great little cheapo 18650

Ordered one. man i need to stop buyin…… nope gonna buy them all, haha.

Looks like a pretty nice light with some great features, all except the side switch. If the switch and charging port switched places I’d buy it. I just cant get used to side switches on edc type lights. Still a great deal at that price.

From the video looks like short click on and short click off. Hold for mode change and double click from on for strobe.

Good for newbies, but even if you’re happy with the UI, add several bucks to swap a genuine led.

If you want to mod it maybe, but there are much better 18650 lights to do that with.
It does have a fake emitter & not the claimed amount of lumens but,at about 550 OTF lumens, not a bad tint or beam, & neat features like USB charging & illuminated switch showing both cell status when in use & charging when being charged all for $11 dollars stock what”s not to like.
Ideal light to have dotted around the place IMO.
I had 2 arrive yesterday & just ordered another this morning :slight_smile:
The supplied cells though are junk.

EDIT: This is not the same light as I have & is discussed on the other thread :person_facepalming:
Apologies for my confusion.
The USB port is in a completely different place.
On this one it is in the tail cap & on the other light it is on the body opposite the side switch.
Other than the USB port location they do look like the same lights though.

2nd EDIT: Looking at my light & the one in this thread there is in fact a raised button shape of metal in the tail cap base of mine that looks like it is ready to be machined out for a USB port (no reason for it to be there otherwise that I can see).
I am guessing that other than the placement of the USB port these are probably the same host light ?
I can”comment on whether they have the same emitters or not as all I can say is mine are definitely not Cree.

I can’t believe that this light is brighter than the nitecore mh20!

with the exception of the “double tap blinky”, the UI description, and indeed “how the light works” seems to be much like my boruit headlight i like so much…

So no AR coated lens –10% lumens

Definately not a Cree LED showing in the pictures

500-600 Lumens most likely

hey bella-headlight,

where did you order your light from? I followed the link from this thread and the other thread (that I linked to above), and they both go to the same light on Gear Best which has the tail USB charging port (or at least it appears so in the photos)

….curious if there are two versions of this light around??? Even more reason for us to have the name of a manufacturer and a model name or number for these lights

EDIT: I see the FACEBOOK post in the other thread:

“(facebook post to mystery light)”:Redirecting...

shows photos of the light with a side placed USB port

I got a pair from Gearbest a few days ago with USB port on the side.

interesting - I wonder if the illustrations in the GearBest listing are not correct? Has anyone else received this mystery USB chargeable light from GearBest? and if so, is YOUR charging port on the side or the end of the flashlight ?

Price is $16.50 now

The advertisement on GB”s site still shows the same price for me as I paid for the 2 that have arrived & the one I ordered Wednesday $11.75 but the pictures in the ad have changed.
http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_604347.html
When I ordered mine the pictures clearly showed the USB port on the head opposite the side switch which is where the USB port is on the 2 that have arrived.
Now the pictures show the USB port on the end of the tail cap.
When I ordered this latest one I just re-ordered from my original order details without taking any notice of the pictures so I have no idea where the port will be on this one when it arrives.

There will be no light with charger in tailcap

Olight has such lights but they need a special battery to be able to use it

But in general the charge port must be on a p,ace of the light where both battery contacts are availiable.

To make this happen you need a wire to the tail or a battery having both terminals exposed at the tail

The charge port picture in the ad must be of another light then as it clearly shows that it is on the base of the tail cap & not on the side of the head http://www.gearbest.com/led-flashlights/pp_604347.html
Not arguing with you I am agreeing :+1:
EDIT:
In the pictures at the side of the main ad you can see the bottom of the tail cap & there is clearly no USB port.
In the large pictures after the main ad they show a picture of the USB port in what to me certainly looks like a tail cap & not the side of the head.
Also the shape of the tail cap in the USB port picture is not the same shape as this lights tail cap so it is obviously of a different lights tail cap.
Anyway I already have 2 & a 3rd on the way :+1:

wstrachan:

Could you re-confirm the above statement?

IN the image below, is the picture of the USB port the one some are referring to as “in the tail cap” :question:

IF so, look real close. That is a zoomed in view of the USB port in the side of the head. :+1: … :wink:
Where the USB port is located…….

Here is another picture of the USB port that clearly shows it is located on the head of the CFG01 It is shown with the battery tube screwed out of the head. http://uploads.ru/x5Hvg.jpg

Here is a link to a bunch of good disassembly pictures of the CFG01 ……
Link // http://uploads.ru/?g=nQxVX.jpg

Yes Teacher you are correct it is a close up up of the USB port on the side of the head :person_facepalming:
I was completely confused & had to hold my light up against your picture above with the port cover off to realise they were one & the same :person_facepalming:
I apologise to anyone I have confused & make the excuse that it is an age thing :person_facepalming:
Actually it”s not it was just me being stupid :frowning:

Zeroair over at reddit reviewed this light. Reddit - Dive into anything