Lights. CREE XML XM-L T6 / U2 etc Thread

[tincaman]

3W, 120lumens, XPE Led rear light, takes 3xAAA batteries. Just ordered this, ugly but looks like it might be powerful £9.99 delivered

 

[MrGrumpy]

hmmm they look quite good !! Wonder what runtimes will be like ?

 

[Svendo]

3W, 120lumens, XPE Led rear light, takes 3xAAA batteries. Just ordered this, ugly but looks like it might be powerful £9.99 delivered

If the diameter is right it could be modified to use 18650 batteries with one of these.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Geezo that is even better!

 

[mythste]

hmmm they look quite good !! Wonder what runtimes will be like ?

At that price it might be worth it purely as a battery driven backup to throw in the bag

 

[Svendo]

I recently had my T6 torch malfunction, and couldn't find the fault. It was probably either my dodgy dry soldering or corrosion from condensation on the driver circuit. So I took the opportunity to remove the T6 emitter and fit the U2 emitter on a 20mm 'star' PCB I'd got from ebay about a year ago for ~£3.50 delivered from China.
Removed the old emitter, which then enabled me to get the driver PCB out of the heatsink tube and give it a good scrub.Then having secured every thing in just the right place with tape, which was probably the most fiddly bit, managed to solder on the new U2 without cooking anything and it all being reasonably neat. I must be getting the hang of it!
Result is the torch now works fine and is even brighter than before.
The Photo is looking down the heatsink tube, about 4cm long, which has the driver PCB at the bottom and the emitter PCB at the top connected by the pink and white wires. The old emitter has traces of the glue I used to fix it back in place on previous repairs when the wires came loose following drops and crashes.

 

[GJT]

The new Solarstorm 18650 battery boxes are available here, use code New2S2P to get it for £6.60

Received mine today- was hoping it would have the canvas velcro bag for extra protection like the ones from Ali Express. Does anyone know if these can be bought separately?

 

[crazyjoe101]

That's very neat indeed @Svendo! It's always annoyed me that they haven't started making single U2 units, I might see if I can do the same with my busted T6.

 

[tincaman]

3W, 120lumens, XPE Led rear light, takes 3xAAA batteries. Just ordered this, ugly but looks like it might be powerful £9.99 delivered

Mine arrived today, first impressions are thats its ugly, (like I thought), very well made, heavy, although the bracket seems very lightweight.
3 modes, steady, slow flash, fast flash. I would say that slow is 1hz and fast is 2hz.
It doesn't give the impression of a vast amount of light because it is not focused, but you can literally see it from all angles.
In the semi dark of the garage it really looks powerful.
It takes a lot of space on the seatpost so you might have trouble getting anything else on there.

This was taken from near the front of the bike to show the viewing angle

 

[RichK]

Thanks for the pics tincaman. They're definitely heavy on the real estate - be even worse if an extension is added to drop in an 18650... so not for me as I can just about get in two "normal" light on the seatpost of my commuter.

 

[MrGrumpy]

Depends how much seat post you have on show looks the ticket for me might look at this for next winter!

 

[tincaman]

Depends how much seat post you have on show looks the ticket for me might look at this for next winter!

Get one now, everywhere else I look they are nearly £20

 

[tincaman]

Just arrived , A new Yinding X2 front light. Ordered from Gearbest in December along with the new Solarstorm battery boxes.
First impressions are that its the smallest light head i've ever seen, tiny. Second is that there are no reflectors, just optics. Here's how it compares in size to a Solarstorm X2 and a Jexree Owl.

 

[flake99please]

Please update this thread with 'in use' comparison shots in due course.

 

[tincaman]

I have a spare new Solarstorm battery box mentioned earlier, does anyone want it for £9 delivered?