4 Cree Light !!

[Xak]

Mine is backordered with an ETA of 2/25. Think it will come with the brighter, clear LEDs?

...Any idea?

 

[Izual73]

I got mine a few days ago. It`s grey with clear LEDs. Lots of light, I like it. :twothumbs

Edit: I dont know what I was thinking when I wrote black earlier. :laughing: Fixed it as grey...

 

[phantom23]

I have grey one and LEDs have silver bases too.

 

[Xak]

I ordered a black one. Hope it comes with the silver based ones.

Also: Will there be any brightness difference between 3.0 volt or 3.7 volt 123 batteries?

 

[big beam]

I ordered a grey one on Jan 12TH with some other stuff from DX and it was shipped on the 17TH.The invoice said the light was shipped but when I got the order no light.I don't even think they had the grey lights in stock on the 17TH so now we're going back and forth.They're emailing slow because of the new year and such.I hope when we get this all figured out I get one of the new lights.Got the battery's and charger but no light
DON

 

[Empyfree]

I ordered one of these as part of a big order on the 28th Jan. The first part of my order shipped THE NEXT DAY! and the Romisen shipped on the 2nd as a seperate package. Both packages arrived within a week shipped to Britain. I'm verh happy with the light, performance on two 18650's is excellent with a big floody beam.

 

[Empyfree]

double post

 

[Xak]

I ordered one of these as part of a big order on the 28th Jan. The first part of my order shipped THE NEXT DAY! and the Romisen shipped on the 2nd as a seperate package. Both packages arrived within a week shipped to Britain. I'm verh happy with the light, performance on two 18650's is excellent with a big floody beam.

Did yours come with the new or old (yellow or silver) LEDs?

 

[Empyfree]

Did yours come with the new or old (yellow or silver) LEDs?

It's got silver ones. Very happy with it.

 

[TomBrown]

Mine was waiting for me yesterday, when I returned from vacation. I really like it.

It has the silver LED base and is extremely bright. This is my first Romisen light and I'm impressed by the machine work and general quality. Both the tail cap and tube extensions have double seals (lubricated). The head is sealed with a single seal (dry).

The low mode is bright and the bright mode is extremely bright.

I'm delighted with it so far. If I can get 60+ minutes out of it on high, it will be the best deal I've ever gotten on a flashlight.

 

[PlayboyJoeShmoe]

Keep it up y'all. I'm trying not to be too interested.....

 

[batvette]

old 3 week T-5 have this color of led on:
http://www.kaidomain.com/WEBUI/ProductDetail.aspx?TranID=3293

Yeah, that's what mine has and it makes for a pretty marginal product, compared to the good led's. The manufacturers AND the distributers all claim "luck of the draw" with regard to tint and performance but the fact that you have one each with 4 yellows and 4 whites, not a mix of the two in each, proves that is complete bull.

So the yellow Romison sits embarrassingly in my truck's glovebox for emergency use, the more pleasing and powerful MX 3 cree sits in my hand for actual use, and $50 sits in my hand wondering what kind of random product might come my way if I send it to China.

Sigh..... what sucks is when my friends ask where I buy my flashlights I don't dare tell them, because I'm not staking my personal reputation on endorsing this product when nobody knows what they'll receive.

 

[batvette]

I always thought this too ... but then I went to China ... you might be surprized by the actual cost of things over there ... I needed an umbrella when I got caught in a rainstorm and figured that was about the worst possible time to negotiate the price of an umbrella. I saw a street vendor and he offered me one "Here, here, How much you pay?" I was delayed in my answer trying to convert to the local currency when he made the first offer: 6 RMB ... that's $0.75 for a new, functional, collapsible umbrella IN A TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR ... I bought two without haggling and went on my way ... the point is that the prices might be dwarfed by postage, and it STILL might be a fine business model.

Saands

I was reading through this whole thread and just saw this post. It might be a "fine business model" for those of us on the purchasing end but as I understand it, (and you, unlike me, have been there and may have seen this or know better) the standard of living of those on the botton tier in that country and others we import from is deplorable. Supposedly in China you don't see the worst of it unless you go "off the beaten path".

On a human level even if we choose to look away from the fact that we get bargains on consumer goods because someone has to work in a factory for pennies a day, and not even enjoy anything beyond basic sustainance, the global effect of the overall environmental disaster being perpetrated by Chinese industry as a whole will bite us all in the *** soon enough in the global warming problem. The brown cloud hovering over mainland China, (even though it is particulate matter, not GGE related) is symptomatic of what is going on over there. Perhaps US manufacturers would be more competetive if they could pollute with impunity and employ (near)slave labor? 90% of China's internal waterways are now considered "non-potable" because of industrial pollution. That means can't drink it, don't bathe in it, don't wash with it. That wouldn't be acceptable here.

