Cree XM-L T6 LED light £30 delivered from Hong Kong

capoz77

Couldn't afford a £200 hope LED to match my mates so settled on this £30 Cree T6 from Hong Kong.

Pics dont do it justice, but build quality is nice and light output is stunning 8)







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supersonic

Is the cat ok?!

The Northern Monkey

is that the waterproof one with 1200 lumen (obviously I'm about to be told that its not 1200 lumen) ?

I've just bought 2

Northwind

Got one of those myself... Throw is outrageous, haven't seen anything else that has more usable range. Very spotlighty though- well, kinda, it actually does throw a fair amount of light around outside the spot but it doesn't seem like it because of the contrast of the bright centre. Not perfect but it doesn't stop it from being a very good light.

Just ordered a diffuser for it off Ebay to try, will see how that goes. It makes the P7 on my bars seem a bit crap tbh so I think I've got in an arms race with myself

The Northern Monkey

Northwind
Links t the diffuser?

Will be interesting to see your results!

supersonic

Yeah, it could do with an orange peel reflector as an option to smooth the beam out.

Northwind

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280752532003?ss ... 1439.l2649

Not sure how well it'll work but it was cheap Chap also sells improved battery pouches and 2-cell batteries for the Magicshines.

The Northern Monkey

Thats pretty cool. I might get 1. Then run 1 light with and 1 without, could be a good combo!

supersonic

This is the beast I have just ordered!

Northwind

Cor. What are you going to do with that, fight sith lords?

supersonic

Dunno, was just curious about it! Will probably mod it to take more cells for longer runtime.

Northwind

Yeah, just thinking that, I've got a 4-cell 3.7V pack with a fake battery attached, in one of my P7 torches... But could probably do something interesting with that...

Shame about how they've made the tubes, you can't just screw the tailcap to the head, it needs the long tube fitted as well. So not so good for remote packs. Could mod that but only by cutting a new thread or just glomming it all together.

diy

Counter sinking the base of the reflector or enlarging the hole might help seat the LED further in the reflector which should help more light spill in to the reflected area.

Anonymous

What's the battery life like?

bails87

Northwind wrote:

. It makes the P7 on my bars seem a bit crap tbh so I think I've got in an arms race with myself

Exactly the problem I've had. I've ended up ordering one of the Mj872s for my bars, which can at least be used to also power the MJ818 rear for my commute (NSL, unlit country roads, I really want to be seen!).

Like you say, the T6 is so bright down the middle that it's hard to see that the 'dim' edge is actually as bright as the P7 torch

S-M

Me and a mate have just bought one of these, mate has had 4 hours runtime from his!

I have not used mine yet in the dark due to injury's keeping me off the bike.

Try removing the rubber cover from the switch at the back and having a look inside, mine had a red led that was on all the time, but the rubber switch has been moulded a bit wonky and the part covering the red led was not allowing light through.

I have no idea why it has a red and green led on at the same time.

Charged mine up until the charger light went off and it made no difference.

:?

capoz77

The Northern Monkey wrote:

is that the waterproof one with 1200 lumen (obviously I'm about to be told that its not 1200 lumen) ?

I've just bought 2

1600 lumen on the box

capoz77

deadkenny wrote:

What's the battery life like?

2-4 hours depending on low or high power

This is the puppy, only took 7 days to arrive

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130568084707? ... 1423.l2649

the green button on the back lights up and i think the green strip around the front is glow in the dark its very luminous when the lights been switched on.

On the trail the throw is brilliant, very far ahead and lights up the sides superb. Look at the decking picture to see how bright the sides are

Northwind

Aye, it's quite clever that- there's a lot of UV light thrown by these lights, which isn't useful at all except for making reflectives glow but does charge up the glow-in-the-dark orings til they burn like the sun

Ian43

I have one of these from bestofferbuy but the flat lensed version + one on the way from Deal Extreme, out of interest and as I do not want to break mine how do you take these apart, once the front is unscrewed and the glass taken off do you just try and pull the rest out or is it glued in or anything ? as I want to make sure there is no swarf or anything in mine.

junglist_matty

bails87 wrote:

Northwind wrote:

. It makes the P7 on my bars seem a bit crap tbh so I think I've got in an arms race with myself

Exactly the problem I've had. I've ended up ordering one of the Mj872s for my bars, which can at least be used to also power the MJ818 rear for my commute (NSL, unlit country roads, I really want to be seen!).

Like you say, the T6 is so bright down the middle that it's hard to see that the 'dim' edge is actually as bright as the P7 torch

The Best light setup is to put an MJ-872 (£90 from eBay) on the bars for an awesome flood with good depth penetration and to run the XML-T6 "China" spot on your helmet.

I have ridden pitch black Thetford in heavy rain, running the MJ-872 on 25% and the spot on low setting (about 70%) and that is more than enough light with a good 2.5-3 hours run time on the spot and about 4 hours run time on the MJ-872.


Great combo and for £120 unbeatable value....

Northwind

supersonic wrote:

This is the beast I have just ordered!

Give us a shout when it arrives, would you? Very tempted but I'm looking for a flood and the beam pics do look a wee bit spotty for such a potentially bright light.

supersonic

Will do! Should be here any day - reviews I have seen for this model suggests is a decent flood, but throws well for the sheer power.

moggy82

supersonic wrote:

Will do! Should be here any day - reviews I have seen for this model suggests is a decent flood, but throws well for the sheer power.

Gonna have to get one now its avialbable from UK warehouse. Damn you!

Got pretty much everything else the only thing i was wanting was a triple or quad XML light.

pilsburypie

^^^3000 lumen torch? Bloody Nora! ^^^^^

When my order turns up, according to the DX info, I should be rocking 2220 lumens on my bike (1200+510+510). What are you lot putting out? I feel a lumen competition coming on!

Tank-slapper

Similar sort of thing to the OP but a slightly different shape:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280757147428?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649

reilly21

I would like to put some HID lights on my bike for night ridding, but have heard that they may melt the wiring harness. I don't do a lot of ridding at night, but when I do, I would like the extra light, without problems. led floodlights

supersonic

Hello Reilly.

Goodbye Reilly.

pastey_boy

supersonic wrote:

This is the beast I have just ordered!

ive seen this and im thinking of ordering one along with http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/17-4Ah-Magics ... 2a150f01e0 then with a bit of creative modding i will have a silly light with decent run time for approx £150.

supersonic

Sounds like has 12x18650 cells in there at 2900mah each. Supposed to be really good cells.

diy

Charging that with a single magic-shine 8.4v charger would be ridiculously stupid.

There is no mention of balance circuit, thermal control etc. it would take at least 12 hours to charge. The current per cell would be so low the pack would probably start dropping volts after a few charges.