Turbo in term of brightness is the L-Mini with Turbo head

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Added on November 30, 2009, 4:16 pmvery bright :-
WB - daylight
EV - -2.0
Left M30 + VME head in a E2L tube + AW17670
Right Quark T 1xAW17670



This post has been edited by surefire v LED: Nov 30 2009, 04:16 PM

So sorry to hear about that man. But I'm sure 47's will make it all right with you. The Turbo's which I have received were OK.


Haha! E2DL has a bigger hotspot (I think). These things should pump out a minimum of 230 lumens OTF. If we follow CREE's specs (and if 47's did not underrate them), output of these should be 230 - 245 lumens OTF.

A Quark Ti was recently tested 240 OTF.

But there is one which is greater than these though. Eagletac T10 series pumps out in excess of 250 lumens OTF.

Now we wait for the Maelstrom. =D




On a side note, I've noticed something interesting. There is no real donut hole. When I check with a digital color meter of your beamshot, everything is even on the Turbo! Could it be our eyes playing tricks??



BTW, rookiedaddy is right! The tailcap threads is anodized!! O.o!! The ones on the body. That means no changing positions of the clip unless you want a 1 mode light. =D

This post has been edited by polkiuj: Nov 30 2009, 05:22 PM

polkiuj thanks for your CSI work my concerns is not the donut hole but the dirty lens on the inside plus the loose circuit board,other than that no issue.Hopefully 4sevens can send me a replacement without waiting this one to arrive.

Some beam shots of Quark Turbo and other flashlights, no attempt to compare the brightness, but to see the hot spots of some lights.
From left, Quark 123² Turbo, Surefire E2DL (2009), Quark 123² Tactical Neutral White, EagleTac T20C2 Neutral White

F-stop: 2.7, Exposure Time: 1/100, ISO-speed: 100


F-stop: 2.7, Exposure Time: 1/250, ISO-speed: 100


F-stop: 2.7, Exposure Time: 1/500, ISO-speed: 100


F-stop: 2.7, Exposure Time: 1/1000, ISO-speed: 100


EDIT: I believe you can see the Surefire TIR lens really work its magic here, the bright hotspot throws as well as the Turbo, if not more.

This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Nov 30 2009, 08:47 PM

Good beamshots RookieDaddy
Looking forward to these new generation of lights with XP-G
Make that neutral/warm tint for me

interesting beamshot.
how is the side spill of the E2DL compared to the Quark Turbo ?
i wonder what would be the results of we fit the X-PG into the E2DL

are the XP-G temping you to mod your surefire

Well done on the beamshots rookiedaddy! It looks like the E2DL is slightly brighter

Regarding donut holes, no the Turbo doesn't have it as well ET's XPEs. But they do have a very very slight fade in the center. The one swith SMO.

Maelstrom XPG or MCE?!

E2DL basically has less spill than Quark Turbo, both have comparable throw, tho Quark Turbo has more overall brightness.
yea... XP-G in E2DL, that'll be interesting...

from the photos, it may appear so, but that's likely due to tint different and the bright spill of Quark Turbo overlapping E2DL spot.


This post has been edited by RookieDaddy: Nov 30 2009, 11:59 PM

RookieDaddy,
nice beam shot and appreciate your beamshot !


Xeno Group Buy Update :

First parcel [ G5, G105 and G5's accessories ] arrived safely yesterday ! No custom tax involved ! Please allow me 1 day [ today ] to sort out all the items ya...and i'll start to PosLaju it out by tomorrow ya as i'm not feeling very well today... For those prefer to COD in Serdang/Seri Kembangan, please call me up to arrange it [ after 8pm ]. For those prefer me to PosLaju it out, please pm me your shipping address and details ya and remember to add RM5.70 for the Poslaju. [ please include the payment slip to avoid any confusion ]

I'll appreciate if all participants in this GB could top up additional RM8 each to cover the additional cost for the separate shipment arrangement. as i already absorb the bank charges for the TT payment previously for you guys

Xeno Cube :
there'll be a further delay on this as it's still in the production stage. I'd been told from manufacturer that this is expected to be ready by this weekend.... sorry for any inconvenience caused.