DFW Texas End of summer get together Sat., Oct. 3. 2009 **PICTURES**

[LEDite]

I believe it was a nailbender drop in from this thread:
P7, MC-E, UV & Luminus SST-50!!! NEW XPE Modules P60/D26 style drop-ins (part 2)
http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=229637

Hugo2x,

The UV light shown was not the Cree XL 7090 drop-in that I saw in the referenced post. Cree XL 7090's were speced @ 350 ma.

Driving them @ 1.2 amps is not something that I would do.

Cree then came out with XR 7090. These were the "XR" upgrade rated @ 700 ma.

The UV shown was a Nichia ~365 nm . They are fairly expensive ($50-75) for the power output.

LEDite

 

[Aircraft800]

Where's X_Marine when you need him!

We were talking about this one, the new Spy 007 Tri-V from Data. Found the thread with a ton of pics.

 

[Hugo2x]

I'm another one interested in the Zebralights- did George indicate when the new ones will be available?

I have an H501w, and after months of use am still amazed by how well designed it is.

He wouldn't tell me an exact day but he kinda hinted around a month/2 month time range 😗
and ya the EDC is awesome, It totally dwarfs my Fenix PD20

 

[Aircraft800]

Will,

How are you liking your ZebraLight H501W Headlamp? I got my H501 today. I had to leave the lights out in the house and walk around a bit. It sure brings out the kids dirty hand prints on all the walls, time to repaint!

I didn't realize it could be run on a 14500 Li-ion rechargeable, I wonder what it would do to the runtime?

 

[ZebraLight]

Will,

How are you liking your ZebraLight H501W Headlamp? I got my H501 today. I had to leave the lights out in the house and walk around a bit. It sure brings out the kids dirty hand prints on all the walls, time to repaint!

I didn't realize it could be run on a 14500 Li-ion rechargeable, I wonder what it would do to the runtime?

Matt,

Sorry I just saw your email about picking up on the way to work.
The H501 can take 14500s, but with much less runtimes, especially in the Med and Low levels. It has a very efficient boost circuit but its buck conversion is limited unlike the circuit we use in the H30/H60, due to the size constrains.

George

 

[Aircraft800]

Matt,

Sorry I just saw your email about picking up on the way to work.
The H501 can take 14500s, but with much less runtimes, especially in the Med and Low levels. It has a very efficient boost circuit but its buck conversion is limited unlike the circuit we use in the H30/H60, due to the size constrains.

George

No Problem George,

Since I'm going to use this at work, I'll have plenty of access to AA Alkaline, and I also have some good Precharged Duracell NiMh cells. It's a great little light! Do you recall what drive level when it is on High? ~500mAh?

 

[Hugo2x]

I didn't realize it could be run on a 14500 Li-ion rechargeable, I wonder what it would do to the runtime?

This thread is excellent on the run times of the h501 with different battery chemistry's

http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=230145

 

[windstrings]

To each his own... I order twice as many rechargeables that I need to fit my unit. Keep one set in the charger so I always have a quick changeover.

The reason I like rechargeables is that whenever I use my light for anything serious, I "always" know how much runtime I have as I know my batteries are fully charged.

When you spend big bucks on Lithium non rechargeable or even basic AA's, you hate throw away a battery when it still has 1/4 charge right?
Also you never really know or can remember just how many minutes you've used so its a gamble as to how much runtime you have left.

Whats the benefit of more runtime unless you intend to use the whole runtime at one shot?

I would rather have the control and consistency of knowing whats going on and not wasting a dime of money in the process.

Plus, quite often you get more punch from the higher voltage of the Lithium ion or even the NIMH's as the voltage doesn't drop till its dead.

The "regulation" thats sometimes lost I don't really care about.

 

[ZebraLight]

No Problem George,

Since I'm going to use this at work, I'll have plenty of access to AA Alkaline, and I also have some good Precharged Duracell NiMh cells. It's a great little light! Do you recall what drive level when it is on High? ~500mAh?

Don't remember the exact figure, but should be around 350mA.

 

[csshih]

Don't remember the exact figure, but should be around 350mA.

Looks like an XP series of LED...

XP-E, or XP-G?

 

[Burgess]

That new ZebraLight does indeed sound cool.

😎
_

 

[Aircraft800]

To each his own... I order twice as many rechargeables that I need to fit my unit. Keep one set in the charger so I always have a quick changeover.

The reason I like rechargeables is that whenever I use my light for anything serious, I "always" know how much runtime I have as I know my batteries are fully charged.

When you spend big bucks on Lithium non rechargeable or even basic AA's, you hate throw away a battery when it still has 1/4 charge right?
Also you never really know or can remember just how many minutes you've used so its a gamble as to how much runtime you have left.

