Walt,
As it so turned out, I was the first on the SF books to have some KL1's on order. At the time I also placed a KL2 on order. This was back in July. I was told that some of the overseas dealers had placed their orders with SF before some of the domestic dealers had. I was also told that SF ships on a first ordered, first shipped basis. Back in July, they were actually starting to assemble the KL2. I believe this might explain why some of the product got to Hong Kong first. Unfortunately, SF's shipping doesn't always follow the first ordered, first shipped program. Appearantly because I had made some modifications to my order as time passed, it somehow fell out of que and I had to wait for the second wave of KL1's to go out to get mine.
One item I had canceled was the KL2 as I ended up getting one from PK in appreciation for some sample hardware and product I had supplied him for review. I got this KL1 a few months back and yet the serial number is A01007 ? I wonder if some of the first run went to the military as well as to offshore dealers.........
One aside I will make on the KL2 is that I believe you can count on a consistancy in beam color, brightness and pattern :-) We're talking Nichia NSPW500BS here I believe.
Since the little footed guy from UK is lurking around here, is there an adapter available to the public that will allow a standard sized 2 cell SF to host the KL2, Al? My suspicion is that a 3 cell body with a dummie cell is the most effficient way to go? One final question: Since the KL2 uses a current limiting circuit, does it also require the CE approval?
- Don
