Thank you for an excellent, detailed review. I had my order from Bang Good cancelled once (or was it twice?), kept re-ordering, got my NW yesterday. It is all Will34 says it is. I have been comparing it to different lights, it’s a little bit deceiving comparing it to other lights (such as the BLF X6) because it is so floody, it doesn’t have ultimate throw, but it really puts out a wall of light. I can’t help but think of it as a miniature Noctigon Meteor - superb floody output with small size, many drivers. Recently got a Meteor with 219C ET, fantastic. I emailed George at DQG and congratulated him on his new light, and asked him to consider a Nichia option, it would be incredible. Only other thing I would like is lighted switch, although I have never seen one in this this size / form factor. I have no modding ability myself, but if any talented people have the urge, it would be incredible. As long as we’re dreaming, I’d like one in solid copper.
Thanks for the review. I appreciate the run time table. Height hours on med and two and a half on high!
I received my gray NW not long ago and it has become my favorite light when going out in the garden at night - replacing a trusty SRK triple with the same output. The floody beam is very appropriate for close range with no overly bright hotspot to kill your night vision. The NW tint is a tad too warm for my taste though.
A couple things that could be improved:
- I’m often struggling to find the switch in the dark. Although it is opposite the lanyard hole it does not stand out enough to be felt.
- The lanyard portion has some sharp edges.
- There is room for a mode between low (almost moon) and med (which is rather bright).
Although i’m not a fan of disco modes, a hidden strobe would be nice - just in case.
I would immediately buy a second one if a high CRI option was available.
Mine is already at the local post office and I am sure it will be delivered tomorrow. Yeay!
I am not too fond of light that has too much warm tint.
Too much yellow it should not be called white.
4700K - 5000K would be ideal, like the tint on my K40M.
I also want to add that BTU PK26 also has the same raised terminals surrounded by compresible foam.
Meanwhile, Imalent DN70 has the same raised terminal on the top but it has a large spring at the bottom.
I measured 17.5V driver output voltage on the lowest mode, not sure if these LEDs have very low Vf or there is something wrong with my multimeter. But either way, all the LEDs are in series. Impressive boost driver indeed!
Highest mode will have higher voltage right? Should have, by a significant increase. Well, they’re still not being driven hard so the Vf shouldn’t go up all THAT much, not like an FET direct drive light or anything.
Awesome review, but thanks to you I’m contemplating breaking my new years resolution for 2017, which was to not buy anymore flashlights! lol And to think I almost made it a month! lol
This light has unreal performance, considering its size! 900+ lumens for well over 2 hours of perfect regulation! The only change I would have made is the UI. I think one click=low, two click = medium, three clicks = high, hold for turbo, makes more sense then what they went with, but other than that this light looks great!
Quick question, I have a pair of the 69.5mm protected keeppowers on the way, do you think they’ll fit in this light? They aren’t button top, but they aren’t flat top either. The entire top protrudes slightly.
Protected cells works, since there is no spring on the tail or driver the DQG lights can accept all sorts of cells length. As D10ten said the protection could be a problem when activating turbo with a partially discharged cell, it draws almost 7A on a fresh cell, and even more when the voltage drops.
Well shit, so much for using them then! I am referring to the 2015 keeppowers though. They work perfectly in the Convoy L6, which is brighter than this light, although I guess there is two of them (not sure if that makes a difference, regarding tripping the protection)
The L6 is running 2 series at 8.4V to supply power to a Buck driver where voltage is reduced to a 6V emitter.
The DQG Tiny is a 7 series emitter light that uses a Boost driver to amplify the 4.2V cell to match some 21V needed by the emitters, as such the Boost circuit pulls considerably more amps from the single cell.