Whats the benefit of more runtime unless you intend to use the whole runtime at one shot?

I would rather have the control and consistency of knowing whats going on and not wasting a dime of money in the process.

Plus, quite often you get more punch from the higher voltage of the Lithium ion or even the NIMH's as the voltage doesn't drop till its dead.

The "regulation" thats sometimes lost I don't really care about.

Yes and No.
The way I use my headlamp, I will use up the entire battery in one shot. It takes more than 2 hr. to change a motor in the dark. The advantage of the Li-Ion would be a longer run, so less time spent changing batteries. The regulation of the light looks like it does a great job at keeping the light output constant till the battery is dead, so there is really no advantage of one battery chemistry 1.2v - 1.5v maybe only the capacity difference. Either way, the output remains relatively the same. I may have to stay away from the Li-Ion though since the light output on high is less because of its limited buck conversion. Not really a big deal to me since I didn't buy this light with the intent to use Li-Ion's, just found out about that today when I opened the package.

I'll have more real time observations the more use I get out of it this week.

Great find over here:
ZebraLight H501 runtime tests

I believe the prototype flashlight was the XP-E, guess we won't know till it comes out though.

 

[wquiles]

Will,

How are you liking your ZebraLight H501W Headlamp? I got my H501 today. I had to leave the lights out in the house and walk around a bit. It sure brings out the kids dirty hand prints on all the walls, time to repaint!

I didn't realize it could be run on a 14500 Li-ion rechargeable, I wonder what it would do to the runtime?

Let me first say that in the last two years or so, I have not purchase a "single" flashlight for myself. I had no need, nor have I seen something that I "wanted" or needed to have (well, except for McGizmos' fabulous Titanium creations - maybe one of these days!), plus since I make/modify lights myself, I had no incentive to buy anything anyway. Until the ZebraLight H501W.

I got mine today as well, and just now played with it some. I absolutely LOVE the warm tint on mine - almost like a small incandescent light, but with all of the LED benefits. I compared to my EDC for the last 3-4 years, a CR2 ION, and the close-up working area is much better and evenly illuminated with the ZebraLight, although the CR2 ION definitely has more trow/distance.

I will start using it as an EDC starting tomorrow to see how it does. Right now the only thing I don't like, and I feel it should/can be easily fixed, is that the button protrudes too much and it is very easy to turn ON by accident. If the button were recessed more, it would be perfect. Given the side-shooting form factor, the AA cell as a power source, multi-levels, the warm tint, and the excellent price makes this little gem hard to resist!

Will

 

[wquiles]

One more data point on the Zebra - just like many flashlights with a tailcap, if you partially remove the tailcap, like 1/4 to 1/2 a turn, this will stop the Zebra from turning ON inadvertently. Of course, to turn the light ON you have to tighten the tailcap once again, but I rather have the two-step now, than be without battery because it turned ON while in my pocket 😉

Will

 

[saabluster]

One more data point on the Zebra - just like many flashlights with a tailcap, if you partially remove the tailcap, like 1/4 to 1/2 a turn, this will stop the Zebra from turning ON inadvertently. Of course, to turn the light ON you have to tighten the tailcap once again, but I rather have the two-step now, than be without battery because it turned ON while in my pocket 😉

Will

I found on their site where they advertise that feature. I warned George he might want to take that off the site lest he be sued by the patent owner. They have done it before.

 

[wquiles]

George,

I have an idea for a tailcap mod, and although I can measure them, I rather ask you since you will know for sure: What are the threads on the tailcap?

Will

 

[Aircraft800]

I found on their site where they advertise that feature. I warned George he might want to take that off the site lest he be sued by the patent owner. They have done it before.

Got sued because they advised to loosen a tailcap for safety? Who was that? Doesn't he own the patent?

 

[ZebraLight]

George,

I have an idea for a tailcap mod, and although I can measure them, I rather ask you since you will know for sure: What are the threads on the tailcap?

Will

17mm
1mm pitch

 

[windstrings]

I may have to stay away from the Li-Ion though since the light output on high is less because of its limited buck conversion. Not really a big deal to me since I didn't buy this light with the intent to use Li-Ion's, just found out about that today when I opened the package.

Ah.. I wasn't aware of that.. I use Lithium Ion in my zebras and they seem to work perfect. But not all lights will.

 

[saabluster]

Got sued because they advised to loosen a tailcap for safety? Who was that? Doesn't he own the patent?

Mind you I am just going on memory and that is usually as rather suspect thing but I remember Sure F ...no thats too obvious, S Fire suing someone who advertised it as a "feature" since that is one of their patents. It's all rather silly if you ask me as it is more just a side effect of normal flashlight design than some inspired invention.