4 Cree Light !!

it was 3 light for the masses now 4 light in single unit? Check this out, SKU is 10451. I wonder how good is it?

thanks

I couldnt resist buying it, even if theirs no specs.
Now lets hope it produces 600 -800 lumens whithout going

Ordered one too! I've been looking for a light with the potential to be easily modified into a bike light and this one looks good. I like that will run off two 18650 which means I can drive it with 7.2v lithium ion packs without having to find a boast driver.

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10452

I like the way Romisens are built. Looks like a good value. I'm sure the beam won't be pretty on the wall, but will be impressive for actual use.

probably cree P4

I want to see someones opinion of this light. How much brighter is it than the MX Power 3 cree. I have the MX Power and its build quality is just OK. Not on the level of Fenix.
The only thing I dont like about ordering from DX is that it takes so long. Why cant they ship this stuff from China to a warehouse in the US and then ship it to our houses.

I orderd one too. Since it runs on 4X16340 or 2X18650, it should also run on 3X16340 with one segment removed from the tube. I have several Romisen lights now, and they're well made.

ledebuhr1 said:

Why cant they ship this stuff from China to a warehouse in the US and then ship it to our houses.

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It appears to me that postage is cheap from China. If mailed from the USA some of their item prices would be dwarfed by USPS postage.

Once they have a nexus, a warehouse, in the USA they would have local, state and federal income, sales, property and other tax issues.

oregon

warrior said:

probably cree P4

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Assuming there p4's and there being pushed at a decent amperage, how many lumens will this light put out front..?

kwarwick said:

Ordered one too! I've been looking for a light with the potential to be easily modified into a bike light and this one looks good. I like that will run off two 18650 which means I can drive it with 7.2v lithium ion packs without having to find a boast driver.

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I'd also like to use this light for my bike. I am a novice, how would you drive it with Li-ion packs? Is this easy to do? Are there tutorials?

fire-stick said:

Assuming there p4's and there being pushed at a decent amperage, how many lumens will this light put out front..?

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cree P4 = 160lm @ 1A
160X4 = 640lm :rock:

Oregon,
Dont they have to pay USPS postage once the product enters the US?

I would really like to see beam shots of this thing.

I hope the switch is better than the LOW-STROBE-HIGH that is on the MX Power. That combination is very anoying.

ledebuhr1 said:

Oregon,
Dont they have to pay USPS postage once the product enters the US?

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I don't know.

It justs seems obvious to me that regular mail out of China must be subsidized somehow when I see the price of delivered goods from the discount Chinese vendors.

oregon

wow, p4s are only 160 lumens at one amp.
i didn't know q5s were 50% brighter at the same power levels.
these are bigger jumps than i thought! (the bins i mean)

I don't know.

It justs seems obvious to me that regular mail out of China must be subsidized somehow when I see the price of delivered goods from the discount Chinese vendors.

oregon

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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

Well I have the WF-500 3 cree ultafire and a little while ago decided to see what the runtime would be on two 18650's. It made it about 13 minutes and shut down. I can smell something burnt inside the light and lights no longer come on. I dont know if DX will replace it as ive not done too much business with them but I'll be finding out.

Ive got a wolfeyes storm on the way and hopefully it will be more reliable especially since its so expensive.

johnnymceldoo said:

Well I have the WF-500 3 cree ultafire and a little while ago decided to see what the runtime would be on two 18650's. It made it about 13 minutes and shut down. I can smell something burnt inside the light and lights no longer come on. I dont know if DX will replace it as ive not done too much business with them but I'll be finding out.

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There's obviously a big-time short in the light.

LukeA said:

There's obviously a big-time short in the light.

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Im not smart enough to find out what the culprit was but i did read a thread here where a handful of guys were having similar problems.

Id be leary about getting the 4 cree light.

My most recent purchase was the ultrafire EMC1 powered by 1 cr123 and its an awesome little light for the money. Runtime is about 30 minutes though on high.

Is there a big cost difference between a P4 and P5 Cree LED? If they wanted to make it as bright as possible, why not use a P5.

ledebuhr1 said:

Oregon,
Dont they have to pay USPS postage once the product enters the US?

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No.