The pre-machined tritium slot is genius
Dale - Very nice review with the great pictures we expect from you.
Rey - Just based on the pictures I’m in agreement with Dale. That is one fine piece of craftsmanship. I think you nailed it in the styling department. In that side by side comparison picture of the DQG 18650 Brass Beauty there is really no comparison. The “Brass Beauty” looks like an unrefined piece of brass pipe compared to the styling you’ve worked into yours. What is the actual name of the light? I’m not sure if the “Golden Rey of Sunshine” was just clever wordplay by Dale or really the name of the light.
I do agree with jacktheclipper about the cord hole and would definitely file it off if I had one but as evidenced by comments above some people like the cord hole. For me it would just be something sticking out as a snag point or would be poking into my leg if I had it clipped to my pants pocket. If the clip is a little loose it should be easy enough to give it a gentle bend to tighten it up. I’ve had to do that on many lights and pocket knives and do not consider that anything to gripe about. This looks like a nicely done review of a nicely done flashlight. Bravo!
Does it smell bad?
Yes, really, I have some bad smelling brass stuff…
It is called ReyLight Pineapple. In the EOI thread, we named it yesterday.
Your hands produced to much sweat 
Nice review Dale. It looks like the driver has two very shallow inductors. It would be nice if HKJ could get a hold of one for testing to see how performance is on the two types of cells. Very nice work Rey, well done all around.
Maybe it’s because the reading for the third level shows lower amps than the second level but higher lumens :
LevelCurrent__Lumens
2…………0.47A………4.002
3…………0.391A……30.774
LevelCurrent__Lumens
2…………0.63A………10.212
3…………0.477A……96.945
I think there’s a missing leading zero on both level 2 readings.
I could send him mine. It, uh, didn’t make the first 24H of Frankendale. 
Crap! Did I do that? :person_facepalming:
0.003A for 0.069 Lumens
0.047A for 4.002
0.391A for 30.774
1.325A for 86.94
0.001A for .003?
0.063A for 10.212
0.477A for 96.945
1.83A for 362.25
I sure thought I double checked it. was feeling poorly and while I did manage to get it done I guess I transposed the list a bit wrong. Sorry.
With the Lithium Primary 1.5V Energizer the base reading’s were
0.003A for 0.00 on the meter
0.044 for 4.209
0.389 for 33.4995
1.323 for 106.95
I’ll take a picture of my sloppy notes so y’all can see it’s true… geesh, can’t believe I missed that.
Edit: Photo of the notes from testing
My light box has a multiplier of .345.
And yes, the notes to the side are from building a 15mm FET driver. 738 lumens on level 5. What can I say? I really like TK’s UI’s. 
Send me that circuit if you’re not using it!
Great looking light and super review Dale.
Sorry if I missed it but is he light coated or uncoated? I am wondering about the patina potential.
Cheers
It’s raw brass. Mine is darkening a bit already and I’ve just had it 2 days. (ever so slightly, but still)
Bumping up this nice review.
Nice review Dale. Interesting little light.
THANK YOU for the time you spent showing us this. :+1: Hope you feel better. TL
Thanks guys. Appreciate it.
It’s kind of a bear getting all the pics uploaded and keeping them sorted while posting the review. I got a little mixed up in the output numbers but the “fambly” was quick to point out my dyslexia and we got it taken care of. lol
Doing ok Dan, thanks. The cooler weather always takes a toll on me, this 97º stuff is chilly! Brrrrr! Gotta dig out some jackets… 
The smell is a chemical reaction with your skin. Think of it as the smell of germs dying. Know that any germs on your brass light will be dead in 3-6 hours. Copper is even faster, and will also make your hands smell.
Antimicrobial properties of copper
“copper alloy surfaces kill E. coli O157:H7.[24][25] Over 99.9% of E. coli microbes are killed after just 1–2 hours on copper. On stainless steel surfaces, the microbes can survive for weeks.”
Oligodynamic effect
“Brass vessels release a small amount of copper ions into stored water, thus killing fecal bacterial counts as high as 1 million bacteria per milliliter.
I find that copper usually needs a regular rub-down to keep the patina looking nice, to brighten up the peaks while the valleys gradually darken. OTOH, brass seems to stabilize after a while. It starts out shiny, gets dark with contact, and rubs out to a nice higher-contrast state… but then the dark areas gradually lighten with contact and settle into a relatively dull state.
I agree copper can patina in a splotchy pattern, and buffing it out will even it up.
I periodically partially remove my patina, both on knives and lights.
In this pic the collar of the reylight was highlighted, while the worm head patina was only partly removed. I polish with Jewelers cloth, such as sunshine cloth. But it wont get into the grooves, which is fine with me.
btw, vinegar (and ketchup) will remove patina from copper and brass, if you ever want to clean out the low points such as between the knurling…