Just received my second D4, a green in xp-g2 3d. I really like this tint. Itās ever so slightly warmer than the nichia - a nice pale white, still very neutral though.
My only complaint is that the groove for the pocket clip came with a big scratch and the lens had lots of dust underneath. It feels like this was used, maybe a returned unit, or poor qc. Beside the cosmetics the light functions fine. I can disassemble the head and clean the lens and the groove wouldāve been scratched eventually, so Iām probably not going to bother with a refund or anything.
The Convoy deep carry clips work, but beware that it might scratch the anodizing, at least it did on mine.
Any other clip that has a 3mm(max) tall collar with a 18-20mm diameter should work.
Thanks. I donāt want to scratch it so soon lol. Did you measure the dimensions with a caliper? I have one at work but Iāll have to wait until Monday.
Iād love a clip or two too, but I havenāt been very happy with any that I found yet. I may see about ordering some of those ā205ā style clips though, which seemed reasonably decent aside from not being deep enough.
I havenāt found anything at all which would work on the 18350 tubes, which is unfortunate since thatās the size I would most want to clip to things.
Itās been in my backpack for several days. Got scratches in 3 places and a tiny dent in the tail cap. Maybe itās just me, but I donāt think it will stay in a perfect condition for long in any pocket. And so I wouldnāt bother much about scratching it with a tail clip.
OTOH DQG Tiny 4th came with a clip and I scratched the light while removing it before the 1st use. That wasnāt nice. Especially that itās still the only damage.
djozz, twist-lockout works well for me. Though the delay until it stops blinking is sometimes annoying.
Man some shoebox tests show my FET driven E2L with triple XP-G2s isnāt quite as bright as I hoped, and that as the battery drains my quad 219Cs in the D4 rapidly become twice as bright.
I carried the D4 around tonight and this thing EATS batteries. Going near turbo is just silly, but I LOVE it. I was showing some friends how it works and they started joking, āand press the button this many times for the bat signalā to which I responded by showing them the bat check logo on the UI graphic. āSo what do you have to do for it to play music to you?ā Told them I hadnāt figured it out that far, but it might be possible.
Lastly, I just use the physical lockout for now. Itās fairly easy, but I did find myself fiddling a bit to twist the end cap on with one hand. I donāt like pocket clips at all so thatās moot for me, however, I will try that zip tie
No, MTN offers different (but similar) drivers with the same UI.
As to UIā¦People, I warn you, donāt buy D4.
Itās dangerous. Ever since I bought it, whenever I think āWow, what a nice flashlight, maybe I should get oneā, a thought follows: āUI will suckā.
Then I start wondering about getting one modded.
If itās clicky, I recognise itās a terminal disease. But then start thinking about crescendoā¦and since I donāt trust this works as well, I decide not to get the light.
The entire light is excellent. Apart from UI, one of the things I enjoy every time is picking up the light and without looking at it finding the button via the raised section left and right of the button. Once the button is found quickly, pressing it gives such a nice tactile feel and feedback. So before youāre dealing with UI, the experience is already really nice.