No disrespect intended to DX or any Chinese nationals, as I am sure many wish to improve the situation, but a reality check is relevant from time to time.

 

[Xak]

No disrespect intended to DX or any Chinese nationals, as I am sure many wish to improve the situation, but a reality check is relevant from time to time.

A reality check? Here's a reality check: Not everyone here cares for or shares your socialist political views. This is a forum about LED lights, not the poor in other countries, so-called global warming, or pixie dust.

Like that turtle from the Comcast commercials said: "Maybe you should take your lecture to a conference full of people who like lectures!"

 

[Swedpat]

Some questions

I tried to read through all the pages in this thread but it's just too much for my lacking english understanding to completely getting everything.

I have a Tiablo A9 which I am very satisfied with. If you could advice me and answer following questions I would be happy:

1: I understand that this Romisen easy outperforms the Tiablo A9 when it comes to total brightness. But how big will the difference be? Does it provide twice the true brightness as the A9?

2: I prefer ordinary CR123 batteries. Will the light output curve be nearly flat during the runtime as with the Tiablo A9?

3: Is this exactly the model you are discussing? http://batteryjunction.com/rc-t5.html

4: Do you recommend me to order one?


Of course I understand that the answers of my last question may be different because of different personal opinions.

Thanks in advance, Patric

 

[Xak]

Re: Some questions

I tried to read through all the pages in this thread but it's just too much for my lacking english understanding to completely getting everything.

I have a Tiablo A9 which I am very satisfied with. If you could advice me and answer following questions I would be happy:

1: I understand that this Romisen easy outperforms the Tiablo A9 when it comes to total brightness. But how big will the difference be? Does it provide twice the true brightness as the A9?

2: I prefer ordinary CR123 batteries. Will the light output curve be nearly flat during the runtime as with the Tiablo A9?

3: Is this exactly the model you are discussing? http://batteryjunction.com/rc-t5.html

4: Do you recommend me to order one?


Of course I understand that the answers of my last question may be different because of different personal opinions.

Thanks in advance, Patric

I don't know anything about the Tiablo A9. But the link you provided does appear to be the model we are talking about. It is appears to be half that price if you order it from here:

http://www.dealextreme.com/search.dx/search.RC-T5

I ordered mine over a month ago and still haven't gotten it yet, so be prepared to wait a long time after you order it from DX.

Good luck

 

[Mike Painter]

The manufacturers AND the distributers all claim "luck of the draw" with regard to tint and performance but the fact that you have one each with 4 yellows and 4 whites, not a mix of the two in each, proves that is complete bull.

The newer lights seem to have the "white" LED while the older ones the "Yellow".
I suspect the newer ones just reflect an improvement in production and that they are saving an additional .0001 cents per LED.
Tint and performance would still be a draw but if you look at the range in older LED bins vs the newer ones you find the differences are less. The development of the LED is similar to the development of the CPU. In the early days (I'm talking Z-80 here) people made a lot of money buying a lot of chips and testing them to find the hot ones. They sold these at a premium price to computer nerds.

 

[brightnorm]

Mine has a flat charcoal-black body with "yellow-on-silver" LEDs. On 2x18650's it is at least twice as bright as my P3D/Q5's, perhaps even brighter. Beam is a typical cool white with the slight bluish tinge you would only notice in direct comparison to a warmer tint. The 4 crees still create the typical dark Cree ring, but it is wider and more subtle than is typical of the single Cree lights.

I have experienced no malfunctions of any kind (yet), but I haven't used it for long runs. It would be useful to have runtime charts posted if anyone has the equipment to do this.

Based on its performance with 3xcr123's, 4xcr123's and 2x18650's I would rate this light as excellent and a real bargain at the price.

Brightnorm

 

[Vermonter73]

I'm very happy with mine.

 

[magudaman]

I finally got mine the other day and am very impressed. It kills my 3 luxeon 3w mag mod light. My reason for purchasing this light though was to create myself a new bike light. I basically am hoping to get something with a similar body and screw it on to the head and have a cable run down out to an external battery pack. Does anyone know any other cheaper lights that have the same head thread pattern or have any idea's for creating a body with threads (plastic molding?)?