Mine arrived today and I have it on charge.
Does anyone know how long I should leave it charging for a "full charge"
It looks much better in the flesh than I thought.
I will probably look as others have said into waterproofing the battery pack a bit more.
So with the faults pointed out, what are people doing to fix them.
Poor waterproofing on battery bag (silicone sealant any good for increasing waterproofing)
Hanging inductor (could be be glued into place?)
Thermal conductance (would you improve it with some thermal paste?)
Just wondering as I have one on order, for my missus and I don't mind if I have to mod it a bit first.
Also trout if you do a kit for a Nightpro light I would be interested, as I have an old head unit somewhere.
Trout, do you do any conversions for Cateye stadiums housings ?
My battery is starting to fail, but it strikes me that the housing is well made.
I have a separate battery pack to use.
Got mine yesterday and considering all the complaints about quality I had to take it apart just to check!
TBH it's pretty good in my (amateur) opinion. A few things seem to have changed since the review mentioned above (on candlepower forums and also the mtbr threads). Mine has a longer lead than mentioned, no swarf whatsoever, thermal transfer paste is evident on the heatsink, the screw that mounts into the light unit is longer and has a good grip. There's an extra plastic(?) washer / insulator between the LED and the reflector. The mounting O rings are also different to those pictured- seem beefier. The charger and battery stayed cool during charging.
Overall I think that the manufacturers are listening to / reading the comments they've got so far. It's definitely better than any of the P7 torches I've bought over the last year (a driver in one of those has died completely so I had so rewire it for direct drive and dont expect it to live much longer).
As for performance - its brighter than either of my P7 torches - I'm not sure if it's meant to? Run time seems to match claims so far. It does have a slight green tint.
Realistically I think it's too bright to use around cars - it really does dazzle folk. On my way back from the hills I had a few oncoming cars stop and later a dog owner complain about her dog getting dazzled! How she 'measures' that I'm not sure. I think Im going to try adding some sort of mask / vignette or maybe a shaped piece of coke can over the top part of the lens to change the throw into something more like a dipped car headlamp for when I'm on the road.
For £50 - I think it's great. But given my past experiences I'd still be reluctant to have any DX light as my only light when out in the wilds. Come to think of it I'd be nearly as reluctant with just one of any brand of light. I'll post an update when I've had it a week or so and will also take some beamshots comparing it to a P7 torch and a pair of Niterider Minewt X2's.
Mine's here too - 11 days from order including the bank holiday (maybe they don't have one over there in HK?) I can't give any technical comments as I'm nowhere near qualified to do so, but it looks quite nice... for what that's worth.
No instructions though and I don't know what the suggested charging time is either. I have a US > UK adaptor, but the battery did come charged. How is the battery supposed to attach? Is it with the fabric looped around the top tube then velcroed back on or do the little black buckles play some part?
I'll try it out later or tomorrow night and report back.
GTTH, I pondered on those buckles for a while, then realised that once the battery has been attached you can turn one sideways & loop it through the other and turn it back, possible failsafe?
I'm not sure it would work on all size tubes either, but it seem to work on a 'fat' ally turner & 'skinny' Ti tubes so far.
Now off to look at the battery water problem, mines been fine the one time I used it in heavy rain, but it is relatively protected being mounted between the toptube, headtube & downtube.
Cheers.
Aha; thanks 2unfit2ride - that makes sense.
<heads off to the garage for another look at it>
What have you done about charging times?
Wait to light on charger goes green, disconnect 
Fair point, well made! 
Mine was charged from out of the box which I thought was a nice touch.
my initial thoughts on the battery bag was wtf is going on here, but it wraps nicely around my 100mm stem and velcroes up with the 2 buckles together, then feed some spare velcro strap through it and and its remained in place to the side of the stem (would also work on top or underneath
impressive kit tbh for the money, combined with a fenix on my lid, totaly transformed my night ride tonight.
light and compact unit.
even the initial stupid rubber ring works a charm, better than a lock block
I've just ordered one so when it arrives I will take some photos and bung them up. Especially as they are *improving* them with each batch
I'll post some pictures tomorrow as I am out with mine tonight and compare it against my 06-07 Exposure Enduro Turbo.
Monty, no update? good or bad news?
I have been riding with mine for several weeks now. Very impressed with it indeed. £50 well spent even if it only lasts me the season. Easily as bright as my old Lupine Edison 5 on high. In fact, it's so bright, I mostly just use the low setting, only switching it to hight for really techie stuff.
Sorry guys
The light is very good.
I was out on Friday night and lent my old Exposure (Turbo Enduro)to a pal.
The DX blew it away.
Its had a few charges now and the charger does not get hot at all.
I have placed the battery pack into a lightweight small sandwhich bag and put it back in its own holder.
I'll have to do some pics sorry again.
Has anyone got a spare charger they might be willing to sell ??
I am still waiting for mine to turn up 
but it is posted now. So it looks like DX are swamped with orders for these things
Still quality wise it doesn't look like it will hold a candle to the trout light, however the trout light looks excessively bright, but I guess that means you can run it on low and have stupid long runtimes.
Hi,
I find with my DX that if I charge it until the green light comes on and then connect it up to the light the status led on the back still shows red.
I have tried charging for a bit longer but it stays on red.
Anyone else had this issue?
Regards
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